How to buy Viemed Healthcare stock

Viemed Healthcare, Inc is a medical devices business based in the US. Viemed Healthcare shares (VMD) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Viemed Healthcare employs 499 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$121.6 million.

How to buy shares in Viemed Healthcare

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Viemed Healthcare. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: VMD. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Viemed Healthcare reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Viemed Healthcare, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Viemed Healthcare. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Viemed Healthcare share price

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Viemed Healthcare shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-24.

52-week range	USD$2.44 - USD$11.93
50-day moving average	USD$8.8322
200-day moving average	USD$9.4432
Wall St. target price	N/A
PE ratio	12.7222
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.25

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Is Viemed Healthcare under- or over-valued?

Valuing Viemed Healthcare stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Viemed Healthcare's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Viemed Healthcare's P/E ratio

Viemed Healthcare's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Viemed Healthcare shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Viemed Healthcare's EBITDA

Viemed Healthcare's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$26.9 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Viemed Healthcare's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Viemed Healthcare financials

Revenue TTM	USD$121.6 million
Operating margin TTM	14.92%
Gross profit TTM	USD$56 million
Return on assets TTM	11.69%
Return on equity TTM	48.57%
Profit margin	23.73%
Book value	$1.148
Market capitalisation	USD$358.1 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Viemed Healthcare shares

There are currently 1.3 million Viemed Healthcare shares held short by investors – that's known as Viemed Healthcare's "short interest". This figure is 4.3% up from 1.2 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Viemed Healthcare shares can be evaluated.

Viemed Healthcare's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Viemed Healthcare's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Viemed Healthcare shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Viemed Healthcare shares traded daily (recently around 298888.55140187). Viemed Healthcare's SIR currently stands at 4.28. In other words for every 100,000 Viemed Healthcare shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4280 shares are currently held short.

However Viemed Healthcare's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Viemed Healthcare shares, or, against the total number of tradable Viemed Healthcare shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Viemed Healthcare's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Viemed Healthcare shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0369% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Viemed Healthcare shares, roughly 37 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Viemed Healthcare.

Find out more about how you can short Viemed Healthcare stock.

Viemed Healthcare share dividends

We're not expecting Viemed Healthcare to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Viemed Healthcare share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Viemed Healthcare's shares have ranged in value from as little as $2.44 up to $11.93. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Viemed Healthcare's is 0.7338. This would suggest that Viemed Healthcare's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Viemed Healthcare overview

Viemed Healthcare, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides in-home durable medical equipment and health care solutions to patients in the United States. The company offers respiratory services and related equipment, including non-invasive ventilators; bi-level, continuous, and automatic continuous positive airway pressure (PAP) machines; and oxygen units, as well as services of respiratory therapists; and respiratory disease management, neuromuscular care, and oxygen therapy services. It also provides in-home sleep apnea testing services to determine the existence of sleep apnea at home. In addition, the company leases non-invasive and invasive ventilators, PAP machines, percussion vests, oxygen concentrator units, and respiratory equipment, as well as sells medical equipment and/or patient medical services. Further, it provides therapy and counseling to patients in their homes using its technology. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Viemed Healthcare is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 11.448% of Viemed Healthcare shares are held by insiders and 55.566% by institutions.

• How many people work for Viemed Healthcare?

  Latest data suggests 499 work at Viemed Healthcare.

• When does the fiscal year end for Viemed Healthcare?

  Viemed Healthcare's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Viemed Healthcare based?

  Viemed Healthcare's address is: 625 East Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, LA, United States, 70508

• What is Viemed Healthcare's ISIN number?

  Viemed Healthcare's international securities identification number is: CA92663R1055

• What is Viemed Healthcare's CUSIP number?

  Viemed Healthcare's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 92663R105