Avanos Medical Inc.
Avanos Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company focused on delivering clinically superior medical device solutions that help patients get back to the things that matter. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, we are committed to addressing some of today s most important healthcare needs, including providing a vital lifeline for nutrition to patients from hospital to home, and reducing the u…
$24.99
+$0.01 (+0.04%)
Price from 86 days ago
The business is unprofitable at the operating level (-8.78% margin). The thesis depends entirely on whether and when it reaches sustainable profitability.
Revenue growth slowed to 1.9%, essentially flat. This is a business that needs a catalyst.
Free cash flow declined 48% versus the prior year, cash generation momentum has weakened.
Price History
Valuation & Multiples
Based on TTM earnings · Diluted shares
Profitability & Returns
Revenue (TTM)
$716M
▲ +1.9% YoY
Net Income (TTM)
-$74M
▲ +81.4% YoY
Op. Margin
-8.80%
▲ +48.8pp YoY
ROIC
-5.45%
▲ +20.5pp YoY
Cash Flow & Balance Sheet
FCF (TTM)
$8M
▼ -48.0% YoY
Op. Cash Flow (TTM)
$37M
▼ -25.8% YoY
Net Debt
$73M
Cash & Equiv.
$66M
5Y CAGR: -0.4%
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SourceComputed from the 10-Q filed 28 Apr 2026, covering the period ending 31 Mar 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 9 Jul 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 24 Jul 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec. Sector medians are approximate S&P 500 benchmarks and update periodically.
Is Avanos Medical (AVNS) overvalued?
Avanos Medical (AVNS) trades above a two-stage DCF intrinsic value of about $1.20 per share, so at $24.99 the stock looks overvalued (95.2% above estimated intrinsic value). A high multiple is not the same as overvalued: fast-growing, high-quality businesses can deserve a premium. See the general approach in how to tell if a stock is overvalued.
On quality, Avanos Medical scores 12/100 on Intrinsiqq's quality scorecard (a lower-quality business on these measures), weighing growth, margins, returns on capital, share count, and balance-sheet strength. All figures are computed from SEC filings; read the full methodology, or see how the market compares in our US profitability statistics. This is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Avanos Medical's fair value?+
Intrinsiqq's two-stage DCF estimates an intrinsic value of about $1.20 per share for AVNS, projecting its recent free cash flow forward with a growth rate that fades toward a long-run rate and discounting it back to today. Applying a 25% margin of safety gives a more conservative fair-value entry around $0.90. At today's $24.99, that puts the stock about 95.2% above estimated intrinsic value. The result is sensitive to the growth and discount-rate inputs, so it is best to run conservative, base and optimistic cases. You can adjust all of them yourself with the sliders on the DCF tab.
Is Avanos Medical a high-quality business?+
Avanos Medical scores 12 out of 100 on Intrinsiqq's quality score, a weighted blend of 7 metrics each scored 0 to 100, which makes it a lower-quality business on these measures. Recent fundamentals include a -8.8% operating margin and a -5.4% return on invested capital. The score weighs revenue and free-cash-flow growth, operating margins, return on invested capital, share-count change, and balance-sheet strength, all computed from SEC filings, not opinion. Because valuation only means something relative to quality, the full metric-by-metric breakdown is on the quality scorecard.
Is Avanos Medical a good stock to buy right now?+
That depends on valuation and quality together, not either alone. AVNS currently trades above its estimated intrinsic value and scores 12/100 on quality (lower-quality). A cheap price is only a bargain if the business is durable, and a premium can be justified by genuine quality, so the two questions, "is it cheap?" and "is it good?", only make sense side by side. Read the valuation against the quality scorecard, run the DCF on your own assumptions, and decide for yourself. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
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