The Weekly Buzzing Stocks by Billy Kawasaki
Teladoc Inc
TDOC-N
TOP PICK
Jul 28, 2022
Teladoc Health empowers all people everywhere to live their healthiest lives by transforming the healthcare experience. As the world leader in whole-person virtual care, Teladoc Health uses proprietary health signals and personalized interactions to drive better health outcomes across the full continuum of care, at every stage in a person’s health journey. Social media mentions are up 19% in the past 24h.
Remote healthcare will continue after Covid. Teladoc shot up last year, but when Cathy Wood moved out, her followers did and it oversold. The company is not wounded at all, but this industry will be fine long-term. This stock could go a lot lower, but this is a good idea.
We will likely see more growth in healthcare, namely in rural areas, so TDOC is positioned well. But this stock will be pressured in coming months, because of its high PE. If you enter any high-PE stock, buy just a partial position then add on volatility. TDOC is down 28% from its high.
Inclined to sell the stock.
Even with the recent pullback on the stock, company is still over valued.
Not anywhere close to generating cash flow or revenue.
Investors must be wary of how far valued stocks can fall.
He sold. Rough technically. A lot of money moved out of the pandemic names. Down 72%. Be careful, as he doesn't see the momentum changing right away. Need stronger earnings prints and better valuation for him. 5.5x price to sales, pretty expensive. Interest rates will be hard on those with strong revenue growth but no profit.
TDOC vs. QQQ vs. SOXX QQQ and SOXX, he has no idea where the market's going to be next month, next quarter, or this year. All he knows is that there's going to be a lot of volatility. So it's an environment of less investing, more trading. Have to be nimble, active. SOXX charts very well, it's the DOW modern day Transport Index, so you need to watch it. He was in TDOC a year ago, and backed away. Healthcare and biotech have had a difficult time.
Both sides of the mountain, the rocket and the torpedo. Valuation was always too rich for him. Impacted by shift away from high growth. Telehealth needs an integrated network, and the big guys like UNH can so easily provide this.