Yet Another Value Podcast

Cove Street Capital on Viemed (VMD)

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April 19, 2021 7:00am

1h 3m

Eugene Robin and Andrew Leaf from Cove Street discuss their investment in Viemed. Viemed targets organic growth rates over 30%, yet the company only trades for ~15x free cash flow. Andrew and Eugene lay out their case for why the market is wrong on this one, including why VMD's business model is advantaged versus their competitors and why they aren't scare of a Medicare cut in the near to medium term.

Cove Street's first podcast appearance on Viasat (VSAT): https://youtu.be/Otw0oWvuhdU

Chapters
​ Intro
​ Viemed overview
​ Typical use case for VMD's ventilators
​ Discussion of COPD market
​ How VMD's business model is different than peers
​ Why is the market valuing a 30% organic growth business at 15x free cash flow?
​ Medicare cut risks and what happened in 2016
​ VMD's acquisition potential
​ VMD's moat with hiring therapists
​ Discussing VMD's bad debt expense
​ COVID's impact on VMD
​ Cove Street's price target
​ Parting thoughts