Should You Consider China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:DL)?

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China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:DL) is a stock with outstanding fundamental characteristics. When we build an investment case, we need to look at the stock with a holistic perspective. In the case of DL, it is a company with a excellent future outlook, which has not yet been reflected in the share price. In the following section, I expand a bit more on these key aspects. If you're interested in understanding beyond my broad commentary, read the full report on China Distance Education Holdings here.

Undervalued with reasonable growth potential

DL's share price is trading at below its true value, meaning that the market sentiment for the stock is currently bearish. According to my intrinsic value of the stock, which is driven by analyst consensus forecast of DL's earnings, investors now have the opportunity to buy into the stock to reap capital gains. Also, relative to the rest of its peers with similar levels of earnings, DL's share price is trading below the group's average. This bolsters the proposition that DL's price is currently discounted.

NYSE:DL Past and Future Earnings, June 18th 2019
NYSE:DL Past and Future Earnings, June 18th 2019

Next Steps:

For China Distance Education Holdings, there are three relevant factors you should look at:

  1. Historical Performance: What has DL's returns been like over the past? Go into more detail in the past track record analysis and take a look at the free visual representations of our analysis for more clarity.

  2. Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.

  3. Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of DL? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

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