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The Screen · Healthcare · Medical Devices

Bioventus Inc

BVS · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $817M · 940 employees

Bioventus Inc., a medical device company, focuses on relieving pain and addressing musculoskeletal therapies in the United States and internationally.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
12.06 USD

At the last full screen
2025-12-31

Screened 2025-12-31 · the tape above runs as of 23:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

PRICE · FAIR-VALUE RANGE1M3M6MYTD1Y3Y5Y
14.9816.0024.12

What this means: price 12.06 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 16.00, over the last year.

Current read
Markdown ?
Screened · screened 2025-12-31
  • Trend Markdown
  • Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
  • Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
  • Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
  • Ethical does not pass the values gate
Price12.06 USD
Fair value16.00
Ethical score70.0/100
Our investment reviews on this name
2026-07-24Read Markup12.06+0.0% to today ✓
2026-07-02Read Distribution8.51+41.7% to today

Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against today's price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.

The full research record, in depth, below
The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markdown label.

Bioventus Inc holds its Markdown at $12.06. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 16 days.

As held on the ledger · 2025-12-31
PhaseMarkdown · caution
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the sellers, held for 16 days
Price at the screen$12.06
Valuation29.41 trailing · 13.28 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 70.0
Beta0.65
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Debt ratio

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Permissible Core business clean Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
Debt load 43.00% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 43.0% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
Interest-bearing cash 0.00% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 26.27% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 26.3% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.00% Below 5% Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

14.98Conservative16.00Base case24.12Growth case 12.06Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2025-12-31 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 32.7% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
14.00Street low 15.00Street average 16.00Street high 12.06Price

Third-party analyst targets: 5 covering, consensus Strong Buy. The average target sits +24% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.

Price History & Projections
$19.7$10.6$1.5TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONOur fair value$16.00 +76%Street high$16.00 +76%Street avg$15.00 +65%Conservative$14.98 +65%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2025-12-31 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words
The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E13.3xexpensive even after accounting for its growth
Trailing P/E29.4xa premium valuation
EPS, trailing0.41
EPS, forward0.91
Revenue growth+6.6%slow but positive growth
Profit margin4.9%barely profitable
Return on equity16.5%a solid return on shareholder capital
FCF yield7.75%
Debt to equity1.23a meaningful debt load worth watching
Current ratio1.69healthy short-term liquidity
Beta0.65steadier than the market
Short interest, float0.05%
52-week range5.81 - 12.53
MoatNONE
Market cap$817M
Employees940

The risks · The things to watch: it's a small-cap, so the share price can swing harder than the market.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-08-24 Markup $12.06 +0.0% Entry 5

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is holding around 7% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (5 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $15.

2026-07-24 Markup · changed $12.06 +41.7% Entry 4

The framework has shifted from distribution to markup since the last review. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 41.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is holding around 7% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (5 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $15.

2026-07-18 Distribution $8.51 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is holding around 7% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 33%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 31%. The street (5 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $15.

2026-07-03 Distribution $8.51 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Distribution $8.51 Entry 1

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: PASS with passing ethical screen (70). The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

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What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $10.19 -10.8% · $892 -10.8%
2 months $9.06 +0.3% · $1,003 +0.3%
3 months $8.60 +5.7% · $1,057 +5.7%
6 months $7.42 +22.5% · $1,225 +22.5%
1 year $6.86 +32.5% · $1,325 +32.5%
2 years $6.47 +40.5% · $1,405 +40.5%
3 years $2.71 +235.4% · $3,354 +235.4%
5 years $18.42 -50.7% · $494 -50.7%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever BVS does next, these words stay.

Bioventus Inc · BVS · Markdown · $12.06
Recorded 2025-12-31 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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