Bullish comments from a noted short-seller pushed shares of Teladoc Health (TDOC 6.37%) higher on Friday. The telemedicine services company's stock peaked with a 15.2% jump at 10:20 a.m.
Teladoc Health (TDOC -5.79%) was a pandemic stock, meaning a company whose business was well-positioned to perform well during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak. Since it offers virtual health services, including basic consultation with doctors and therapy services, patients turned to the company in large numbers when government-imposed measures forced them to stay home.
Just because a stock has been battered doesn't make it an automatic buy. That's only the case if it can bounce back, and in some cases, there are few good reasons to believe it can.
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teladoc Health (NYSE: TDOC), the global leader in virtual care, today announced it has acquired Telecare, an innovative, Australian tech-enabled provider of specialist and allied health care via virtual delivery. Telecare operates Australia's leading virtual care clinic and provides software solutions to the healthcare sector.
While basic investing wisdom advises us to "buy low," no point is low enough when there's hardly any hope that a stock will bounce back. In other words, no matter how much a company lags the market, sometimes it still isn't attractive.
Teladoc Health remains a deep value play at $7, trading at just 5-6x EBITDA, but lacks a clear growth catalyst. Revenue and user metrics are declining across core segments, with BetterHelp and Chronic Care both losing momentum and failing to innovate. Recent acquisitions (UpLift, Catapult Health) have not meaningfully expanded Teladoc's platform or addressed its reliance on basic telehealth con...
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