Why Nevro Corp (NVRO) Stock is a Compelling Investment Case

Brown Advisory recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The Small-Cap Growth Fund posted a return of 34.59% for the quarter, outperforming its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index which returned 30.59% in the same quarter. You should check out Brown Advisory’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.

In the said letter, Brown Advisory highlighted a few stocks and Nevro Corp (NYSE:NVRO) is one of them. Nevro Corp (NYSE:NVRO) is a medical device company. Year-to-date, Nevro Corp (NYSE:NVRO) stock gained 11.3% and on July 30th it had a closing price of $132.49. Here is what Brown Advisory said:

“Nevro has developed a novel device for the treatment of debilitating and chronic back/leg pain. The implantable and programmable spinal cord stimulator has a current addressable market of approximately $5 billion. However, with future indications such as non-surgical refractory back pain and painful diabetic neuropathy, we believe the company can expand its potential patient base by 11x in coming years.”

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In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Nevro Corp (NYSE:NVRO)  stock decreased by about 6% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers don’t seem to agree with Nevro’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Nevro Corp (NYSE:NVRO)  isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.

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