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OSCR - A Clean Bill of Health

April 1, 2024

TRADING THESIS

We are once again taking a position in Oscar Health Inc. (OSCR) after being previously Stopped Out on February 23, 2024. 

While OSCR announced a huge upside-surprise for 2024, the stock had already tripled in price into its Q4 Report. Though the stock remained attractive in the high-teens it needed to consolidate its gains before its next leg higher could commence. 

At its current price, there is a wonderful asymmetric set up to re engage with OSCR. We see $2.00 downside vs $5-$7.00 of multi-month upside. Longer term, OSCR has the potential to return to and through its IPO levels ($37) IF certain upside levers materialize. Let’s take a look:

OSCR 9-MONTH CHART

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Source:  Schwab.com

In our Feb 9, initial deep-dive, we pointed out that Oscar CEO, Mark Bertolini, is world class – the former CEO of Aetna. There is serious health-care acumen at the helm here as well as major ego that does NOT wish to be bruised. Bertolini wants OSCR back above IPO levels. This is his swan song and he still has some PSUs at much higher levels.

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There are also two big catalysts ahead:

  1. We see upside to Q1 Adj EBITDA numbers. Oscar has a fixed costs model. The company’s Q1 is always its most profitable quarter. We think Bertolini left some nice upside on table.
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Source: Bloomberg
  1. Oscar is hosting an Investor Day in June. The date has yet to be determined. Oscar will present its long term strategic plan then. We believe this will also help re-rate the stock higher. 

         The Investor Day will occur AFTER the Q1 Report (early May). If Adj EBITDA inflects as strongly as we anticipate, a move to $25 is possible. Remember, Bertolini still            has PSUs at $39!

TRADING PLAN

We are scaling into half our position now and will round out our stake on OSCR’s close above the 50-day SMA.

STOP LOSS:  We will use $13 as our stop on our entire position.

OSCR 3-YEAR WEEKLY CHART

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Source:  Schwab.com

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Disclosure:   We long OSCR stock. We may change our positioning at a moment’s notice, without notifying you of any such moves.

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