Down 33% in a month, is the Megaport share price in 'value' territory?

Calling a value play might be tricky in this current market.

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Key points

  • Megaport shares have been beaten down in 2022
  • Some analysts are still constructive on the share and reckon there is long-term value yet to be realised
  • In the last 12 months the Megaport share price has fallen around 74%

The Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1) share price has sunk another 2.17% on Wednesday. At the time of writing, it's sitting at $4.96 on no news.

This brings Megaport's losses to 33% for the month, or 74% this year to date.

In wider market moves, the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX) has crept 50 basis points lower today. It too is down, 39% this year to date.

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Is the Megaport share price in value territory?

Megaport shares are being punished in 2022. Now, with the market sell-off, losses have extended and the share is deep in the red.

Despite the pressure, analysts at Goldman Sachs remain constructive on its outlook and price Megaport at $13.10 per share.

At the current market price of $4.96, some might suggest it is trading at a deep discount to Goldman's price objective.

Structural tailwinds in the cloud-usage and networking-as-a-service (NaaS) space are key drivers of Megaport's growth, Goldman says.

The total market could reach $129 billion for these areas, the broker reckons. Certainly optimistic projections that could bode well for Megaport.

Further, whilst the market has been unkind to Megaport, if it is considered a value share, this could play in well to the case.

That's because value stocks are likely to outperform growth after a slumped period, according to Cliff Asness, CIO at AQR Capital.

Speaking to Goldman Sachs' June macroeconomic research paper Top of Mind, Asness said:

Looking ahead, I'm confident that Value can continue to outperform over a medium-term, say, three year, horizon precisely because the valuation spread between Value and Growth remains incredibly stretched, which would represent a stark break from the post-GFC cycle where Value delivered somewhere between subpar and dismal returns.

Irrespective, the Megaport share price has a long way to run to reach its former closing high of $21.88 reached on 17 November 2021.

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