There are plenty of Australian stocks with significant growth potential. However, most of them have valuations to match that forecast expansion. I think there's an Australian stock that has excellent growth potential and it's trading at a cheap price, making it look like an excellent hidden gem to me.
It's obvious that we want to invest in businesses for less than they're worth, or could be worth. Bailador Technology Investments Ltd (ASX: BTI) seems to me like a very promising business and it only has a market capitalisation of around $180 million.
Bailador is an investment company that focuses on technology businesses with plenty of growth potential.
It may not be a very well-known business, but that's exactly why I'm calling it a hidden gem rather than an out-in-the-open opportunity. Let me tell you why it's so good.
Image source: Getty Images
Why it has so much growth potential
The company says it provides investors with access to high-growth expansion-stage technology companies at attractive valuations.
It looks to invest in private businesses with a number of positive characteristics including large addressable markets, international revenue potential, the ability to generate recurring revenue, attractive unit economics and more.
The Australian stock is able to invest in appealing tech companies before they become large and other investors have pushed up the value. It's much easier for a business to double its revenue from $10 million to $20 million than it is to go from $1 billion to $2 billion.
Some of its investments include DASH, Updoc, Access Telehealth, Expedition Software, Rosterfy, PropHero, MOSH and Hapana.
Its portfolio is spread across technology areas like wealth management, digital healthcare, travel and experiences, volunteer management, property investment, fitness studio management, and travel and accommodation.
These companies are generating significant growth. In FY25, Bailador reported the portfolio company revenue was $592 million, with portfolio company revenue growth of 47% and a gross profit margin of around 65%.
If these businesses continue growing at such a fast pace, their underlying value could be significantly larger in a few years.
Bailador noted that some of its private portfolio investments experienced significant increases in value during FY25. The Australian stock reported that the DASH investment increased in value by 49%, the Updoc investment rose 86%, the Access Telehealth investment increased 21%, the Rosterfy investment rose 14%, the Hapana investment increased 50% and MOSH increased 33%.
It's trading cheaply
The biggest investment in the Bailador portfolio is hotel software company Siteminder Ltd (ASX: SDR), it saw its share price increase 33% since the start of August – it jumped after its result.
Due to that strong reporting season, the Australian stock's pre-tax net tangible asset (NTA) increased to $1.97 at the end of August and $1.77 after tax.
Therefore, at the current Bailador share price, it's trading at a discount of approximately 40% to the pre-tax NTA and a 33% discount to the post-tax NTA.
The Bailador share price has not kept up with the growth in the underlying value of its portfolio, so it now looks significantly undervalued to me and could continue rising if the tech companies (and new investments) continue growing revenue.
