PFMT vs. HCSG, VVI, NVEE, DFIN, JCI, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, UNF, and MGRC
Should you be buying Performant Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performant Financial include Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Viad (VVI), NV5 Global (NVEE), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), and McGrath RentCorp (MGRC).
Healthcare Services Group (NASDAQ:HCSG) and Performant Financial (NASDAQ:PFMT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Healthcare Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Performant Financial. Performant Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthcare Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Performant Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Healthcare Services Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Performant Financial and 3 mentions for Healthcare Services Group. Performant Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Healthcare Services Group's score of 0.62 indicating that Healthcare Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Healthcare Services Group has a net margin of 2.44% compared to Healthcare Services Group's net margin of -6.34%. Performant Financial's return on equity of 11.44% beat Healthcare Services Group's return on equity.
Healthcare Services Group presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.51%. Given Performant Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Healthcare Services Group is more favorable than Performant Financial.
Healthcare Services Group received 42 more outperform votes than Performant Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.12% of users gave Performant Financial an outperform vote while only 55.95% of users gave Healthcare Services Group an outperform vote.
98.0% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Performant Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Healthcare Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Performant Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Healthcare Services Group has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performant Financial has a beta of 0.11, indicating that its share price is 89% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Healthcare Services Group beats Performant Financial on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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