Performant Financial (PFMT) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PFMT vs. VVI, HCSG, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, UNF, MGRC, KAR, PMAX, and OCGShould you be buying Performant Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performant Financial include Viad (VVI), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), McGrath RentCorp (MGRC), OPENLANE (KAR), Powell Max (PMAX), and Oriental Culture (OCG). Performant Financial vs. Viad Healthcare Services Group Cintas Copart Iron Mountain UniFirst McGrath RentCorp OPENLANE Powell Max Oriental Culture Viad (NYSE:VVI) and Performant Financial (NASDAQ:PFMT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability. Do analysts rate VVI or PFMT? Viad presently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.86%. Performant Financial has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given Viad's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Viad is more favorable than Performant Financial.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Viad 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Performant Financial 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.50 Is VVI or PFMT more profitable? Viad has a net margin of 2.68% compared to Performant Financial's net margin of -6.74%. Viad's return on equity of 47.55% beat Performant Financial's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Viad2.68% 47.55% 5.49% Performant Financial -6.74%-10.19%-7.83% Does the media favor VVI or PFMT? In the previous week, Viad had 6 more articles in the media than Performant Financial. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Viad and 1 mentions for Performant Financial. Viad's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Performant Financial's score of -0.72 indicating that Viad is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Viad 1 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Performant Financial 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative Which has higher valuation and earnings, VVI or PFMT? Viad has higher revenue and earnings than Performant Financial. Performant Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Viad, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioViad$1.40B0.65$16.02M$0.5085.82Performant Financial$120.78M0.00-$7.52M-$0.10N/A Do insiders & institutionals believe in VVI or PFMT? 89.9% of Viad shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Performant Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 4.1% of Viad shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Performant Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more risk and volatility, VVI or PFMT? Viad has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performant Financial has a beta of 0.09, indicating that its share price is 91% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VVI or PFMT? Viad received 48 more outperform votes than Performant Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.32% of users gave Viad an outperform vote while only 58.41% of users gave Performant Financial an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformViadOutperform Votes30569.32% Underperform Votes13530.68% Performant FinancialOutperform Votes25758.41% Underperform Votes18341.59% SummaryViad beats Performant Financial on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Crypto 101 MediaTrump’s Sending THIS Crypto Higher on PurposeDiscover the coin set to explode before 2025! Trump could trigger THIS crypto coin… YES, I WANT THE #1 CRYPTO NOW Get Performant Financial News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PFMT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PFMT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPerformant Financialbusiness services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$278.72M$90.19B$7.22B$9.07BDividend YieldN/A1.86%2.33%4.23%P/E Ratio-35.6060.1028.2917.17Price / SalesN/A4.31406.37116.95Price / CashN/A28.8131.0337.86Price / BookN/A3.645.854.78Net Income-$7.52M$3.29B$126.23M$225.60M Performant Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFMTPerformant Financial2.4383 of 5 starsN/A$7.00+∞N/A$278.72M$120.78M-35.60930VVIViad2.5657 of 5 stars$46.37+3.0%$48.00+3.5%+18.1%$983.14M$1.40B90.004,035News CoverageHCSGHealthcare Services Group1.8674 of 5 stars$12.53-0.1%$13.80+10.1%+12.7%$918.34M$1.70B18.1733,400Analyst ForecastNews CoverageCTASCintas4.7259 of 5 stars$213.42+1.0%$200.77-5.9%+35.1%$86.07B$9.76B53.3446,500Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastOptions VolumeAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageCPRTCopart3.1862 of 5 stars$61.30+0.1%$58.00-5.4%+21.5%$59.06B$4.36B43.1211,700Positive NewsIRMIron Mountain4.4367 of 5 stars$112.29+1.0%$131.00+16.7%+54.5%$32.95B$5.99B310.8327,000Positive NewsUNFUniFirst3.8338 of 5 stars$192.40+1.2%$186.25-3.2%+0.3%$3.57B$2.43B24.4616,000Positive NewsMGRCMcGrath RentCorp4.9926 of 5 stars$118.22-0.4%$145.50+23.1%-2.7%$2.90B$831.84M12.971,204Positive NewsKAROPENLANE3.0954 of 5 stars$20.71+0.7%$22.00+6.2%+36.4%$2.21B$1.69B79.124,500Analyst DowngradePMAXPowell MaxN/A$2.80+4.9%N/AN/A$40.66MN/A0.00N/APositive NewsGap UpOCGOriental CultureN/A$1.36+4.8%N/A+18.6%$25.29M$1.58M0.0050Gap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VVI Competitors HCSG Competitors CTAS Competitors CPRT Competitors IRM Competitors UNF Competitors MGRC Competitors KAR Competitors PMAX Competitors OCG Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PFMT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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