Performant Financial (PFMT) Competitors $2.92 -0.12 (-3.95%) (As of 11/20/2024 ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends PFMT vs. VVI, HCSG, NVEE, DFIN, JCI, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, UNF, and MGRCShould you be buying Performant Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performant Financial include Viad (VVI), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), NV5 Global (NVEE), Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), Johnson Controls International (JCI), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), UniFirst (UNF), and McGrath RentCorp (MGRC). Performant Financial vs. Viad Healthcare Services Group NV5 Global Donnelley Financial Solutions Johnson Controls International Cintas Copart Iron Mountain UniFirst McGrath RentCorp Viad (NYSE:VVI) and Performant Financial (NASDAQ:PFMT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings. Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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$1.24B0.72$16.02M$0.5084.30Performant Financial$113.74M2.01-$7.52M-$0.10-29.20 Which has more risk & volatility, VVI or PFMT? Viad has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its share price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performant Financial has a beta of 0.14, indicating that its share price is 86% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Performant Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts rate VVI or PFMT? Viad presently has a consensus target price of $48.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.88%. Performant Financial has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 139.73%. Given Performant Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Performant Financial is more favorable than Viad.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 Does the media favor VVI or PFMT? In the previous week, Viad had 3 more articles in the media than Performant Financial. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Viad and 0 mentions for Performant Financial. Viad's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Performant Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that Viad is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Viad Positive Performant Financial Neutral 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 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 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. 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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$238.01M$86.44B$6.61B$8.90BDividend YieldN/A1.87%2.93%4.07%P/E Ratio-29.2057.4134.5913.46Price / Sales2.012.96171.7787.66Price / CashN/A28.4726.3736.27Price / Book3.043.314.866.30Net Income-$7.52M$2.99B$123.37M$225.93M7 Day Performance-8.46%0.98%0.13%-1.32%1 Month Performance-24.55%-5.50%8.35%0.60%1 Year Performance1.39%12.09%29.92%26.23% Performant Financial Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PFMTPerformant Financial2.4561 of 5 stars$2.92-3.9%$7.00+139.7%+0.7%$238.01M$113.74M-29.20930VVIViad2.0643 of 5 stars$42.15-2.0%$48.00+13.9%+27.4%$911.47M$1.24B84.304,035HCSGHealthcare Services Group2.363 of 5 stars$11.39+0.3%$14.00+22.9%+11.1%$832.59M$1.67B16.5133,400Positive NewsNVEENV5 Global2.8654 of 5 stars$21.80-1.9%$28.75+31.9%-12.0%$1.45B$861.74M38.764,106DFINDonnelley Financial Solutions4.2139 of 5 stars$60.06-0.1%$76.33+27.1%+4.9%$1.74B$797.20M18.771,900Positive NewsJCIJohnson Controls International4.7096 of 5 stars$82.98-0.7%$77.21-6.9%+58.4%$55.80B$22.95B32.67100,000Analyst DowngradeInsider TradeCTASCintas4.4741 of 5 stars$218.75+0.4%$199.63-8.7%+58.8%$87.91B$9.60B55.2446,500Positive NewsCPRTCopart3.7213 of 5 stars$55.42-1.9%$55.67+0.4%+9.0%$54.45B$4.24B39.8711,700Analyst ForecastNews CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeIRMIron Mountain4.2046 of 5 stars$116.30-0.2%$129.40+11.3%+84.0%$34.19B$5.48B323.0627,000Analyst ForecastUNFUniFirst3.7055 of 5 stars$191.63-0.6%$186.25-2.8%+12.2%$3.59B$2.43B24.6616,000Analyst UpgradePositive NewsMGRCMcGrath RentCorp4.5512 of 5 stars$117.97+0.1%$124.00+5.1%+18.5%$2.89B$831.84M12.891,204Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies VVI Competitors HCSG Competitors NVEE Competitors DFIN Competitors JCI Competitors CTAS Competitors CPRT Competitors IRM Competitors UNF Competitors MGRC 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 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersMissed Nvidia? 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