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Providence Service (PRSC) Competitors

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PRSC vs. LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, CRVL, AMED, MD, AMN, CCRN, and YTRA

Should you be buying Providence Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Providence Service include Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Amedisys (AMED), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), and Yatra Online (YTRA).

Providence Service vs.

Laboratory Co. of America (NYSE:LH) and Providence Service (NASDAQ:PRSC) are both medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Laboratory Co. of America has higher revenue and earnings than Providence Service. Providence Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Laboratory Co. of America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Laboratory Co. of America$13.01B1.47$746M$8.8225.91
Providence Service$1.51B0.01$970K$1.650.93

In the previous week, Laboratory Co. of America had 21 more articles in the media than Providence Service. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America and 0 mentions for Providence Service. Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Providence Service's score of 0.00 indicating that Laboratory Co. of America is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Laboratory Co. of America Positive
Providence Service Neutral

95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Providence Service shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Laboratory Co. of America has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Providence Service has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Laboratory Co. of America has a net margin of 5.73% compared to Providence Service's net margin of 0.23%. Providence Service's return on equity of 17.59% beat Laboratory Co. of America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Laboratory Co. of America5.73% 15.29% 7.01%
Providence Service 0.23%17.59%8.74%

Laboratory Co. of America currently has a consensus target price of $268.77, suggesting a potential upside of 17.60%. Given Laboratory Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Laboratory Co. of America is more favorable than Providence Service.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Laboratory Co. of America
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Providence Service
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Laboratory Co. of America received 350 more outperform votes than Providence Service when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave Providence Service an outperform vote while only 63.94% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Laboratory Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
626
63.94%
Underperform Votes
353
36.06%
Providence ServiceOutperform Votes
276
65.71%
Underperform Votes
144
34.29%

Summary

Laboratory Co. of America beats Providence Service on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PRSC vs. The Competition

MetricProvidence ServiceTransportation Services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$21.84M$11.46B$7.39B$7.70B
Dividend YieldN/A5.18%3.51%4.33%
P/E Ratio-25.6616.2916.1818.31
Price / Sales0.012.597.30107.09
Price / Cash32.5425.8516.4234.62
Price / Book0.063.204.344.25
Net Income$970,000.00$467.60M$258.87M$247.51M

Providence Service Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRSC
Providence Service
N/A$1.54
+16.7%
N/A-94.7%$21.84M$1.51B-25.663,800Gap Up
High Trading Volume
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.763 of 5 stars
$227.68
+2.8%
$268.77
+18.0%
+9.9%$19.05B$13.01B25.8175,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.5209 of 5 stars
$168.05
+2.5%
$181.33
+7.9%
+27.9%$18.65B$9.87B21.8549,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DVA
DaVita
3.8676 of 5 stars
$150.85
-3.0%
$166.33
+10.3%
+5.2%$12.07B$12.82B14.0570,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CHE
Chemed
4.6857 of 5 stars
$600.87
+1.3%
$667.00
+11.0%
-11.5%$8.78B$2.43B30.3614,200Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
1.0145 of 5 stars
$116.38
+0.4%
N/A+39.2%$5.98B$871.31M68.464,230Positive News
AMED
Amedisys
3.0778 of 5 stars
$91.44
-0.1%
$101.00
+10.5%
+3.5%$3.00B$2.35B36.2920,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
2.3151 of 5 stars
$13.42
+0.6%
$16.75
+24.8%
+35.4%$1.15B$2.01B-11.185,170
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.1111 of 5 stars
$19.74
+3.3%
$41.17
+108.5%
-67.5%$753.85M$2.98B-5.134,230Analyst Revision
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.5666 of 5 stars
$14.38
+0.3%
$18.41
+28.0%
-20.7%$471.85M$1.34B-287.542,700Upcoming Earnings
YTRA
Yatra Online
2.623 of 5 stars
$0.75
+4.9%
$3.00
+300.0%
-44.9%$47.34M$6.79B62.06960

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This page (NASDAQ:PRSC) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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