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Providence Service (PRSC) Competitors

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

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 Proficient Auto Logistics (PAL).

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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Laboratory Co. of America presently has a consensus target price of $265.31, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Given Laboratory Co. of America's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
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 has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Providence Service has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share 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%

In the previous week, Laboratory Co. of America had 14 more articles in the media than Providence Service. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Laboratory Co. of America and 0 mentions for Providence Service. Laboratory Co. of America's average media sentiment score of 1.38 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

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$13.01B1.61$746M$8.8228.33
Providence Service$1.51B0.05$970K$1.653.06

95.9% of Laboratory Co. of America shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% 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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Laboratory Co. of America received 346 more outperform votes than Providence Service when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.71% of users gave Providence Service an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave Laboratory Co. of America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Laboratory Co. of AmericaOutperform Votes
622
63.99%
Underperform Votes
350
36.01%
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$71.63M$12.84B$8.49B$9.14B
Dividend YieldN/A8.11%2.80%3.86%
P/E Ratio-84.1519.7514.6819.19
Price / Sales0.053.166.9770.89
Price / Cash32.5426.1530.8434.83
Price / Book0.213.644.634.62
Net Income$970,000.00$366.58M$259.02M$246.06M

Providence Service Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRSC
Providence Service
N/A$5.05
-8.8%
N/A-88.8%$71.63M$1.51B-84.153,800High Trading Volume
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.766 of 5 stars
$245.14
-0.5%
$265.31
+8.2%
+14.7%$20.50B$13.01B27.7967,000Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.9049 of 5 stars
$165.16
+1.5%
$177.69
+7.6%
+37.6%$18.43B$9.87B21.4848,000Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
DVA
DaVita
4.3816 of 5 stars
$173.63
+0.0%
$161.80
-6.8%
+15.9%$14.24B$12.14B18.7370,000Analyst Forecast
CHE
Chemed
4.7258 of 5 stars
$553.44
+0.6%
$641.50
+15.9%
-8.7%$8.33B$2.26B27.9715,087Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
1.197 of 5 stars
$117.39
+1.0%
N/A+29.7%$5.99B$795.31M69.054,870Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
AMED
Amedisys
3.4781 of 5 stars
$92.03
+0.1%
$100.67
+9.4%
-4.3%$3.01B$2.24B36.5219,000News Coverage
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
1.0099 of 5 stars
$13.99
+2.6%
$16.25
+16.1%
+81.5%$1.20B$1.99B-4.575,170Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.5284 of 5 stars
$24.92
-1.1%
$44.50
+78.6%
-51.9%$948.74M$3.79B18.063,585Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.3913 of 5 stars
$18.20
+0.1%
$18.54
+1.8%
+6.5%$597.32M$2.02B-363.9310,831
PAL
Proficient Auto Logistics
1.1627 of 5 stars
$10.54
+33.8%
$16.00
+51.8%
N/A$284.90M$135.76M0.00601High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:PRSC) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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