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Providence Service (PRSC) Competitors

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

Should you be buying Providence Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Providence Service include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), R1 RCM (RCM), Amedisys (AMED), and Pediatrix Medical Group (MD). These companies are all part of the "health care services" industry.

Providence Service vs.

Providence Service (NASDAQ:PRSC) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 6 more articles in the media than Providence Service. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 0 mentions for Providence Service. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Providence Service's score of 0.00 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Providence Service Neutral
AMN Healthcare Services Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Providence Service$1.51B0.17$970K$1.6510.78
AMN Healthcare Services$3.79B0.26$210.68M$1.3818.72

99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Providence Service shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AMN Healthcare Services received 169 more outperform votes than Providence Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.57% of users gave AMN Healthcare Services an outperform vote while only 65.71% of users gave Providence Service an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Providence ServiceOutperform Votes
276
65.71%
Underperform Votes
144
34.29%
AMN Healthcare ServicesOutperform Votes
445
68.57%
Underperform Votes
204
31.43%

AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus price target of $48.33, indicating a potential upside of 87.05%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Providence Service.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Providence Service
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
AMN Healthcare Services
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

AMN Healthcare Services has a net margin of 1.73% compared to Providence Service's net margin of 0.23%. Providence Service's return on equity of 17.59% beat AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Providence Service0.23% 17.59% 8.74%
AMN Healthcare Services 1.73%17.16%5.27%

Providence Service has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.13, suggesting that its share price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AMN Healthcare Services beats Providence Service on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PRSC vs. The Competition

MetricProvidence ServiceTransportation Services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$252.33M$13.42B$8.41B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A7.99%2.74%4.08%
P/E Ratio-296.4517.1819.3617.64
Price / Sales0.174.177.5890.90
Price / Cash32.5428.3234.0436.93
Price / Book0.723.933.646.54
Net Income$970,000.00$368.31M$267.23M$226.15M

Providence Service Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRSC
Providence Service
N/A$17.79
+1.8%
N/A-53.9%$252.33M$1.51B-296.453,800
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.814 of 5 stars
$25.65
+3.4%
$48.33
+88.5%
-61.9%$976.31M$3.79B17.973,585Positive News
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.6639 of 5 stars
$10.38
+1.7%
$18.50
+78.2%
-50.5%$341.71M$2.02B-204.1610,831Positive News
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.79 of 5 stars
$240.42
+1.1%
$255.92
+6.4%
+13.3%$20.11B$12.71B46.5067,000Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.8348 of 5 stars
$164.19
+1.8%
$164.58
+0.2%
+20.5%$18.33B$9.25B22.0748,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
DVA
DaVita
4.4125 of 5 stars
$164.26
+1.8%
$161.80
-1.5%
+66.4%$13.47B$12.14B17.7270,000Positive News
CHE
Chemed
4.8941 of 5 stars
$564.43
+2.1%
$641.50
+13.7%
-1.7%$8.49B$2.26B28.4215,087Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
CRVL
CorVel
1.1397 of 5 stars
$360.19
+1.4%
N/A+74.9%$6.17B$795.31M75.424,870News Coverage
Positive News
RCM
R1 RCM
2.9942 of 5 stars
$14.31
flat
$15.41
+7.7%
N/A$6.04B$2.25B-95.3930,000
AMED
Amedisys
4.0314 of 5 stars
$90.16
+0.2%
$100.67
+11.7%
-3.5%$2.95B$2.32B35.7819,000
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
2.7974 of 5 stars
$14.75
+1.8%
$16.10
+9.2%
+70.4%$1.27B$1.99B-4.825,170Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:PRSC) was last updated on 11/24/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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