PFMT vs. LGCL, OB, PMTS, ARQ, GSMG, MTC, IBEX, INSE, PAYS, and AIRJ
Should you be buying Performant Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Performant Financial include Lucas GC (LGCL), Outbrain (OB), CPI Card Group (PMTS), ARQ (ARQ), Glory Star New Media Group (GSMG), MMTec (MTC), IBEX (IBEX), Inspired Entertainment (INSE), Paysign (PAYS), and Montana Technologies (AIRJ). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Lucas GC (NASDAQ:LGCL) and Performant Financial (NASDAQ:PFMT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and community ranking.
Lucas GC has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Lucas GC's net margin of -6.61%. Performant Financial's return on equity of 0.00% beat Lucas GC's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lucas GC had 2 more articles in the media than Performant Financial. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lucas GC and 2 mentions for Performant Financial. Performant Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Lucas GC's score of 0.00 indicating that Lucas GC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lucas GC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Performant Financial.
77.2% of Performant Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Performant Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Performant Financial received 254 more outperform votes than Lucas GC when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Lucas GC beats Performant Financial on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
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