PRSC vs. LIND, ONEW, LINC, GHG, CVEO, FNKO, MCFT, SSP, AGS, and IHRT
Should you be buying Providence Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Providence Service include Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), OneWater Marine (ONEW), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Civeo (CVEO), Funko (FNKO), MasterCraft Boat (MCFT), E.W. Scripps (SSP), PlayAGS (AGS), and iHeartMedia (IHRT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Providence Service (NASDAQ:PRSC) and Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
Providence Service received 43 more outperform votes than Lindblad Expeditions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave Providence Service an outperform vote while only 57.53% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote.
Providence Service has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Providence Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Providence Service has a net margin of 0.23% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -8.66%. Providence Service's return on equity of 17.59% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.
75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Providence Service shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Providence Service has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.87, suggesting that its stock price is 187% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential upside of 69.61%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than Providence Service.
In the previous week, Lindblad Expeditions had 27 more articles in the media than Providence Service. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions and 3 mentions for Providence Service. Lindblad Expeditions' average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Providence Service's score of 0.00 indicating that Lindblad Expeditions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Lindblad Expeditions beats Providence Service on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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