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Performant Financial Corp
PFMT

$3.58
0.56%

Market Cap: 275M

 

About: Performant Financial Corp provides technology-enabled recovery and related analytics services in the United States. The company provides its services on an outsourced basis where it handles many or all aspects of its clients' recovery processes. It uses technology-enabled services platform to provide recovery and analytics services in a range of markets for the identification and recovery of student loans, improper healthcare payments and delinquent state tax and federal treasury receivables. The services are offered across a broad range of government and private clients in several markets. The revenue generated here is generally on success-based as it earns fees based on a percentage of the aggregate amount of funds that it enables the clients to recover.

Employees: 958

0
Funds holding %
of 6,702 funds
Analysts bullish %
News positive %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q1 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

117% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $13K | Put options by funds: $6K

60% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 32 | Existing positions reduced: 20

14% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 8 | Existing positions closed: 7

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 73 [Q4 2023] → 74 (+1) [Q1 2024]

0.3% more ownership

Funds ownership: 74.28% [Q4 2023] → 74.58% (+0.3%) [Q1 2024]

5% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $178M [Q4 2023] → $169M (-$9.71M) [Q1 2024]

33% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2023] → 2 (-1) [Q1 2024]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price forecasts over the past 6 months

Low target
$8
123%
upside
Avg. target
$8
123%
upside
High target
$8
123%
upside

1 analyst rating

positive
100%
neutral
0%
negative
0%
B. Riley Securities
Kyle Bauser
123%upside
$8
Buy
Initiated
25 Jul 2024

Financial journalist opinion