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9.93 (1y: -6%)
Market Cap 471.2 M P/E(ttm) 34.00
Enterprise Value 570.75 M P/B 19.00
PFMT- NAS (USA)
Performant Financial Corp
Not Rated
Top Ranked Predictable Companies
$9.93
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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

Financial Strength

vs
industry		 vs
history
Cash to Debt 0.256
PFMT's Cash to Debt is ranked lower than
85% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 6.30 vs. PFMT: 0.256 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Cash to Debt Range
Min: 0.19   Max: No Debt
Current: 0.26
Equity to Asset -0.443
PFMT's Equity to Asset is ranked lower than
87% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 0.37 vs. PFMT: -0.443 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Equity to Asset Range
Min: -0.73   Max: -0.44
Current: -0.44
-0.73
-0.44
Interest Coverage 4.5
PFMT's Interest Coverage is ranked lower than
110% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 61.10 vs. PFMT: 4.5 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Interest Coverage Range
Min: 2   Max: 5
Current: 4.5
2
5
Z-Score: 3.12
GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability & Growth

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industry		 vs
history
Operating margin (%) 26.50
PFMT's Operating margin (%) is ranked lower than
108% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 6.70 vs. PFMT: 26.50 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Operating margin (%) Range
Min: 20.4   Max: 26.5
Current: 26.5
20.4
26.5
Net-margin (%) 10.9
PFMT's Net-margin (%) is ranked lower than
113% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 4.40 vs. PFMT: 10.9 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Net-margin (%) Range
Min: 7.6   Max: 10.9
Current: 10.9
7.6
10.9
ROE (%) 95.3
PFMT's ROE (%) is ranked lower than
94% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 8.80 vs. PFMT: 95.3 )
PFMT' s 10-Year ROE (%) Range
Min: 95.3   Max: 95.3
Current: 95.3
ROA (%) 10.8
PFMT's ROA (%) is ranked lower than
106% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 4.00 vs. PFMT: 10.8 )
PFMT' s 10-Year ROA (%) Range
Min: 6.8   Max: 10.8
Current: 10.8
6.8
10.8
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) 218.10
PFMT's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) is ranked lower than
102% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 20.00 vs. PFMT: 218.10 )
PFMT' s 10-Year ROC (Joel Greenblatt) (%) Range
Min: 134.6   Max: 218.1
Current: 218.1
134.6
218.1
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Top Ranked Articles about Performant Financial Corp

Weekly CEO Sells Highlight: Five Below, Performant Financial, Robert Half International, Under Armour
February 11, 2013
According to GuruFocus Insider Data, these are the largest CEO sales during the past week: Five Below Inc., Performant Financial Corp., Robert Half International Inc. and Under Armour Inc. Five Below Inc. (FIVE): President and CEO Thomas Vellios Sold 845,166 Shares Read more...

Ratios

vs
industry		 vs
history
P/E(ttm) 34.00
PFMT's P/E(ttm) is ranked lower than
83% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 20.30 vs. PFMT: 34.00 )
PFMT' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range
Min: 33.49   Max: 90.15
Current: 34
33.49
90.15
P/B 19.00
PFMT's P/B is ranked lower than
148% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 1.74 vs. PFMT: 19.00 )
PFMT' s 10-Year P/B Range
Min: 15.28   Max: 32.56
Current: 19
15.28
32.56
P/S 2.25
PFMT's P/S is ranked lower than
111% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 1.00 vs. PFMT: 2.25 )
PFMT' s 10-Year P/S Range
Min: 2.99   Max: 10.46
Current: 2.25
2.99
10.46
PFCF 47.20
PFMT's PFCF is ranked lower than
101% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 14.07 vs. PFMT: 47.20 )
PFMT' s 10-Year PFCF Range
Min: 38.59   Max: 234.4
Current: 47.2
38.59
234.4
EV-to-EBIT 11.4
PFMT's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than
88% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 13.30 vs. PFMT: 11.4 )
PFMT' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 9.4   Max: 16.9
Current: 11.4
9.4
16.9

Valuation & Return

vs
industry		 vs
history
Price/Net Current Asset Value 32
PFMT's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked lower than
84% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 9.00 vs. PFMT: 32 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range
Min: 33.7   Max: 33.7
Current: 32
Price/Median PS Value 0.6
PFMT's Price/Median PS Value is ranked lower than
100% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 0.90 vs. PFMT: 0.6 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range
Min: 0.9   Max: 0.9
Current: 0.6
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) 8.80
PFMT's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked lower than
92% of the 429 Companies
in the Global Business Services industry.

( Industry Median: 7.70 vs. PFMT: 8.80 )
PFMT' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range
Min: 5.9   Max: 10.6
Current: 8.8
5.9
10.6

Business Description

Performant Financial Corp commenced its operations in 1976 under the corporate name Diversified Collection Services, Inc., or DCS. The Company was incorporated in Delaware on October 8, 2003 under the name DCS Holdings, Inc. and subsequently changed its name to Performant Financial Corporation in 2005. The Company provides technology-enabled recovery and related analytics services in the United States. The Company's services help identify and recover delinquent or defaulted assets and improper payments for both government and private clients in a broad range of markets. The Company's clients typically operate in complex and regulated environments and outsource their recovery needs in order to reduce losses on billions of dollars of defaulted student loans, improper healthcare payments and delinquent state tax and federal treasury receivables. The Company generally provides its services on an outsourced basis, where it handles many or all aspects of its clients' recovery processes. The Company's clients include 13 of the 33 public sector participants in the student loan industry and these relationships average more than 11 years in length, including a 22-year relationship with the U.S. Department of Education. In the healthcare market, it is currently one of four prime Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors, or RACs, in the United States for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. The Company has built a proprietary technology platform that is highly flexible, intuitive and easy to use for its recovery and claims specialists. The Company's platform is easily configurable and deployable across multiple markets and processes. The Company's technology-enabled workflow processes, developed over many years of operational experience in recovery services, disaggregate otherwise complex recovery processes into a series of simple, efficient and consistent steps that are easily configurable and applicable to different types of recovery-related applications. The Company's data and analytics capabilities allow it to achieve strong recovery rates for its clients. The Company has collected recovery-related data for over two decades, which it combine with large volumes of client and third-party data to effectively analyze its clients' delinquent or defaulted assets and improper payments. The Company has also developed a number of analytics tools that it uses to score its clients' recovery inventory, determine the optimal recovery process and allocation of resources, and achieve higher levels of recovery results for its clients.
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