Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	26.40	PRSC's P/E(ttm) is ranked lower than 52% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 16.20 vs. PRSC: 26.40 )	PRSC' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 6.33   Max: 389.8 Current: 26.4 6.33 389.8
P/B	2.76	PRSC's P/B is ranked lower than 60% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 1.99 vs. PRSC: 2.76 )	PRSC' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 0.25   Max: 4.94 Current: 2.76 0.25 4.94
P/S	0.29	PRSC's P/S is ranked higher than 93% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.81 vs. PRSC: 0.29 )	PRSC' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 0.02   Max: 2.23 Current: 0.29 0.02 2.23
PFCF	5.92	PRSC's PFCF is ranked higher than 71% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 14.34 vs. PRSC: 5.92 )	PRSC' s 10-Year PFCF Range Min: 0.65   Max: 313.29 Current: 5.92 0.65 313.29
EV-to-EBIT	11.61	PRSC's EV-to-EBIT is ranked higher than 67% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 13.20 vs. PRSC: 11.61 )	PRSC' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 5   Max: 54.3 Current: 11.61 5 54.3

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Net Current Asset Value	5	PRSC's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked lower than 51% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 6.55 vs. PRSC: 5 )	PRSC' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range Min: 0.5   Max: 12.7 Current: 5 0.5 12.7
Price/DCF (Projected)	0.5	PRSC's Price/DCF (Projected) is ranked higher than 66% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. PRSC: 0.5 )	PRSC' s 10-Year Price/DCF (Projected) Range Min: 0.2   Max: 0.7 Current: 0.5 0.2 0.7
Price/Median PS Value	1	PRSC's Price/Median PS Value is ranked lower than 59% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 0.90 vs. PRSC: 1 )	PRSC' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.1   Max: 7 Current: 1 0.1 7
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	8.60	PRSC's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 71% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 8.50 vs. PRSC: 8.60 )	PRSC' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 1.8   Max: 20 Current: 8.6 1.8 20
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	7.54	PRSC's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked higher than 96% of the 95 Companies in the Global Medical Care industry. ( Industry Median: 11.99 vs. PRSC: 7.54 )	PRSC' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: 4.3   Max: 21 Current: 7.54 4.3 21

Business Description

Providence Service Corporation was formed as a Delaware corporation in 1996. The Company provides and manages government sponsored social services and non-emergency transportation services. With respect to its social services, its counselors, social workers and behavioral health professionals work with clients who are eligible for government assistance due to income level, emotional/educational disabilities or court order. The state and local government agencies that fund the social services it provide are required by law to provide counseling, case management, foster care and other support services to eligible individuals and families. The Company does not own or operate any hospitals or residential treatment centers. Instead, it provides social services primarily in the client's home or community, reducing the cost to the government of such services while affording the client a better quality of life. With respect to its non-emergency transportation services, it manage and arrange for client transportation to health care related facilities and services for state or regional Medicaid agencies, health maintenance organizations, or HMOs, and commercial insurers. The Company's social services revenue is derived from its provider contracts with state and local government agencies and government intermediaries, HMOs, commercial insurers, and its management contracts with not-for-profit social services organizations. The government entities that pay for its social services include welfare, child welfare and justice departments, public schools and state Medicaid programs. Under a majority of its social services provider contracts, it is paid an hourly fee. The Company's two operating segments are: Social Services and Non-Emergency Transportation Services, or NET Services. The Company provides home and community based services, foster care and provider management services, directly and through entities it manage. The Company's home based counselors are trained professionals or para-professionals providing counseling services in the client's own home. These services average five hours per client per week and can include individual, group or family sessions. The Company's substance abuse treatment counselors provide services in the office, home and counseling centers designed especially for clients with drug or alcohol abuse problems. The Company's professional counselors are assigned to and stationed in public schools to assist in dealing with problematic and at-risk students. The Company's counselors provide support services such as teacher training, individual and group counseling, logical consequence training, anger management training, gang awareness and drug and alcohol abuse prevention techniques. The Company provides private probation supervision services, including monitoring and supervision of those sentenced to probation, rehabilitative services, and collection and disbursement of court-ordered fines, fees and restitution. The
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Industry:	Medical Care
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Traded in other countries:	PRF.Germany

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