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Performant Financial (Performant Financial) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 15.62% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Performant Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Performant Financial's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.0 Mil. Performant Financial's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $32.1 Mil. Therefore, Performant Financial's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.62%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

PFMT' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -71.03   Med: -21.35   Max: -18.12
Current: -22.7

During the past 13 years, Performant Financial's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was -18.12%. The lowest was -71.03%. And the median was -21.35%.

PFMT's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked worse than
91.18% of 998 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 12.255 vs PFMT: -22.70

Performant Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Performant Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Performant Financial Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - -71.03 -18.12 -21.35

Performant Financial Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.55 -47.69 -49.48 -7.54 15.62

Competitive Comparison of Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Performant Financial's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Performant Financial Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Performant Financial's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-7.519/( (37.113+33.335 )/ 2 )
=-7.519/35.224
=-21.35 %

Performant Financial's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=5.02/( (30.959+33.335)/ 2 )
=5.02/32.147
=15.62 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Performant Financial  (NAS:PFMT) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Performant Financial (Performant Financial) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
333 North Canyons Parkway, Livermore, CA, USA, 94551
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 primarily 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.
Executives
Prescott Group Capital Management, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 1924 SOUTH UTICA, SUITE 1120, TULSA OK 74104-6429
Rohit Ramchandani officer: Chief Financial Officer 333 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Ecmc Group, Inc. 10 percent owner 1 IMATION PLACE, BLDG 2, SUITE 392A, OAKDALE MN 55128
Pcp Managers Gp, Llc 10 percent owner FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3610, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Parthenon Dcs Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Eric Yanagi director 400 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SUITE 526, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Pcp Managers, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3610, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Pcap Ii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Pcap Partners Ii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Parthenon Investors Ii. L.p. 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, 400 EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
James Lacamp director 333 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY, LIVERMORE CA 94551
Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap Lp 10 percent owner 1924 SOUTH IRICA SUITE 1120, TULSA OK 741046529
Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap Master Fund Gp 10 percent owner 1924 S UTICA SUITE # 1120, TULSA OK 74104-6529
Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap Ii Lp 10 percent owner 1924 S UTICA SUITE # 1120, TULSA OK 74104-6529
Phil Frohlich 10 percent owner 1924 SOUTH IRICA SUITE 1120, TULSA OK 741046529