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PHLT (Performant Healthcare) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 78.04 (As of Jul. 01, 2025)


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What is Performant Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2025-07-01), Performant Healthcare's share price is $4.1359. Performant Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.05. Hence, Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 78.04.

The historical rank and industry rank for Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

PHLT' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.81   Med: 10.96   Max: 528.33
Current: 78.02

During the past 13 years, Performant Healthcare's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 528.33. The lowest was 2.81. And the median was 10.96.

PHLT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
88.19% of 398 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 16.365 vs PHLT: 78.02

Performant Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.02. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $0.05.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 35.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, Performant Healthcare's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 52.40% per year. The lowest was -41.40% per year. And the median was 35.50% per year.


Performant Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Performant Healthcare Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
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Performant Healthcare Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.


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Performant Healthcare Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Performant Healthcare's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=4.1359/0.053
=78.04

Performant Healthcare's Share Price of today is $4.1359.
Performant Healthcare's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.05.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Performant Healthcare  (NAS:PHLT) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Performant Healthcare Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
900 South Pine Island Road, Suite 150, Plantation, FL, USA, 33324
Performant Healthcare Inc provides solutions to payers in the healthcare industry to identify, prevent, and recover waste and improper payments by leveraging technology, analytics, and proprietary data assets.
Executives
Lisa Im officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O PERFORMANT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 333 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY, LIVERMORE CA 94551
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
Parthenon Dcs Holdings, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Pcp Managers Gp, Llc 10 percent owner FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3610, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Eric Yanagi director 400 OYSTER POINT BOULEVARD, SUITE 526, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Parthenon Investors Ii. L.p. 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, 400 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
Pcap Ii, Llc 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Pcp Managers, L.p. 10 percent owner C/O PARTHENON CAPITAL PARTNERS, FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3610, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
James Lacamp director 333 NORTH CANYONS PARKWAY, LIVERMORE CA 94551
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
Prescott Group Aggressive Small Cap Lp 10 percent owner 1924 SOUTH IRICA SUITE 1120, TULSA OK 741046529