PRSC vs. LIND, SSP, HBB, FNKO, CDRO, SNBR, MYPS, GHG, LINC, and POWW
Should you be buying Providence Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Providence Service include Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), E.W. Scripps (SSP), Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB), Funko (FNKO), Codere Online Luxembourg (CDRO), Sleep Number (SNBR), PLAYSTUDIOS (MYPS), GreenTree Hospitality Group (GHG), Lincoln Educational Services (LINC), and AMMO (POWW). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Providence Service (NASDAQ:PRSC) and Lindblad Expeditions (NASDAQ:LIND) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Lindblad Expeditions had 7 more articles in the media than Providence Service. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lindblad Expeditions and 10 mentions for Providence Service. Lindblad Expeditions' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Providence Service's score of 0.00 indicating that Lindblad Expeditions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lindblad Expeditions has a consensus target price of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 98.90%. Given Lindblad Expeditions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lindblad Expeditions is more favorable than Providence Service.
75.9% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Providence Service shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.8% of Lindblad Expeditions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Providence Service has higher revenue and earnings than Lindblad Expeditions. Lindblad Expeditions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Providence Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Providence Service received 44 more outperform votes than Lindblad Expeditions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.71% of users gave Providence Service an outperform vote while only 57.57% of users gave Lindblad Expeditions an outperform vote.
Providence Service has a net margin of 0.23% compared to Lindblad Expeditions' net margin of -8.01%. Providence Service's return on equity of 17.59% beat Lindblad Expeditions' return on equity.
Providence Service has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindblad Expeditions has a beta of 2.84, suggesting that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Lindblad Expeditions beats Providence Service on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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