NASDAQ:PFMT - Performant Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Performant Financial's stock was trading at $0.95 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PFMT shares have decreased by 15.8% and is now trading at $0.80. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Performant Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Performant Financial.

Performant Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Performant Financial.

Performant Financial Corp (NASDAQ:PFMT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March, 17th. The business services provider reported $0.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.06. The business services provider earned $43.82 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $43.50 million. Performant Financial had a negative net margin of 17.83% and a negative return on equity of 34.92%. View Performant Financial's earnings history.

Performant Financial updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, March, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $170-180 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $175.4 million.

News stories about PFMT stock have been trending negative on Monday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Performant Financial earned a news sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutPerformant Financial.

Performant Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 15,000 shares, an increase of 15.4% from the February 27th total of 13,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Performant Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Performant Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PFMT."

Performant Financial's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. (15.38%) and Mirador Capital Partners LP (0.57%). Company insiders that own Performant Financial stock include Prescott Group Capital Managem and Simeon Kohl. View institutional ownership trends for Performant Financial.

PFMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C., and Mirador Capital Partners LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Performant Financial.

Shares of PFMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of PFMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $0.80.

Performant Financial has a market capitalization of $43.12 million and generates $150.43 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $-26,820,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.40) on an earnings per share basis. Performant Financial employs 1,892 workers across the globe. View additional information about Performant Financial.

The official website for Performant Financial is http://www.performantcorp.com/.

Performant Financial's mailing address is 333 North Cayons Parkway, Livermore CA, 94551. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 925-960-4800 or via email at [email protected]