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

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

Performant Financial Corp (NASDAQ:PFMT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 12th. The business services provider reported ($0.15) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.10) by $0.05. The business services provider earned $35.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $39.60 million. Performant Financial had a negative return on equity of 35.82% and a negative net margin of 19.29%. View Performant Financial's Earnings History.

Performant Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Performant Financial.

Performant Financial issued an update on its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, November, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$200-200 million.

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.

Media stories about PFMT stock have trended somewhat positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Performant Financial earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Performant Financial.

Performant Financial saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 33,500 shares, a decrease of 37.4% from the December 15th total of 53,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 35,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Performant Financial's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Performant Financial investors own include Athersys (ATHX), Corbus Pharmaceuticals (CRBP), Opko Health (OPK), Pieris Pharmaceuticals (PIRS), NovaBay Pharmaceuticals (NBY), AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (ACRX), Allena Pharmaceuticals (ALNA), Accuray (ARAY), ArQule (ARQL) and Antares Pharma (ATRS).

Performant Financial's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Mirador Capital Partners LP. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $1.10.

Performant Financial has a market capitalization of $59.29 million and generates $155.67 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $-8,010,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.32) 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]