Premier (PINC) Competitors $25.59 -0.30 (-1.16%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$25.58 -0.02 (-0.06%) As of 04:34 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock PINC vs. FOUR, HQY, LIF, LYFT, ETSY, AMTM, MARA, WPP, QBTS, and WSCShould you be buying Premier stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Premier include Shift4 Payments (FOUR), HealthEquity (HQY), Life360 (LIF), Lyft (LYFT), Etsy (ETSY), Amentum (AMTM), Marathon Digital (MARA), WPP (WPP), D-Wave Quantum (QBTS), and WillScot (WSC). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry. Premier vs. Its Competitors Shift4 Payments HealthEquity Life360 Lyft Etsy Amentum Marathon Digital WPP D-Wave Quantum WillScot Shift4 Payments (NYSE:FOUR) and Premier (NASDAQ:PINC) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Is FOUR or PINC more profitable? Shift4 Payments has a net margin of 6.11% compared to Premier's net margin of 2.00%. Shift4 Payments' return on equity of 37.05% beat Premier's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Shift4 Payments6.11% 37.05% 6.88% Premier 2.00%7.04%3.75% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FOUR or PINC? Shift4 Payments has higher revenue and earnings than Premier. Shift4 Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Premier, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioShift4 Payments$3.33B2.35$229.60M$2.7032.74Premier$1.01B2.09$20.27M$0.22116.32 Which has more risk & volatility, FOUR or PINC? Shift4 Payments has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media refer more to FOUR or PINC? In the previous week, Premier had 2 more articles in the media than Shift4 Payments. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Premier and 6 mentions for Shift4 Payments. Shift4 Payments' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Premier's score of 1.10 indicating that Shift4 Payments is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Shift4 Payments 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Premier 7 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate FOUR or PINC? Shift4 Payments presently has a consensus price target of $114.40, suggesting a potential upside of 29.43%. Premier has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.26%. Given Shift4 Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shift4 Payments is more favorable than Premier.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Shift4 Payments 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 14 Buy rating(s) 2 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.86Premier 1 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.88 Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of FOUR or PINC? 98.9% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Premier shares are held by institutional investors. 25.2% of Shift4 Payments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Premier shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryShift4 Payments beats Premier on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Premier News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PINC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy. New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PINC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart PINC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricPremierMedical Services IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$2.11B$7.65B$5.75B$9.83BDividend Yield3.24%2.66%6.66%4.49%P/E Ratio116.3278.6782.4426.63Price / Sales2.0946.03530.80110.54Price / Cash8.9224.8225.7028.92Price / Book1.3819.5910.646.56Net Income$20.27M$242.04M$3.28B$266.04M7 Day Performance-2.51%-0.73%-0.08%-0.58%1 Month Performance20.31%4.61%10.36%6.24%1 Year Performance23.86%9.15%49.00%22.21% Premier Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)PINCPremier2.9096 of 5 stars$25.59-1.2%$24.50-4.3%+27.1%$2.11B$1.01B116.322,700Positive NewsFOURShift4 Payments4.8094 of 5 stars$90.47-0.7%$114.40+26.5%+7.3%$8.06B$3.61B33.514,000Positive NewsHQYHealthEquity4.2662 of 5 stars$87.42-2.7%$118.55+35.6%+11.7%$7.77B$1.24B63.813,120Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastGap UpLIFLife3601.5777 of 5 stars$89.61-0.7%$86.43-3.6%+120.9%$7.00B$371.48M280.04600LYFTLyft4.1223 of 5 stars$17.05+0.2%$16.83-1.3%+44.0%$6.91B$5.79B71.042,934Trending NewsOptions VolumeETSYEtsy4.544 of 5 stars$57.39-8.4%$57.80+0.7%-6.2%$6.21B$2.81B46.282,400Insider TradeAMTMAmentum3.7314 of 5 stars$25.26+1.3%$27.30+8.1%N/A$6.07B$8.39B64.7753,000MARAMarathon Digital3.8434 of 5 stars$15.40-5.5%$24.22+57.3%-3.8%$6.03B$656.38M13.879WPPWPP1.7335 of 5 stars$26.78-1.1%N/A-45.1%$5.84B$18.84B4.49108,044QBTSD-Wave Quantum3.3646 of 5 stars$15.02-3.3%$19.27+28.3%+1,467.5%$5.31B$8.83M-14.303WSCWillScot4.7091 of 5 stars$24.75-0.7%$36.00+45.5%-38.3%$4.54B$2.40B41.254,500Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Shift4 Payments Alternatives HealthEquity Alternatives Life360 Alternatives Lyft Alternatives Etsy Alternatives Amentum Alternatives Marathon Digital Alternatives WPP Alternatives D-Wave Quantum Alternatives WillScot Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:PINC) was last updated on 9/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow “Trump’s New Dollar” Could Impact Your WealthPresident Trump just signed a game-changing law… That could soon upgrade the U.S. dollar in your checking a...Brownstone Research | SponsoredForget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real PlayWhile Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it c...Behind the Markets | SponsoredWhat's the Best Way to Lower RMD Taxes?Turning 73 triggers a key IRS rule: you must begin taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) from certain r...SmartAsset | SponsoredWhat Steve Bannon revealed about Trump’s gold playA Trump advisor just said 3 words that could reset the dollar. 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