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Providence Service (PRSC) Competitors

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PRSC vs. LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, CRVL, AMED, MD, AMN, CCRN, and PLBY

Should you be buying Providence Service stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Providence Service include Labcorp (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Amedisys (AMED), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), and PLBY Group (PLBY).

Providence Service vs. Its Competitors

Providence Service (NASDAQ:PRSC) and Labcorp (NYSE:LH) are both health care services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Labcorp has higher revenue and earnings than Providence Service. Providence Service is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Labcorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Providence Service$1.51B0.02$970K$1.651.57
Labcorp$13.01B1.67$746M$9.0628.81

Labcorp has a net margin of 5.66% compared to Providence Service's net margin of 0.23%. Providence Service's return on equity of 17.59% beat Labcorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Providence Service0.23% 17.59% 8.74%
Labcorp 5.66%15.45%7.02%

In the previous week, Labcorp had 26 more articles in the media than Providence Service. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Labcorp and 0 mentions for Providence Service. Labcorp's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Providence Service's score of 0.00 indicating that Labcorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Providence Service Neutral
Labcorp Positive

95.9% of Labcorp shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Providence Service shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Labcorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Providence Service has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Labcorp has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Labcorp has a consensus target price of $289.58, indicating a potential upside of 10.93%. Given Labcorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Labcorp is more favorable than Providence Service.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Providence Service
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Labcorp
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Summary

Labcorp beats Providence Service on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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PRSC vs. The Competition

MetricProvidence ServiceTransportation Services IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$36.74M$60K$8.07B$9.48B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.22%4.13%
P/E Ratio-43.16N/A18.1621.62
Price / Sales0.02N/A4.6395.96
Price / Cash32.54N/A16.3358.51
Price / Book0.11N/A4.525.58
Net Income$970K-$15.56M$218.40M$265.35M

Providence Service Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PRSC
Providence Service
N/A$2.59
-7.2%
N/A-86.4%$36.74M$1.51B-43.163,800High Trading Volume
LH
Labcorp
4.8042 of 5 stars
$261.36
-0.2%
$285.00
+9.0%
+15.2%$21.88B$13.01B28.8570,000Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.7898 of 5 stars
$167.86
+0.0%
$186.00
+10.8%
+19.0%$18.77B$9.87B20.1056,000Positive News
DVA
DaVita
4.7374 of 5 stars
$145.98
+0.5%
$167.40
+14.7%
+4.1%$11.02B$12.97B14.4776,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Down
CHE
Chemed
4.9808 of 5 stars
$467.11
+0.2%
$596.67
+27.7%
-24.6%$6.83B$2.43B22.7515,695Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
CRVL
CorVel
1.3008 of 5 stars
$88.51
+0.5%
N/A-9.5%$4.55B$895.59M48.195,075News Coverage
Earnings Report
AMED
Amedisys
2.9293 of 5 stars
$97.52
+0.6%
$100.50
+3.1%
+1.6%$3.20B$2.35B35.9919,000
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
2.1695 of 5 stars
$12.65
-0.2%
$16.67
+31.8%
+67.8%$1.09B$2.01B-12.524,305News Coverage
Earnings Report
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.3036 of 5 stars
$19.33
-1.7%
$32.08
+65.9%
-71.4%$740.11M$2.98B-4.472,968Upcoming Earnings
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.6004 of 5 stars
$13.80
-0.1%
$17.93
+29.9%
-22.5%$452.36M$1.34B-26.048,205News Coverage
Earnings Report
PLBY
PLBY Group
0.7986 of 5 stars
$1.86
flat
$1.85
-0.5%
+132.6%$174.74M$116.69M-2.001,010News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PRSC) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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