The Futility of Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT)’s Fundamentals

Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT) shares fell to a low of $2.76 before closing at $2.92. Intraday shares traded counted 0.55 million, which was 83.08% higher than its 30-day average trading volume of 3.27M. PFMT’s previous close was $2.73 while the outstanding shares total 48.41M. The firm has a beta of -0.72. The stock’s Relative Strength Index (RSI) is 76.03, with weekly volatility at 8.65% and ATR at 0.17. The PFMT stock’s 52-week price range has touched low of $0.54 and a $3.21 high. The stock traded higher over the last trading session, gaining 6.96% on 05/26/21.

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Investors have identified the Specialty Business Services company Performant Financial Corporation as an interesting stock but before investments are made there, an in-depth look at its trading activities will have to be conducted. The share is trading with a market value of around $141.36 million, the company now has both obstacles and catalysts that affect them and they came from their mode of operations. With the company affected by events currently, it is a perfect time to analyze the numbers behind the firm in order to come up with a rather realistic picture of what this stock is.

Performant Financial Corporation (PFMT) Fundamentals that are to be considered.

When analyzing a stock, the first fundamental thing to take into account is the balance sheet. How healthy the balance sheet of a company is will determine if the company will be able to carry out all its financial and non-financial obligations and also keep the faith of its investors. For PFMT, the company has in raw cash 21.41 million on their books with 59.46 million currently as liabilities. How the trend is over time is what investors should be concerned about. The company has a healthy balance sheet as their debt profile has been on a decline. In terms of their assets, the company currently has 55.12 million total, with 81.16 million as their total liabilities.

PFMT were able to record 4.0 million as free cash flow during the 08/11/2021 quarter of the year, this saw their quarterly net cash flow reduce by 3.11 million. In cash movements, the company had a total of 4.82 million as operating cash flow.

Potential earnings growth for Performant Financial Corporation (PFMT)

In order to determine the future investment potential for this stock, we will have to analyze key trends that affect it. During the 08/11/2021 quarter of the year, Performant Financial Corporation recorded a total of 31.39 million in revenue. This figure implies that they witnessed a quarterly year/year change in their earnings with -46.19% coming in sequential stages and their sales for the 08/11/2021 quarter reducing by -27.54%.

What matters though is how it ends. When the core data for the company is broken down, then the stock sounds interesting. The company spent 31.39 million trying to sell their products during the last quarter, with the result yielding a gross income of 34.45 million. This allows shareholders to hold on to 48.41M with the recently reported earning now reading -0.08 cents per share. This is a figure that compared to analyst’s prediction for their 08/11/2021 (-0.06 cents a share).

Is the stock of PFMT attractive?

In related news, 10% Owner, PARTHENON DCS HOLDINGS, LLC sold 997,392 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that recorded on Apr 26. The sale was performed at an average price of 2.37, for a total value of 2,362,123. In the last 6 months, insiders have changed their ownership in shares of company stock by 23.10%.