Financial Survey: MSP Recovery (MSPR) & Its Rivals

MSP Recovery (NASDAQ:MSPR) is one of 60 public companies in the “MEDICAL INFO SYS” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare MSP Recovery to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Risk and Volatility

MSP Recovery has a beta of -2.53, meaning that its share price is 353% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSP Recovery’s peers have a beta of 1.98, meaning that their average share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for MSP Recovery and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSP Recovery	1	0	0	0	1.00
MSP Recovery Competitors	340	806	1927	29	2.53

As a group, “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies have a potential upside of 18.54%. Given MSP Recovery’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSP Recovery has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares MSP Recovery and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSP Recovery	-4,375.62%	-326.80%	-61.32%
MSP Recovery Competitors	-319.54%	-81.32%	-22.59%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares MSP Recovery and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSP Recovery	$18.25 million	-$360.50 million	-0.01
MSP Recovery Competitors	$429.22 million	-$61.23 million	1.53

MSP Recovery’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than MSP Recovery. MSP Recovery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.8% of MSP Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of shares of all “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies are held by institutional investors. 50.5% of MSP Recovery shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

MSP Recovery peers beat MSP Recovery on 12 of the 13 factors compared.

MSP Recovery Company Profile

MSP Recovery, Inc. engages in the development of healthcare recoveries and data analytics software. It also focuses on the identification and recoveries of improper payments made by Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance spaces using data and analytics. The company was founded by John H. Ruiz, Frank C. Quesada, and Diana Diaz on July 8, 2014 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.