Head-To-Head Analysis: Global Blue Group (NYSE:GB) vs. MSP Recovery (NASDAQ:MSPR)

MSP Recovery (NASDAQ:MSPR – Get Rating) and Global Blue Group (NYSE:GB – Get Rating) are both medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Volatility and Risk

MSP Recovery has a beta of -0.93, suggesting that its share price is 193% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Blue Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MSP Recovery and Global Blue Group’s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSP Recovery	N/A	N/A	$3.21 million	N/A	N/A
Global Blue Group	$146.41 million	7.71	-$110.71 million	($0.40)	-15.63

MSP Recovery has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Global Blue Group.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for MSP Recovery and Global Blue Group, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSP Recovery	0	0	1	0	3.00
Global Blue Group	0	0	0	0	N/A

Institutional & Insider Ownership

0.1% of MSP Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Global Blue Group shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of MSP Recovery shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares MSP Recovery and Global Blue Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSP Recovery	N/A	1.83%	1.46%
Global Blue Group	-35.29%	N/A	-7.45%

Summary

MSP Recovery beats Global Blue Group on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About MSP Recovery

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MSP Recovery, Inc. operates as a healthcare recoveries and data analytics company in the United States and Puerto Rico. The company offers claims recovery services, including services to related parties or third parties to assist entities with pursuit of claims recovery rights. It also provides Chase to pay service to assist its healthcare provider clients to identify in the first instance the proper primary insurer at the point of care and thereby avoid making a wrongful payment; and LifeWallet, a platform designed to locate and organize users' medical records. MSP Recovery, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

About Global Blue Group

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Global Blue Group Holding AG, together with its subsidiaries, provides technology-enabled transaction processing services for merchants, banks, acquirers, governments, and travelers in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Tax Free Shopping Technology Solutions (TFSS), Added-Value Payment Solutions (AVPS), and Complementary Retail Tech Solutions (CRTS). It offers TFSS, a value added tax (VAT) refund service that allows eligible shoppers to reclaim VAT on goods purchased outside of their home country; and intelligence and marketing services. The company also provides AVPS, a service which enables customers to pay in their choice of preferred currency, home or destination, at the point of sale (POS) when shopping outside of their home country under the Dynamic Currency Choice and Currency Select brands. In addition, it offers currency conversion services for POS, e-commerce return solutions, dynamic currency conversion (DCC) services, and DCC services at ATMs, as well as multi-currency processing services for online retailers. Further, the company provides ZigZag, a technology platform that fully digitalizes the eCommerce returns experience and enhances the process for both retailers and consumers; and Yocuda that enables retailers to send digital receipts to their customers. Global Blue Group Holding AG was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Wangen-Brüttisellen, Switzerland.