Head-To-Head Analysis: MSP Recovery (MSPR) and Its Competitors

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares MSP Recovery and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSP Recovery	$18.25 million	-$360.50 million	-0.01
MSP Recovery Competitors	$429.17 million	-$62.32 million	1.50

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for MSP Recovery and its competitors, 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	808	1930	29	2.53

As a group, “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies have a potential upside of 16.45%. Given MSP Recovery’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MSP Recovery has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares MSP Recovery and its competitors’ 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%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

3.8% of MSP Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.3% of shares of all “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies are owned by institutional investors. 50.5% of MSP Recovery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of shares of all “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

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

Summary

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

About MSP Recovery

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.