MSP Recovery (MSPR) versus Its Rivals Financial Analysis

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

Risk & Volatility

MSP Recovery has a beta of -2.53, suggesting that its stock 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 stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for MSP Recovery and its competitors, as provided 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 16.93%. Given MSP Recovery’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares MSP Recovery and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSP Recovery	$13.28 million	-$360.50 million	-0.01
MSP Recovery Competitors	$684.92 million	-$62.32 million	1.41

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.

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.