Head to Head Review: MSP Recovery (MSPR) versus Its Peers

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 competitors? We will compare MSP Recovery to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Volatility & Risk

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.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for MSP Recovery and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSP Recovery	1	0	0	0	1.00
MSP Recovery Competitors	383	812	1937	30	2.51

As a group, “MEDICAL INFO SYS” companies have a potential upside of 21.43%. 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares MSP Recovery and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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	1.96

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.

Insider and Institutional 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

MSP Recovery competitors 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.