Currently, Performant Healthcare Inc’s (PHLT) stock is trading at $7.59, marking a gain of 113.94% from last night’s close. At this price, the stock is 71.06% below its 52-week high of $4.44 and 250.00% above its 52-week low of $2.17.
The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, PHLT’s SMA-200 is $3.07.
As well, it is important to consider PHLT stock ratios such as price-to-sales, which is currently 4.61.Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 143.32. PHLT’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 7.61, resulting in an 59.60 price to cash per share for the period.
How does Performant Healthcare Inc (PHLT) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1.
Performant Healthcare Inc (PHLT): Earnings History
If we examine Performant Healthcare Inc’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 3/31/2025, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.02, slashing the consensus of -$0.02. In other words, it beat the consensus by $0.04, resulting in a 200.00% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 3/31/2025, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.02 in contrast with the Outlook of -$0.02. That was a difference of $0.04 and a surprise of 200.00%.
Performant Healthcare Inc (NASDAQ: PHLT) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Performant Healthcare Inc (PHLT). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 7.32% of shares. A total of 108 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 82.74% of its stock and 89.28% of its float.
Mar 31, 2025, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. holding total of 15.79 shares that make 20.17% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 120.03 million.
The securities firm First Light Asset Management, LLC holds 11.69 shares of PHLT, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 14.93%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 88.87 million.
An overview of Performant Healthcare Inc’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Performant Healthcare Inc (PHLT) traded 651,819 shares per day, with a moving average of $4.07 and price change of +3.41. With the moving average of $3.64 and a price change of +4.92, about 383,370 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, PHLT’s 100-day average volume is 265,332 shares, alongside a moving average of $3.13 and a price change of +5.10.
