Head-To-Head Survey: MSP Recovery (LIFW) vs. Its Competitors

MSP Recovery (NASDAQ:LIFW) is one of 145 publicly-traded companies in the “Data processing & preparation” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare MSP Recovery to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for MSP Recovery and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MSP Recovery	0	0	0	0	N/A
MSP Recovery Competitors	753	4032	5692	114	2.49

As a group, “Data processing & preparation” companies have a potential upside of 33.56%. Given MSP Recovery’s peers higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MSP Recovery has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

3.8% of MSP Recovery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of MSP Recovery shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.9% of shares of all “Data processing & preparation” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

MSP Recovery has a beta of -2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 326% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSP Recovery’s peers have a beta of 1.23, suggesting that their average stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares MSP Recovery and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MSP Recovery	-724.07%	-3.70%	-1.76%
MSP Recovery Competitors	-119.77%	-1,812.21%	-7.97%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
MSP Recovery	$7.70 million	-$56.35 million	-0.10
MSP Recovery Competitors	$953.53 million	$11.68 million	-5.25

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

Summary

MSP Recovery peers beat MSP Recovery on 6 of the 10 factors compared.

MSP Recovery Company Profile

MSP Recovery, Inc., doing business as LifeWallet, operates as a healthcare recovery 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 LifeWallet, a scalable and expandable data ecosystem where tokenized data is stored in a platform with multiple applications, including LifeWallet EHR for hospitals, medical providers, major medical laboratories, and governmental entities that gather and store electronic health records; Chase to Pay, a real-time, or near real-time analytics driven platform that identifies the proper primary payer at the point of care; LifeChain which is in development in order to tokenize healthcare claims and patient records using blockchain technology; LifeWallet 911 which is in development for utilization by emergency service organizations; LifeWallet Legal; LifeWallet Health; and LifeWallet Sports which connected brands with college athletes. MSP Recovery, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.