CCRN vs. MD, TBI, KELYA, BBSI, HQI, SRT, LH, DGX, DVA, and CHE
Should you be buying Cross Country Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cross Country Healthcare include Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), TrueBlue (TBI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), HireQuest (HQI), Startek (SRT), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), and Chemed (CHE).
Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
Pediatrix Medical Group received 31 more outperform votes than Cross Country Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.14% of users gave Cross Country Healthcare an outperform vote while only 61.27% of users gave Pediatrix Medical Group an outperform vote.
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cross Country Healthcare has a net margin of 2.58% compared to Pediatrix Medical Group's net margin of -3.53%. Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity of 11.69% beat Pediatrix Medical Group's return on equity.
Cross Country Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Pediatrix Medical Group. Pediatrix Medical Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cross Country Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Cross Country Healthcare had 1 more articles in the media than Pediatrix Medical Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare and 6 mentions for Pediatrix Medical Group. Cross Country Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Pediatrix Medical Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Cross Country Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $20.83, suggesting a potential upside of 37.79%. Pediatrix Medical Group has a consensus price target of $9.38, suggesting a potential upside of 28.25%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Pediatrix Medical Group.
Summary
Cross Country Healthcare beats Pediatrix Medical Group on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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