Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN) Competitors

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Pediatrix Medical Group (NYSE:MD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is CCRN or MD more profitable?

Cross Country Healthcare has a net margin of -0.12% compared to Pediatrix Medical Group's net margin of -12.65%. Pediatrix Medical Group's return on equity of 12.79% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare	-0.12%	5.38%	3.84%
Pediatrix Medical Group	-12.65%	12.79%	4.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, CCRN or MD?

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pediatrix Medical Group has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CCRN or MD?

In the previous week, Pediatrix Medical Group had 11 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Pediatrix Medical Group and 7 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Pediatrix Medical Group's score of 0.76 indicating that Cross Country Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pediatrix Medical Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCRN or MD?

Cross Country Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Pediatrix Medical Group. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pediatrix Medical Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare	$2.02B	0.29	$72.63M	-$0.05	-361.93
Pediatrix Medical Group	$1.99B	0.67	-$60.41M	-$3.06	-5.09

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCRN or MD?

Pediatrix Medical Group received 36 more outperform votes than Cross Country Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave Cross Country Healthcare an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Pediatrix Medical Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cross Country Healthcare	Outperform Votes 471 63.82%	Underperform Votes 267 36.18%
Pediatrix Medical Group	Outperform Votes 507 60.21%	Underperform Votes 335 39.79%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CCRN or MD?

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.7% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Pediatrix Medical Group shares are held by 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.

Do analysts prefer CCRN or MD?

Cross Country Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $18.54, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. Pediatrix Medical Group has a consensus price target of $17.08, suggesting a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Pediatrix Medical Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pediatrix Medical Group is more favorable than Cross Country Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Pediatrix Medical Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

Pediatrix Medical Group beats Cross Country Healthcare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.