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Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN) Competitors

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$10.21 -0.16 (-1.54%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CCRN vs. HQI, TBI, KELYA, SRT, DLHC, MD, AMN, LH, DGX, and DVA

Should you be buying Cross Country Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cross Country Healthcare include HireQuest (HQI), TrueBlue (TBI), Kelly Services (KELYA), Startek (SRT), DLH (DLHC), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Laboratory Co. of America (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), and DaVita (DVA).

Cross Country Healthcare vs.

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

HireQuest has a net margin of 4.04% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.12%. HireQuest's return on equity of 11.02% 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%
HireQuest 4.04%11.02%6.69%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare$2.02B0.17$72.63M-$0.05-204.16
HireQuest$37.88M5.35$6.14M$0.11131.64

Cross Country Healthcare received 456 more outperform votes than HireQuest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.18% of users gave HireQuest an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave Cross Country Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cross Country HealthcareOutperform Votes
471
65.06%
Underperform Votes
253
34.94%
HireQuestOutperform Votes
15
68.18%
Underperform Votes
7
31.82%

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of HireQuest shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 43.9% of HireQuest shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cross Country Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 81.19%. HireQuest has a consensus target price of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.76%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than HireQuest.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
HireQuest
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HireQuest has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, HireQuest had 10 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for HireQuest and 4 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat HireQuest's score of 0.70 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HireQuest
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

HireQuest beats Cross Country Healthcare on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CCRN vs. The Competition

MetricCross Country HealthcareHelp supply services IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$341.35M$1.20B$6.61B$8.90B
Dividend YieldN/A3.05%2.93%4.07%
P/E Ratio-204.1623.3734.5913.46
Price / Sales0.170.67171.7787.66
Price / Cash3.758.4626.3736.27
Price / Book0.793.344.866.30
Net Income$72.63M$69.89M$123.37M$225.93M
7 Day Performance2.00%-2.21%0.13%-1.32%
1 Month Performance-15.06%-3.84%8.35%0.60%
1 Year Performance-51.57%-26.78%29.92%26.23%

Cross Country Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
4.6207 of 5 stars
$10.21
-1.5%
$18.50
+81.2%
-52.3%$341.35M$2.02B-204.1610,831Short Interest ↓
HQI
HireQuest
3.6796 of 5 stars
$14.48
-1.3%
$18.50
+27.8%
-3.7%$205.38M$37.88M131.6473,000Analyst Revision
TBI
TrueBlue
3.5292 of 5 stars
$6.86
+1.6%
$11.50
+67.6%
-50.7%$199.52M$1.91B-1.795,000Positive News
KELYA
Kelly Services
4.9596 of 5 stars
$13.96
-0.9%
$25.00
+79.1%
-33.4%$504.23M$4.84B12.143,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
SRT
Startek
N/A$4.42
flat
N/AN/A$178.35M$385.07M-8.3433,000Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
DLHC
DLH
3.7449 of 5 stars
$8.34
+0.1%
N/A-42.2%$118.14M$375.87M49.063,200Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
MD
Pediatrix Medical Group
3.5828 of 5 stars
$14.49
-0.8%
$16.10
+11.1%
+61.0%$1.25B$1.99B0.005,170Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
AMN
AMN Healthcare Services
4.7822 of 5 stars
$24.80
-1.0%
$48.33
+94.9%
-63.0%$953.75M$3.79B17.973,585
LH
Laboratory Co. of America
4.7655 of 5 stars
$237.85
+0.7%
$255.92
+7.6%
+12.7%$19.89B$12.71B46.0167,000Positive News
DGX
Quest Diagnostics
4.9026 of 5 stars
$161.38
+0.1%
$164.58
+2.0%
+19.7%$17.99B$9.25B21.6948,000Analyst Downgrade
DVA
DaVita
4.2959 of 5 stars
$161.40
+2.8%
$161.80
+0.2%
+65.5%$12.87B$12.14B17.4170,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CCRN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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