CRAI vs. NN, RPAY, TDCX, RILY, ADEA, GB, WTTR, CIFR, ECVT, and SEAT
Should you be buying CRA International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRA International include NextNav (NN), Repay (RPAY), TDCX (TDCX), B. Riley Financial (RILY), Adeia (ADEA), Global Blue Group (GB), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Ecovyst (ECVT), and Vivid Seats (SEAT). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) and NextNav (NASDAQ:NN) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
CRA International has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextNav has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
84.1% of CRA International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of NextNav shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.3% of CRA International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.3% of NextNav shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CRA International has a net margin of 6.73% compared to NextNav's net margin of -1,857.46%. CRA International's return on equity of 20.80% beat NextNav's return on equity.
CRA International received 169 more outperform votes than NextNav when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.45% of users gave CRA International an outperform vote while only 44.44% of users gave NextNav an outperform vote.
CRA International presently has a consensus target price of $133.00, indicating a potential downside of 16.88%. Given CRA International's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CRA International is more favorable than NextNav.
CRA International has higher revenue and earnings than NextNav. NextNav is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRA International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CRA International had 15 more articles in the media than NextNav. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CRA International and 7 mentions for NextNav. CRA International's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat NextNav's score of 0.35 indicating that CRA International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
CRA International beats NextNav on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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