HSII vs. CCRN, VMEO, BTDR, HKD, BITF, LNZA, PGRU, PGY, HCKT, and RILY
Should you be buying Heidrick & Struggles International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heidrick & Struggles International include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Vimeo (VMEO), Bitdeer Technologies Group (BTDR), AMTD Digital (HKD), Bitfarms (BITF), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), PropertyGuru Group (PGRU), Pagaya Technologies (PGY), The Hackett Group (HCKT), and B. Riley Financial (RILY). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Heidrick & Struggles International (NASDAQ:HSII) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.
Cross Country Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Heidrick & Struggles International. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Heidrick & Struggles International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Heidrick & Struggles International has a net margin of 5.23% compared to Heidrick & Struggles International's net margin of 3.60%. Heidrick & Struggles International's return on equity of 16.93% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cross Country Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Heidrick & Struggles International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare and 3 mentions for Heidrick & Struggles International. Heidrick & Struggles International's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of -0.11 indicating that Cross Country Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heidrick & Struggles International has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cross Country Healthcare received 275 more outperform votes than Heidrick & Struggles International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave Cross Country Healthcare an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave Heidrick & Struggles International an outperform vote.
Cross Country Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.41%. Heidrick & Struggles International has a consensus price target of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Heidrick & Struggles International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Heidrick & Struggles International.
96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Heidrick & Struggles International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Cross Country Healthcare beats Heidrick & Struggles International on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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