NRC vs. TIXT, KELYA, PCT, MDRX, BBSI, HCSG, ARIS, PSFE, CNDT, and CCO
Should you be buying National Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Research include TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT), Kelly Services (KELYA), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Veradigm (MDRX), Barrett Business Services (BBSI), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), Paysafe (PSFE), Conduent (CNDT), and Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
National Research (NASDAQ:NRC) and TELUS International (Cda) (NYSE:TIXT) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, earnings and community ranking.
National Research has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS International (Cda) has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS International (Cda) has a consensus price target of $12.83, suggesting a potential upside of 99.90%. Given TELUS International (Cda)'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TELUS International (Cda) is more favorable than National Research.
TELUS International (Cda) has higher revenue and earnings than National Research. National Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS International (Cda), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
47.3% of National Research shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.6% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of National Research shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held 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.
National Research received 55 more outperform votes than TELUS International (Cda) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave National Research an outperform vote while only 45.90% of users gave TELUS International (Cda) an outperform vote.
In the previous week, TELUS International (Cda) had 13 more articles in the media than National Research. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for TELUS International (Cda) and 12 mentions for National Research. National Research's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat TELUS International (Cda)'s score of 0.13 indicating that National Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Research has a net margin of 20.60% compared to TELUS International (Cda)'s net margin of 2.54%. National Research's return on equity of 54.83% beat TELUS International (Cda)'s return on equity.
Summary
TELUS International (Cda) beats National Research on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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