CCRN vs. AMN, MD, LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, CRVL, NSP, MAN, and HSII
Should you be buying Cross Country Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cross Country Healthcare include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Pediatrix Medical Group (MD), Labcorp (LH), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), DaVita (DVA), Chemed (CHE), CorVel (CRVL), Insperity (NSP), ManpowerGroup (MAN), and Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII).
Cross Country Healthcare vs. Its Competitors
Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) are both small-cap health care services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Cross Country Healthcare has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AMN Healthcare Services. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AMN Healthcare Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cross Country Healthcare has a net margin of -0.70% compared to AMN Healthcare Services' net margin of -10.75%. AMN Healthcare Services' return on equity of 11.09% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.
96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.15, suggesting that its stock price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 1 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 1 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of -0.50 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 36.14%. AMN Healthcare Services has a consensus target price of $23.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.56%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than AMN Healthcare Services.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Cross Country Healthcare on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CCRN) was last updated on 10/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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