CCRN vs. AMN, MD, LH, DGX, DVA, CHE, CRVL, AMED, HSII, and KELYA
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), Amedisys (AMED), Heidrick & Struggles International (HSII), and Kelly Services (KELYA).
Cross Country Healthcare vs. Its Competitors
AMN Healthcare Services (NYSE:AMN) and Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) are both small-cap health care services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Cross Country Healthcare has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, AMN Healthcare Services had 5 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for AMN Healthcare Services and 7 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. AMN Healthcare Services' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 1.48 indicating that AMN Healthcare Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.2% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of AMN Healthcare Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
AMN Healthcare Services currently has a consensus price target of $28.25, suggesting a potential upside of 41.00%. Cross Country Healthcare has a consensus price target of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 34.11%. Given AMN Healthcare Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AMN Healthcare Services is more favorable than Cross Country Healthcare.
AMN Healthcare Services has a beta of 0.1, indicating that its stock price is 90% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AMN Healthcare Services beats Cross Country Healthcare on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:CCRN) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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