CRAI vs. PCT, NRC, VMEO, GB, HCSG, TDCX, MDRX, PSFE, DLX, and NYAX
Should you be buying CRA International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRA International include PureCycle Technologies (PCT), National Research (NRC), Vimeo (VMEO), Global Blue Group (GB), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), TDCX (TDCX), Veradigm (MDRX), Paysafe (PSFE), Deluxe (DLX), and Nayax (NYAX). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
PureCycle Technologies (NYSE:PCT) and CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) 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, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
CRA International received 148 more outperform votes than PureCycle Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.57% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.31% of users gave CRA International an outperform vote.
63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of CRA International shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of CRA International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
CRA International has a net margin of 6.17% compared to CRA International's net margin of 0.00%. PureCycle Technologies' return on equity of 19.01% beat CRA International's return on equity.
PureCycle Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $7.75, suggesting a potential upside of 24.20%. CRA International has a consensus target price of $133.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.19%. Given CRA International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than CRA International.
In the previous week, CRA International had 11 more articles in the media than PureCycle Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for CRA International and 1 mentions for PureCycle Technologies. CRA International's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat PureCycle Technologies' score of 0.91 indicating that PureCycle Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRA International has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CRA International has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRA International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CRA International beats PureCycle Technologies on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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