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NRC vs. ASTH, CTOS, RDWR, WLDN, PRG, ETWO, EVH, TIXT, NXTT, and YEXT

Should you be buying National Research stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Research include Astrana Health (ASTH), Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), Radware (RDWR), Willdan Group (WLDN), Aaron's (PRG), E2open Parent (ETWO), Evolent Health (EVH), Telus Digital (TIXT), Next Technology (NXTT), and Yext (YEXT). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

National Research vs. Its Competitors

National Research (NASDAQ:NRC) and Astrana Health (NASDAQ:ASTH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

47.3% of National Research shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.8% of Astrana Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of National Research shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Astrana Health shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

National Research has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astrana Health has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Astrana Health has higher revenue and earnings than National Research. National Research is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astrana Health, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Research$141.30M2.24$24.78M$1.0313.49
Astrana Health$2.25B0.58$43.15M$0.7232.32

In the previous week, Astrana Health had 7 more articles in the media than National Research. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Astrana Health and 2 mentions for National Research. National Research's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Astrana Health's score of 0.54 indicating that National Research is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National Research
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Astrana Health
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

National Research has a net margin of 17.14% compared to Astrana Health's net margin of 1.56%. National Research's return on equity of 71.33% beat Astrana Health's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Research17.14% 71.33% 18.67%
Astrana Health 1.56%4.90%2.68%

Astrana Health has a consensus target price of $53.29, indicating a potential upside of 128.99%. Given Astrana Health's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Astrana Health is more favorable than National Research.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Research
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Astrana Health
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Astrana Health beats National Research on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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NRC vs. The Competition

MetricNational ResearchBUSINESS INFO SVC IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$316.48M$21.25B$18.98B$9.51B
Dividend Yield3.26%1.71%2.72%3.99%
P/E Ratio13.4933.9529.5420.03
Price / Sales2.244.3648.51103.88
Price / Cash11.0418.3727.5159.01
Price / Book10.2138.656.255.90
Net Income$24.78M$508.90M$197.18M$258.66M
7 Day Performance-2.32%0.97%1.57%2.22%
1 Month Performance-17.52%-1.46%6.52%12.76%
1 Year Performance-44.90%2.99%30.80%19.36%

National Research Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NRC
National Research
2.9821 of 5 stars
$13.89
-1.6%
N/A-43.3%$316.48M$141.30M13.49490Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ASTH
Astrana Health
3.9327 of 5 stars
$23.04
+1.7%
$53.29
+131.3%
-55.4%$1.27B$2.25B32.001,900News Coverage
CTOS
Custom Truck One Source
0.5792 of 5 stars
$5.56
-0.4%
$6.00
+8.0%
+18.0%$1.26B$1.80B-42.731,800Upcoming Earnings
RDWR
Radware
2.0694 of 5 stars
$29.79
+2.1%
$27.00
-9.4%
+59.0%$1.25B$281.87M110.341,208News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WLDN
Willdan Group
3.9259 of 5 stars
$79.02
-0.8%
$51.50
-34.8%
+147.4%$1.15B$565.80M36.371,761
PRG
Aaron's
4.6529 of 5 stars
$28.25
-1.2%
$41.86
+48.2%
-22.8%$1.15B$2.46B5.791,403News Coverage
Earnings Report
ETWO
E2open Parent
0.671 of 5 stars
$3.28
-0.2%
$2.78
-15.3%
-28.7%$1.14B$607.69M-1.593,873
EVH
Evolent Health
1.1096 of 5 stars
$9.75
+2.3%
$17.93
+84.0%
-55.9%$1.12B$2.55B-7.924,500
TIXT
Telus Digital
1.5793 of 5 stars
$3.89
-2.9%
$3.88
-0.2%
-35.1%$1.10B$2.66B-7.9378,879Upcoming Earnings
NXTT
Next Technology
0.8287 of 5 stars
$2.41
+1.3%
N/A-7.4%$1.04B$1.80M0.008
YEXT
Yext
1.4033 of 5 stars
$8.34
+1.9%
$9.44
+13.2%
+53.8%$1.00B$420.96M-46.301,150

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This page (NASDAQ:NRC) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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