Gartner (IT) Competitors

Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) and Gartner (NYSE:IT) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, CCRN or IT?

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CCRN or IT?

Gartner has higher revenue and earnings than Cross Country Healthcare. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gartner, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare	$1.34B	0.33	-$14.56M	-$0.26	-51.42
Gartner	$6.30B	2.92	$1.25B	$16.25	14.69

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CCRN or IT?

96.0% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Gartner shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Cross Country Healthcare shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Gartner shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CCRN or IT?

In the previous week, Gartner had 31 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Gartner and 11 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.68 indicating that Gartner is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cross Country Healthcare	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gartner	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CCRN or IT?

Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $17.93, suggesting a potential upside of 34.11%. Gartner has a consensus target price of $369.25, suggesting a potential upside of 54.66%. Given Gartner's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gartner is more favorable than Cross Country Healthcare.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cross Country Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Gartner	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is CCRN or IT more profitable?

Gartner has a net margin of 19.71% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -0.70%. Gartner's return on equity of 82.63% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare	-0.70%	1.72%	1.24%
Gartner	19.71%	82.63%	13.58%

Summary

Gartner beats Cross Country Healthcare on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.