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IT vs. CCRN, DOCU, FORR, GOOG, ICFI, ACN, APTV, TRU, TT, and CTSH

Should you be buying Gartner stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gartner include Cross Country Healthcare (CCRN), Docusign (DOCU), Forrester Research (FORR), Alphabet (GOOG), ICF International (ICFI), Accenture (ACN), Aptiv (APTV), TransUnion (TRU), Trane Technologies (TT), and Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH).

Gartner vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Gartner had 19 more articles in the media than Cross Country Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Gartner and 4 mentions for Cross Country Healthcare. Gartner's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Cross Country Healthcare's score of 0.06 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Gartner
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $17.93, indicating a potential upside of 38.14%. Gartner has a consensus price target of $515.89, indicating a potential upside of 28.88%. Given Cross Country Healthcare's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Gartner.

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)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

Gartner has a net margin of 19.82% compared to Cross Country Healthcare's net margin of -1.41%. Gartner's return on equity of 96.70% beat Cross Country Healthcare's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cross Country Healthcare-1.41% 2.56% 1.84%
Gartner 19.82%96.70%13.68%

Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gartner has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cross Country Healthcare$1.34B0.32-$14.56M-$0.53-24.49
Gartner$6.30B4.89$1.25B$16.0724.91

Summary

Gartner beats Cross Country Healthcare on 13 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 IT 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 NYSE 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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IT vs. The Competition

MetricGartnerConsulting IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.81B$7.79B$13.16B$20.71B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%2.54%3.71%
P/E Ratio24.9125.8728.8928.08
Price / Sales4.892.8940.2338.52
Price / Cash23.6518.2126.8322.53
Price / Book22.786.126.294.58
Net Income$1.25B$272.15M$188.91M$985.54M
7 Day Performance-0.60%3.18%3.77%2.79%
1 Month Performance-5.22%-0.68%3.08%4.37%
1 Year Performance-11.44%1.90%37.52%15.08%

Gartner Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IT
Gartner
4.77 of 5 stars
$400.28
+1.2%
$515.89
+28.9%
-11.4%$30.81B$6.30B24.9121,044
CCRN
Cross Country Healthcare
3.842 of 5 stars
$13.05
+2.0%
$17.93
+37.4%
-3.4%$427.78M$1.34B-24.628,205News Coverage
DOCU
Docusign
4.7218 of 5 stars
$77.89
+1.9%
$89.77
+15.3%
+45.0%$15.74B$2.98B14.726,838Insider Trade
FORR
Forrester Research
4.2544 of 5 stars
$9.90
+0.7%
N/A-35.0%$188.69M$432.47M-2.171,571
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8621 of 5 stars
$177.39
-0.5%
$206.38
+16.3%
-6.1%$2.15T$359.71B19.78190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
ICFI
ICF International
4.4851 of 5 stars
$84.71
+0.5%
$127.20
+50.2%
-33.9%$1.56B$2.02B14.539,300
ACN
Accenture
4.9908 of 5 stars
$298.92
+1.2%
$370.71
+24.0%
+1.8%$187.22B$64.90B23.80774,000Positive News
APTV
Aptiv
4.8337 of 5 stars
$68.15
-0.9%
$81.56
+19.7%
+3.2%$14.84B$19.71B11.28141,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TRU
TransUnion
4.6137 of 5 stars
$88.05
+0.9%
$109.69
+24.6%
+20.1%$17.18B$4.18B46.8413,400Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
TT
Trane Technologies
4.358 of 5 stars
$437.55
+1.2%
$427.47
-2.3%
+32.5%$97.58B$19.84B36.4039,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CTSH
Cognizant Technology Solutions
4.7126 of 5 stars
$78.03
+0.4%
$85.00
+8.9%
+15.4%$38.46B$19.74B16.43355,300Positive News

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