Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN – Get Free Report) and Atlantic International (NASDAQ:ATLN – Get Free Report) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Profitability
This table compares Cross Country Healthcare and Atlantic International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Cross Country Healthcare | -0.12% | 5.38% | 3.84% |
| Atlantic International | N/A | -298.20% | -42.32% |
Risk & Volatility
Cross Country Healthcare has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlantic International has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Cross Country Healthcare and Atlantic International”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Cross Country Healthcare | $1.34 billion | 0.35 | $72.63 million | ($0.43) | -33.16 |
| Atlantic International | $442.61 million | 0.44 | -$5.63 million | ($6.63) | -0.59 |
Cross Country Healthcare has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic International. Cross Country Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Cross Country Healthcare and Atlantic International, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Cross Country Healthcare | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Atlantic International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Cross Country Healthcare currently has a consensus price target of $18.41, indicating a potential upside of 29.08%. Given Cross Country Healthcare’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cross Country Healthcare is more favorable than Atlantic International.
Summary
Cross Country Healthcare beats Atlantic International on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Cross Country Healthcare
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. provides talent management and other consultative services for healthcare clients in the United States. The company’s Nurse and Allied Staffing segment provides traditional staffing, recruiting, and value-added total talent solutions, including temporary and permanent placement of travel and local nurse and, allied professionals; temporary placement of healthcare leaders within nursing, allied, physician, and human resources; vendor neutral and managed services programs; education healthcare services; in-home care services; and outsourcing services. It also offers staffing solutions for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nurse assistants, practitioners, pharmacists, and other allied professionals on per diem and short-term assignments; and clinical and non-clinical professionals on long-term contract assignments, as well as workforce solutions, including MSP, VMS, in- home care, education healthcare, RPO, project management, and other outsourcing and consultative services. This segment provides retained search services for healthcare professionals, as well as contingent search and recruitment process outsourcing services. It serves public and private acute care and non-acute care hospitals, government facilities, local and national healthcare plans, managed care providers, public and charter schools, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care facilities, physician practice groups, and other healthcare providers under the Cross Country brand. Its Physician Staffing segment provides physicians in various specialties, certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants under the Cross Country Locums brand on temporary assignments. It serves various healthcare facilities, such as acute and non-acute care facilities, medical group practices, government facilities, and managed care organizations. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.
About Atlantic International
Atlantic International Corp. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of genetic analysis technologies. Its services include RNA sequencing and DNA sequencing. The company was founded by William C. St. Laurent and Daniel R. Jones in 2013 and is headquartered in Billercia, MA.
Receive News & Ratings for Cross Country Healthcare Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Cross Country Healthcare and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.
