CRD.A vs. SLQT, WDH, GOCO, RDZN, FANH, EHTH, ZBAO, HUIZ, TIRX, and MMC
Should you be buying Crawford & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crawford & Company include SelectQuote (SLQT), Waterdrop (WDH), GoHealth (GOCO), Roadzen (RDZN), Fanhua (FANH), eHealth (EHTH), Zhibao Technology (ZBAO), Huize (HUIZ), Tian Ruixiang (TIRX), and Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.
Crawford & Company has higher revenue and earnings than SelectQuote. SelectQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crawford & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, SelectQuote had 4 more articles in the media than Crawford & Company. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for SelectQuote and 0 mentions for Crawford & Company. Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled SelectQuote'saverage media sentiment score.
Crawford & Company has a net margin of 1.76% compared to Crawford & Company's net margin of -4.12%. SelectQuote's return on equity of 26.52% beat Crawford & Company's return on equity.
Crawford & Company received 107 more outperform votes than SelectQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.62% of users gave Crawford & Company an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave SelectQuote an outperform vote.
34.6% of SelectQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of SelectQuote shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SelectQuote has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SelectQuote currently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.34%. Given Crawford & Company's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe SelectQuote is more favorable than Crawford & Company.
Summary
Crawford & Company beats SelectQuote on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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