William Blair Has Optimistic Outlook of CRD.B Q4 Earnings

Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B - Free Report) - Stock analysts at William Blair raised their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for Crawford & Company in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 6th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $0.30 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.28. The consensus estimate for Crawford & Company's current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share.

Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The business services provider reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $312.03 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $321.90 million. Crawford & Company had a net margin of 1.55% and a return on equity of 22.34%.

Crawford & Company Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of NYSE:CRD.B opened at $10.31 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $508.90 million, a PE ratio of 25.78 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.28. The company's fifty day moving average is $10.64 and its 200-day moving average is $11.13. Crawford & Company has a 52 week low of $8.01 and a 52 week high of $12.50.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Crawford & Company news, CFO William B. Swain, Jr. sold 9,659 shares of Crawford & Company stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.85, for a total transaction of $104,800.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 319,331 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,464,741.35. The trade was a 2.94 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Andrew John Bart sold 20,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.30, for a total value of $206,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 126,587 shares in the company, valued at $1,303,846.10. This represents a 13.64 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 33,759 shares of company stock valued at $359,221. Insiders own 51.04% of the company's stock.

Crawford & Company Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 24th were given a $0.07 dividend. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 24th. Crawford & Company's payout ratio is presently 46.67%.

Crawford & Company Company Profile

Crawford & Co engages in the provision of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers, and corporates. It operates through the following segments: Crawford Loss Adjusting, Crawford TPA Solutions, and Crawford Platform Solutions. The Crawford Loss Adjusting segment consists of adjusting services provided to insurance companies and self-insured entities related to property and casualty losses caused by physical damage to commercial and residential real property and certain types of personal property.

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