CRA International (CRAI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CRA International in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" CRAI shares.
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1 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for CRA International's shares. Their CRAI share price forecasts range from $133.00 to $133.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $133.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.4% from the stock's current price.
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CRA International's stock was trading at $122.43 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CRAI shares have decreased by 17.9% and is now trading at $100.47.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 4th. The business services provider reported $1.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.33 by $0.04. The business services provider had revenue of $152.85 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $152.59 million. CRA International had a net margin of 6.91% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.65%.

CRA International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, June 9th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 26th.
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CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.49%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 6 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 25.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CRAI will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.57% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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CRA International updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $615.00 million-$640.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $622.95 million.

206 employees have rated CRA International Chief Executive Officer Paul Maleh on Glassdoor.com. Paul Maleh has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Paul Maleh in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 94.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at CRA International to a friend.

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CRA International trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CRAI."

CRA International's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Copeland Capital Management LLC (4.26%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.89%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (0.72%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.68%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.63%). Insiders that own company stock include Chad M Holmes, Jonathan D Yellin, Nancy Hawthorne, Paul A Maleh, Paul A Maleh, Robert W Holthausen, Thomas Aiken Avery and William F Concannon.
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Shares of CRAI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CRAI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $100.47.

CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) has a market capitalization of $706.30 million and generates $590.90 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $43.45 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.62 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 861 workers across the globe.

CRA International's mailing address is 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA, 02116. The official website for the company is www.crai.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (617) 425-3000, via email at investor@crai.com, or via fax at 617-425-3132.