CRA International Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:CRAI)

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CRA International in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CRAI shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for CRA International's stock. Their CRAI share price targets range from $133.00 to $133.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $133.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.5% 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 21.0% and is now trading at $96.74.
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CRA International saw a increase in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 169,100 shares, an increase of 6.0% from the October 31st total of 159,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 28,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.9 days. Currently, 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 7th 2024.
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CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 2nd. The business services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.38 by $0.25. The business services provider earned $147.55 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $158 million. CRA International had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.66% and a net margin of 5.88%.

CRA International announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, December 8th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 27th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36.
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CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.74%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 33.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CRAI will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.89% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Copeland Capital Management LLC (5.24%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.69%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (0.38%), Navellier & Associates Inc. (0.34%), Dearborn Partners LLC (0.11%) and California State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%). 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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