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

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

CRA International declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 27th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 26th. View CRA International's Dividend History.

CRA International declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, February 16th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $20,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAI) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The business services provider reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $110.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $110.95 million. CRA International had a return on equity of 11.76% and a net margin of 4.90%. CRA International's revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.67 EPS. View CRA International's Earnings History.

CRA International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for CRA International.

CRA International issued an update on its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $430-445 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $436.29 million.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for CRA International's stock. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect CRA International's stock price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CRA International.

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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CRA International.

Headlines about CRAI stock have trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. CRA International earned a news sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for CRA International.

CRA International saw a drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 68,800 shares, a drop of 13.6% from the August 30th total of 79,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 59,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View CRA International's Current Options Chain.

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One share of CRAI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.60.

CRA International has a market capitalization of $327.81 million and generates $417.65 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $22.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.75 on an earnings per share basis. CRA International employs 687 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CRA International.

The official website for CRA International is http://www.crai.com/.

CRA International's mailing address is 200 CLARENDON STREET, BOSTON MA, 02116. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 617-425-3000 or via email at [email protected]