CRA International - CRAI Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research 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 equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CRAI shares.
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1 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for CRA International's stock. Their CRAI share price forecasts range from $130.00 to $130.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $130.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% from the stock's current price.
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CRA International's stock was trading at $93.36 at the start of the year. Since then, CRAI stock has increased by 30.7% and is now trading at $122.03.
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CRA International saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 90,100 shares, a drop of 19.4% from the October 31st total of 111,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 43,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 2nd 2023.
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CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 4th. The business services provider reported $1.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.37. The business services provider earned $136.41 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $138 million. CRA International had a net margin of 7.51% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.52%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share.

CRA International announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 3rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 28th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.
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CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.00%. 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 21.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CRAI will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.29% 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 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $600.00 million-$608.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $593.11 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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Copeland Capital Management LLC (4.72%), Pembroke Management LTD (3.95%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.99%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.79%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (0.77%) and Foundry Partners LLC (0.74%). Insiders that own company stock include Chad M Holmes, Jonathan D Yellin, Nancy Hawthorne, Paul A Maleh, Paul A Maleh, Robert W Holthausen 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 $122.03.

CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) has a market capitalization of $870.68 million and generates $565.93 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $41.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.86 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.