CRAI vs. DNB, EXPO, CBZ, VSEC, HURN, ICFI, ACTG, FC, MG, and OMEX
Should you be buying Charles River Associates stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Charles River Associates include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), Exponent (EXPO), CBIZ (CBZ), VSE (VSEC), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), ICF International (ICFI), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), Mistras Group (MG), and Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Charles River Associates vs. Its Competitors
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and Charles River Associates (NASDAQ:CRAI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Charles River Associates has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Charles River Associates, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Charles River Associates has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Charles River Associates has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -0.88%. Charles River Associates' return on equity of 25.88% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.
Dun & Bradstreet currently has a consensus price target of $11.86, indicating a potential upside of 30.31%. Charles River Associates has a consensus price target of $228.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.10%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than Charles River Associates.
In the previous week, Dun & Bradstreet had 5 more articles in the media than Charles River Associates. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet and 1 mentions for Charles River Associates. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Charles River Associates' score of 0.44 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Charles River Associates shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Charles River Associates shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Charles River Associates pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Charles River Associates pays out 26.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Charles River Associates has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Dun & Bradstreet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Charles River Associates beats Dun & Bradstreet on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CRAI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
