CRA International (CRAI) Competitors

CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) and CRA International (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 valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is CBZ or CRAI more profitable?

CBIZ has a net margin of 7.08% compared to CRA International's net margin of 6.79%. CRA International's return on equity of 25.95% beat CBIZ's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CBIZ	7.08%	15.12%	6.16%
CRA International	6.79%	25.95%	9.39%

Which has more risk and volatility, CBZ or CRAI?

CBIZ has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRA International has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CBZ or CRAI?

CBIZ currently has a consensus price target of $86.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.79%. CRA International has a consensus price target of $224.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.89%. Given CRA International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CRA International is more favorable than CBIZ.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CBIZ	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
CRA International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBZ or CRAI?

CBIZ received 178 more outperform votes than CRA International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave CBIZ an outperform vote while only 59.53% of users gave CRA International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CBIZ	Outperform Votes 356 61.27%	Underperform Votes 225 38.73%
CRA International	Outperform Votes 178 59.53%	Underperform Votes 121 40.47%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CBZ or CRAI?

87.4% of CBIZ shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of CRA International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of CBIZ shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of CRA International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CBZ or CRAI?

CBIZ has higher revenue and earnings than CRA International. CRA International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CBIZ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CBIZ	$2.16B	1.74	$120.97M	$1.47	46.88
CRA International	$687.41M	1.62	$38.48M	$6.74	24.28

Does the media prefer CBZ or CRAI?

In the previous week, CBIZ had 16 more articles in the media than CRA International. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for CBIZ and 7 mentions for CRA International. CBIZ's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat CRA International's score of 0.77 indicating that CBIZ is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CBIZ	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CRA International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CBIZ beats CRA International on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.