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Crawford & Company (CRD.A) Competitors

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CRD.A vs. CRD.B, WLDN, BV, HCSG, BWMN, IBEX, ACTG, ATLN, BGSF, and PMEC

Should you be buying Crawford & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crawford & Company include Crawford & Company (CRD.B), Willdan Group (WLDN), BrightView (BV), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN), IBEX (IBEX), Acacia Research (ACTG), Atlantic International (ATLN), BGSF (BGSF), and Primech (PMEC). These companies are all part of the "business svcs" industry.

Crawford & Company vs. Its Competitors

Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.A) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of Crawford & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 55.3% of Crawford & Company shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Crawford & Company shares are held 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.

Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crawford & Company'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Crawford & Company Neutral
Crawford & Company Neutral

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crawford & Company2.18% 25.91% 5.26%
Crawford & Company 2.18%25.91%5.26%

Crawford & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crawford & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crawford & Company$1.34B0.39$26.60M$0.4026.24
Crawford & Company$1.34B0.36$26.60M$0.5916.64

Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Crawford & Company pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crawford & Company pays out 50.8% 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. Crawford & Company is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Crawford & Company beats Crawford & Company on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRD.A vs. The Competition

MetricCrawford & CompanyBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$509.80M$5.70B$35.64B$22.02B
Dividend Yield2.92%3.71%2.85%3.59%
P/E Ratio17.7927.5626.5829.86
Price / Sales0.391.77874.6765.96
Price / Cash6.6915.4029.9624.43
Price / Book3.324.568.364.64
Net Income$26.60M$156.97M$195.02M$1.01B

Crawford & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRD.A
Crawford & Company
N/A$10.50
+3.7%
$14.00
+33.4%
-7.4%$509.80M$1.34B17.799,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
N/A$9.91
+0.2%
N/A-13.6%$490.94M$1.34B16.8010,040Positive News
WLDN
Willdan Group
4.5098 of 5 stars
$96.69
+0.5%
$111.50
+15.3%
+118.6%$1.41B$565.80M40.461,761Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BV
BrightView
3.5132 of 5 stars
$13.35
+1.0%
$17.98
+34.7%
-16.1%$1.25B$2.77B445.0020,100News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.917 of 5 stars
$16.83
+2.1%
$16.25
-3.4%
+59.5%$1.19B$1.72B120.2135,300Analyst Forecast
BWMN
Bowman Consulting Group
2.4807 of 5 stars
$42.36
+1.5%
$38.17
-9.9%
+97.5%$719.70M$426.56M70.602,200Analyst Forecast
IBEX
IBEX
1.5565 of 5 stars
$40.52
-0.9%
$34.50
-14.9%
+92.8%$544.59M$558.27M16.9533,000Analyst Forecast
ACTG
Acacia Research
0.5355 of 5 stars
$3.25
flat
N/A-25.3%$313.45M$122.31M-54.161,036News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ATLN
Atlantic International
N/A$3.05
-3.8%
N/AN/A$185.05M$442.61M-1.397Analyst Forecast
BGSF
BGSF
4.1908 of 5 stars
$7.12
+2.7%
$9.00
+26.5%
-57.3%$77.42M$272.50M-12.27400Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PMEC
Primech
1.2148 of 5 stars
$1.80
flat
N/A+144.6%$69.15M$74.35M0.002,806Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:CRD.A) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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