CRD.A vs. SLQT, WDH, TWFG, GOCO, EHTH, RDZN, ZBAO, HUIZ, AIFU, and TIRX
Should you be buying Crawford & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crawford & Company include SelectQuote (SLQT), Waterdrop (WDH), TWFG (TWFG), GoHealth (GOCO), eHealth (EHTH), Roadzen (RDZN), Zhibao Technology (ZBAO), Huize (HUIZ), AIX (AIFU), and Tian Ruixiang (TIRX). These companies are all part of the "insurance agents, brokers, & service" industry.
Crawford & Company vs.
SelectQuote (NYSE:SLQT) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.A) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, SelectQuote had 6 more articles in the media than Crawford & Company. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for SelectQuote and 0 mentions for Crawford & Company. SelectQuote's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Crawford & Company's score of 0.00 indicating that SelectQuote is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SelectQuote has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
34.6% of SelectQuote shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.4% of SelectQuote shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 57.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crawford & Company received 109 more outperform votes than SelectQuote when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.52% of users gave Crawford & Company an outperform vote while only 46.38% of users gave SelectQuote an outperform vote.
Crawford & Company has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SelectQuote. SelectQuote is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crawford & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crawford & Company has a net margin of 1.55% compared to SelectQuote's net margin of -0.95%. Crawford & Company's return on equity of 22.34% beat SelectQuote's return on equity.
SelectQuote presently has a consensus price target of $4.25, indicating a potential upside of 33.44%. Crawford & Company has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.39%. Given SelectQuote's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SelectQuote is more favorable than Crawford & Company.
Summary
Crawford & Company beats SelectQuote on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CRD.A) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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