Crawford & Company (CRD.B) Competitors

eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, EHTH or CRD.B?

eHealth has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, EHTH or CRD.B?

Crawford & Company has higher revenue and earnings than eHealth. eHealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crawford & Company, 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
eHealth	$552.57M	0.23	-$28.21M	-$0.98	-4.32
Crawford & Company	$1.35B	0.36	$30.61M	$0.60	16.45

Is EHTH or CRD.B more profitable?

Crawford & Company has a net margin of 1.55% compared to eHealth's net margin of -7.58%. Crawford & Company's return on equity of 22.34% beat eHealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
eHealth	-7.58%	-5.70%	-3.00%
Crawford & Company	1.55%	22.34%	4.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EHTH or CRD.B?

eHealth received 317 more outperform votes than Crawford & Company when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.39% of users gave eHealth an outperform vote while only 54.02% of users gave Crawford & Company an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
eHealth	Outperform Votes 485 61.39%	Underperform Votes 305 38.61%
Crawford & Company	Outperform Votes 168 54.02%	Underperform Votes 143 45.98%

Does the media prefer EHTH or CRD.B?

In the previous week, eHealth and eHealth both had 3 articles in the media. eHealth's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Crawford & Company's score of 0.21 indicating that eHealth is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
eHealth	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crawford & Company	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EHTH or CRD.B?

79.5% of eHealth shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of Crawford & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of eHealth shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Crawford & Company shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer EHTH or CRD.B?

eHealth currently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 59.57%. Given eHealth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe eHealth is more favorable than Crawford & Company.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
eHealth	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Crawford & Company	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Crawford & Company beats eHealth on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.