CRD.B vs. CRD.A, EHTH, MMC, AJG, AON, BRO, BV, EVRI, HCSG, and WLDN
Should you be buying Crawford & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crawford & Company include Crawford & Company (CRD.A), eHealth (EHTH), Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), AON (AON), Brown & Brown (BRO), BrightView (BV), Everi (EVRI), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), and Willdan Group (WLDN).
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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Crawford & Company pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crawford & Company pays out 46.7% 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.
22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 55.3% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crawford & Company'saverage media sentiment score.
Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:CRD.B) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
