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$9.92 0.00 (0.00%)
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CRD.B vs. CRD.A, EHTH, MMC, AJG, AON, BRO, WLDN, BV, HCSG, and BWMN

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), Willdan Group (WLDN), BrightView (BV), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), and Bowman Consulting Group (BWMN).

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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Crawford & Company had 1 more articles in the media than Crawford & Company. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Crawford & Company and 0 mentions for Crawford & Company. Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Crawford & Company's score of 0.00 indicating that Crawford & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Crawford & Company Neutral
Crawford & Company Positive

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$1.34B0.40$26.60M$0.4026.77
Crawford & Company$1.34B0.37$26.60M$0.5916.81

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

Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 and Crawford & Company tied by winning 5 of the 10 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.B vs. The Competition

MetricCrawford & CompanyBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$492.43M$5.48B$28.78B$21.77B
Dividend Yield3.01%3.49%2.89%3.63%
P/E Ratio16.8127.0422.2332.43
Price / Sales0.371.81945.8881.20
Price / Cash6.4915.3729.0118.06
Price / Book3.144.588.054.59
Net Income$26.60M$156.96M$197.58M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.01%0.84%-1.02%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-4.51%-3.25%-0.53%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-14.48%50.99%47.93%9.46%

Crawford & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
3.8997 of 5 stars
$9.92
flat
N/A-14.5%$492.43M$1.34B16.8110,040
CRD.A
Crawford & Company
N/A$10.96
+8.3%
$14.00
+27.7%
-5.8%$532.14M$1.34B18.589,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EHTH
eHealth
3.7894 of 5 stars
$4.70
+8.3%
$7.67
+63.1%
+3.9%$132.62M$532.41M-7.461,773
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.9608 of 5 stars
$207.01
+0.8%
$237.13
+14.5%
-15.5%$100.96B$25.80B24.8290,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.8201 of 5 stars
$303.60
+1.9%
$331.43
+9.2%
-3.0%$76.41B$12.47B43.1256,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
AON
AON
4.7161 of 5 stars
$360.66
+2.1%
$420.00
+16.5%
-3.1%$76.19B$16.75B30.2160,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.8209 of 5 stars
$94.86
+0.4%
$109.92
+15.9%
-17.5%$31.16B$4.95B27.3417,403Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
WLDN
Willdan Group
4.5934 of 5 stars
$95.56
+2.1%
$111.50
+16.7%
+107.0%$1.37B$628.17M39.981,761Gap Down
BV
BrightView
2.7109 of 5 stars
$13.20
+2.4%
$17.98
+36.3%
-23.1%$1.22B$2.77B439.8320,100
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
2.2303 of 5 stars
$16.14
+3.2%
$16.25
+0.7%
+54.0%$1.13B$1.72B115.2935,300Upcoming Earnings
BWMN
Bowman Consulting Group
2.0368 of 5 stars
$42.63
+0.3%
$38.17
-10.5%
+93.3%$733.00M$462.18M71.052,200

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