Crawford & Company (CRD.B) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Which has better 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	0.25	-$28.21M	-$0.98	-4.66
Crawford & Company	$1.35B	0.38	$30.61M	$0.60	17.42

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

eHealth has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to EHTH or CRD.B?

In the previous week, eHealth and eHealth both had 7 articles in the media. Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat eHealth's score of 0.75 indicating that Crawford & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
eHealth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crawford & Company	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EHTH or CRD.B?

79.5% of eHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of eHealth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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%

Do analysts rate EHTH or CRD.B?

eHealth presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, suggesting a potential upside of 47.70%. Given eHealth's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research 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 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.