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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:CRD.B) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
