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

In the previous week, Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Crawford & Company'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Crawford & Company Neutral
Crawford & Company Neutral

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$1.34B0.39$26.60M$0.4026.24
Crawford & Company$1.34B0.36$26.60M$0.5916.64

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 pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Crawford & Company pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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.

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

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

Summary

Crawford & Company and Crawford & Company tied by winning 4 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CRD.B vs. The Competition

MetricCrawford & CompanyBUSINESS SVCS IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$476.90M$5.70B$35.64B$22.02B
Dividend Yield3.12%3.71%2.86%3.60%
P/E Ratio16.6427.5626.5829.86
Price / Sales0.361.81855.4866.02
Price / Cash6.2615.4029.9624.43
Price / Book3.114.568.364.64
Net Income$26.60M$156.97M$195.02M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.42%-0.60%3.58%0.54%
1 Month Performance-4.84%-2.06%11.85%3.12%
1 Year Performance-13.59%54.55%66.33%15.34%

Crawford & Company Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRD.B
Crawford & Company
N/A$9.82
+2.2%
N/A-13.4%$476.90M$1.34B16.6410,040
CRD.A
Crawford & Company
N/A$10.73
+6.0%
$14.00
+30.5%
-5.7%$529.16M$1.34B18.189,000Gap Up
EHTH
eHealth
4.0789 of 5 stars
$4.31
+8.8%
$7.67
+77.9%
+12.2%$121.01M$532.41M-6.841,773News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
MMC
Marsh & McLennan Companies
4.9265 of 5 stars
$201.65
+0.7%
$238.76
+18.4%
-7.3%$98.44B$24.46B24.1890,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AJG
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
4.8329 of 5 stars
$309.73
+1.3%
$330.93
+6.8%
+7.9%$78.38B$11.40B44.0056,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AON
AON
4.3469 of 5 stars
$356.51
+0.5%
$414.69
+16.3%
+6.8%$76.47B$15.70B29.8660,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BRO
Brown & Brown
4.7182 of 5 stars
$93.76
+0.8%
$112.08
+19.5%
-6.5%$30.68B$4.81B27.0217,403Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WLDN
Willdan Group
4.5098 of 5 stars
$96.69
+0.5%
$111.50
+15.3%
+111.2%$1.41B$565.80M40.461,761News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BV
BrightView
3.5266 of 5 stars
$13.35
+1.0%
$17.98
+34.7%
-17.4%$1.25B$2.77B445.0020,100News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.917 of 5 stars
$16.83
+2.1%
$16.25
-3.4%
+61.1%$1.19B$1.72B120.2135,300Analyst Forecast
BWMN
Bowman Consulting Group
2.5168 of 5 stars
$42.36
+1.5%
$38.17
-9.9%
+75.0%$719.70M$426.56M70.602,200Analyst Forecast

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