CRD.B vs. WDH, GDOT, DAO, XPER, SMRT, LNZA, CTLP, ACTG, RDUS, and NCMI
Should you be buying Crawford & Company stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crawford & Company include Waterdrop (WDH), Green Dot (GDOT), Youdao (DAO), Xperi (XPER), SmartRent (SMRT), LanzaTech Global (LNZA), Cantaloupe (CTLP), Acacia Research (ACTG), Radius Recycling (RDUS), and National CineMedia (NCMI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
2.0% of Waterdrop shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of Crawford & Company shares are held by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of Crawford & Company shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Crawford & Company had 2 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Crawford & Company and 1 mentions for Waterdrop. Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.00 indicating that Waterdrop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crawford & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Waterdrop. Crawford & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Waterdrop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Waterdrop currently has a consensus price target of $2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 141.38%. Given Crawford & Company's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than Crawford & Company.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 6.40% compared to Waterdrop's net margin of 1.76%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 26.52% beat Crawford & Company's return on equity.
Waterdrop has a beta of -0.32, indicating that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Crawford & Company received 158 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 54.02% of users gave Crawford & Company an outperform vote.
Summary
Crawford & Company beats Waterdrop on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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