CRAI vs. DNB, CBZ, ICFI, HURN, VSEC, ACTG, FC, MG, OMEX, and VRSK
Should you be buying CRA International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CRA International include Dun & Bradstreet (DNB), CBIZ (CBZ), ICF International (ICFI), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), VSE (VSEC), Acacia Research (ACTG), Franklin Covey (FC), Mistras Group (MG), Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), and Verisk Analytics (VRSK). These companies are all part of the "research & consulting services" industry.
Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
CRA International has a net margin of 6.73% compared to CRA International's net margin of -1.56%. Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity of 20.80% beat CRA International's return on equity.
Dun & Bradstreet currently has a consensus price target of $13.64, indicating a potential upside of 45.76%. CRA International has a consensus price target of $186.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Given CRA International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than CRA International.
Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRA International has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of CRA International shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of CRA International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Dun & Bradstreet received 95 more outperform votes than CRA International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.59% of users gave CRA International an outperform vote while only 50.66% of users gave Dun & Bradstreet an outperform vote.
Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CRA International pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -250.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CRA International pays out 27.5% 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. Dun & Bradstreet has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and CRA International has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Dun & Bradstreet is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, CRA International had 16 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for CRA International and 3 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. CRA International's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Dun & Bradstreet's score of 0.57 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CRA International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CRA International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
CRA International beats Dun & Bradstreet on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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