Crawford & Company (CRD.A) Competitors

Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) and Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.A) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is WDH or CRD.A more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waterdrop	6.40%	3.57%	2.75%
Crawford & Company	1.76%	26.52%	4.90%

Does the media prefer WDH or CRD.A?

In the previous week, Waterdrop had 1 more articles in the media than Crawford & Company. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Waterdrop and 1 mentions for Crawford & Company. Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Waterdrop's score of 0.00 indicating that Waterdrop is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waterdrop	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Crawford & Company	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend WDH or CRD.A?

Waterdrop presently has a consensus target price of $2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 104.38%. Given Crawford & Company's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than Crawford & Company.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waterdrop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Crawford & Company	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WDH or CRD.A?

Crawford & Company received 127 more outperform votes than Waterdrop when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Waterdrop an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave Crawford & Company an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Waterdrop	Outperform Votes 10 71.43%	Underperform Votes 4 28.57%
Crawford & Company	Outperform Votes 137 60.62%	Underperform Votes 89 39.38%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WDH or CRD.A?

2.0% of Waterdrop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 57.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WDH or CRD.A?

Crawford & Company has lower revenue, but higher 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waterdrop	$2.63B	0.19	$23.06M	$0.05	27.50
Crawford & Company	$1.32B	0.33	$30.61M	$0.46	19.44

Which has more risk and volatility, WDH or CRD.A?

Waterdrop has a beta of -0.32, meaning that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crawford & Company beats Waterdrop on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.