CRD.A vs. WDH, GDOT, DAO, XPER, SMRT, LNZA, ACTG, RDUS, CTLP, 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), Acacia Research (ACTG), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Cantaloupe (CTLP), and National CineMedia (NCMI). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.A) and Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Crawford & Company had 1 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Crawford & Company and 0 mentions for Waterdrop. Crawford & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Waterdrop'saverage media sentiment score.
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.
Crawford & Company has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterdrop has a beta of -0.32, suggesting that its share price is 132% less volatile than the S&P 500.
22.6% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Waterdrop shares are owned by institutional investors. 57.0% of Crawford & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crawford & Company currently has a consensus target price of $14.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.44%. Waterdrop has a consensus target price of $2.80, suggesting a potential upside of 139.32%. Given Waterdrop's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Waterdrop is more favorable than Crawford & Company.
Waterdrop has a net margin of 6.40% compared to Crawford & Company's net margin of 1.76%. Crawford & Company's return on equity of 26.52% beat Waterdrop's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Crawford & Company beats Waterdrop on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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