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.
CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
84.1% of CRA International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of CRA International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.4% of Dun & Bradstreet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CRA International pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Dun & Bradstreet pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. CRA International pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Dun & Bradstreet pays out -250.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
CRA International currently has a consensus target price of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.70%. Dun & Bradstreet has a consensus target price of $13.64, suggesting a potential upside of 42.26%. Given Dun & Bradstreet's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Dun & Bradstreet is more favorable than CRA International.
In the previous week, CRA International had 7 more articles in the media than Dun & Bradstreet. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CRA International and 2 mentions for Dun & Bradstreet. Dun & Bradstreet's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat CRA International's score of 0.19 indicating that Dun & Bradstreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CRA International has a net margin of 6.73% compared to Dun & Bradstreet's net margin of -1.56%. CRA International's return on equity of 20.80% beat Dun & Bradstreet's return on equity.
CRA International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
CRA International has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dun & Bradstreet has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
CRA International beats Dun & Bradstreet on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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