How to buy Crawford-and-Company stock | $8.88

Crawford & Company is an insurance brokers business based in the US. Crawford-and-Company shares (CRD-A) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Crawford-and-Company employs 8,054 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Crawford-and-Company stock price (NYSE: CRD-A)

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Crawford-and-Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-10-16.

Latest market close	$8.88
52-week range	$5.89 - $10.94
50-day moving average	$9.29
200-day moving average	$9.79
Wall St. target price	$13.00
PE ratio	9.2887
Dividend yield	$0.21 (2.34%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$0.96

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Crawford-and-Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $8.88 from 2021-10-15

1 week (2021-10-08)	-2.31%
1 month (2021-09-17)	-1.66%
3 months (2021-07-16)	-6.43%
6 months (2021-04-16)	-16.54%

1 year (2020-10-16)	35.37%
2 years (2019-10-17)	-15.75%
3 years (2018-10-17)	9.03
5 years (2016-10-17)	9.13

Is Crawford-and-Company under- or over-valued?

Valuing Crawford-and-Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Crawford-and-Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Crawford-and-Company's P/E ratio

Crawford-and-Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 9x. In other words, Crawford-and-Company shares trade at around 9x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Crawford-and-Company's PEG ratio

Crawford-and-Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.9474. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Crawford-and-Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Crawford-and-Company's EBITDA

Crawford-and-Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $92.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Crawford-and-Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Crawford-and-Company financials

Revenue TTM	$1 billion
Operating margin TTM	6.52%
Gross profit TTM	$278.9 million
Return on assets TTM	5.54%
Return on equity TTM	28.44%
Profit margin	5.01%
Book value	$4.06
Market capitalisation	$466.5 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Crawford-and-Company shares

There are currently 138,921 Crawford-and-Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Crawford-and-Company's "short interest". This figure is 5.9% down from 147,632 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Crawford-and-Company shares can be evaluated.

Crawford-and-Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Crawford-and-Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Crawford-and-Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Crawford-and-Company shares traded daily (recently around 30332.096069869). Crawford-and-Company's SIR currently stands at 4.58. In other words for every 100,000 Crawford-and-Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4580 shares are currently held short.

However Crawford-and-Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Crawford-and-Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Crawford-and-Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Crawford-and-Company's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Crawford-and-Company shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0054% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Crawford-and-Company shares, roughly 5 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Crawford-and-Company.

Find out more about how you can short Crawford-and-Company stock.

Crawford-and-Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 24.73% of net profits

Recently Crawford-and-Company has paid out, on average, around 24.73% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.7% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Crawford-and-Company shareholders could enjoy a 2.7% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Crawford-and-Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.21 per share.

While Crawford-and-Company's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Crawford-and-Company is investing more in its future growth.

Crawford-and-Company's most recent dividend payout was on 1 September 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 16 August 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Crawford-and-Company's shares ever split?

Crawford-and-Company's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 25 March 1997. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Crawford-and-Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Crawford-and-Company shares which in turn could have impacted Crawford-and-Company's share price.

Crawford-and-Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Crawford-and-Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.8923 up to $10.9363. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Crawford-and-Company's is 0.654. This would suggest that Crawford-and-Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Crawford-and-Company overview

Crawford & Company provides claims management and outsourcing solutions for carriers, brokers, and corporations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company's Crawford Claims Solutions segment offers claims management services to insurance carriers and self-insured entities related to property, casualty, and catastrophe losses caused by physical damage to commercial and residential real properties, as well as personal property and marine losses. It also offers services in the areas of field investigation, catastrophe, evaluation, and resolution of property and casualty insurance claims; and various on-demand inspection, verification, and other task specific field services for businesses and consumers through a mobile platform. Its Crawford TPA Solutions segment provides claims and risk management services for corporations in the self-insured or commercially-insured marketplace; desktop claim adjusting and claims evaluation services; initial loss reporting services for claimants; and loss mitigation and risk management information services, as well as administers loss funds established to pay claims. This segment also offers third party administration for workers' compensation, auto and liability, disability absence and medical management, and accident and health products. The company's Crawford Specialty Solutions segment offers claims management services for insurance companies and self-insured entities related to large and complex losses to commercial property, aviation, forensic accounting, transportation, retail, building and construction, cyber, and energy industries. It also provides customer-centric solutions for various loss types comprising high-frequency and low-complexity claims to large complex repairs; and outsourced contractor management services to personal and commercial insurance carriers and consumer markets.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Crawford-and-Company is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 45.173% of Crawford-and-Company shares are held by insiders and 43.111% by institutions. How many people work for Crawford-and-Company?
Latest data suggests 8,054 work at Crawford-and-Company. When does the fiscal year end for Crawford-and-Company?
Crawford-and-Company's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Crawford-and-Company based?
Crawford-and-Company's address is: 5335 Triangle Parkway, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30092 What is Crawford-and-Company's ISIN number?
Crawford-and-Company's international securities identification number is: US2246332066 What is Crawford-and-Company's CUSIP number?
Crawford-and-Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 224633206