William Blair Brokers Increase Earnings Estimates for CRD.B

Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B) – Investment analysts at William Blair upped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Crawford & Company in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, May 6th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now forecasts that the business services provider will earn $0.26 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.24. The consensus estimate for Crawford & Company’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Crawford & Company’s FY2025 earnings at $1.05 EPS.

Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B) last announced its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The business services provider reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.01. Crawford & Company had a return on equity of 22.34% and a net margin of 1.55%. The firm had revenue of $312.03 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $321.90 million.

Crawford & Company Stock Down 2.9 %

Shares of NYSE CRD.B opened at $10.10 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $498.54 million, a P/E ratio of 25.25 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 1.28. Crawford & Company has a 1 year low of $8.01 and a 1 year high of $12.50. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $10.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $11.11.

Crawford & Company Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 23rd will be issued a $0.07 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 23rd. This represents a $0.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.77%. Crawford & Company’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 46.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Crawford & Company

In other Crawford & Company news, EVP Andrew John Bart sold 20,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.30, for a total value of $206,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 126,587 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,303,846.10. This represents a 13.64 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Tami E. Stevenson sold 4,100 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.81, for a total transaction of $48,421.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 35,732 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $421,994.92. The trade was a 10.29 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 33,759 shares of company stock worth $359,221 in the last quarter. 51.04% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Crawford & Company

Crawford & Co engages in the provision of claims management and outsourcing solutions to carriers, brokers, and corporates. It operates through the following segments: Crawford Loss Adjusting, Crawford TPA Solutions, and Crawford Platform Solutions. The Crawford Loss Adjusting segment consists of adjusting services provided to insurance companies and self-insured entities related to property and casualty losses caused by physical damage to commercial and residential real property and certain types of personal property.