William Blair Issues Positive Forecast for CRD.B Earnings

Crawford & Company (NYSE:CRD.B) – Analysts at William Blair boosted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Crawford & Company in a research note issued on Tuesday, May 6th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.28. The consensus estimate for Crawford & Company’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share.

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

Crawford & Company Trading Down 2.9 %

Shares of CRD.B opened at $10.10 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $498.54 million, a P/E ratio of 25.25 and a beta of 0.77. Crawford & Company has a twelve month low of $8.01 and a twelve month high of $12.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.29. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $11.11.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Andrew John Bart sold 20,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.30, for a total value of $206,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 126,587 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,303,846.10. The trade was a 13.64 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO William B. Swain, Jr. sold 9,659 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.85, for a total value of $104,800.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 319,331 shares in the company, valued at $3,464,741.35. The trade was a 2.94 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 33,759 shares of company stock valued at $359,221 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 51.04% of the company’s stock.

Crawford & Company Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.07 per share. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 23rd. Crawford & Company’s dividend payout ratio is currently 46.67%.

Crawford & Company Company Profile

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.