CRA International, Inc. (CRAI)

NASDAQ: CRAI · USD

$193

-1.69 (-0.9%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	1.2B
Revenue (ttm)	794.6M
Net income (ttm)	49.2M
EPS (ttm)	$7.50
Shares out	6.3M
P/E (trailing)	25.7x
P/E (forward)	21.5x
Dividend	$2.28 (1.18%)
Volume	57,853
Beta	0.69

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 794.6M
Net income (ttm): 49.2M
EPS (ttm): $7.50
P/E (trailing): 25.7x
P/E (forward): 21.5x
Market cap: 1.2B

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E21.5

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Trailing P/E25.7

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ROE26

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ROIC11.9

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001053706
Company name	CRA International, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	12618T105
Earnings date	2026-11-05
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	968
Employees change	31
Employees growth	3.31%
Enterprise value	$1.5B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-07-04
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	January
Founded	1965
In index	RUSSELL2000
Industry	Consulting Services
IPO date	1998-04-24
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US12618T1051
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-08-06
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split type	Never
Market cap	$1.2B
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-05
Options	Yes
Price	$192.61
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	8111
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CRAI
U.S. state	Massachusetts
Website	https://www.crai.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	23.29x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	21.86x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	23.41x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	20.96x
Earnings yield	3.89%
EV/Earnings	30.37x
EV/EBIT	18.81x
EV/EBITDA	16.02x
EV/Sales	1.88x
FCF / EV yield	-1.86%
FCF yield	-2.29%
Forward EV/Sales	1.85x
Forward P/E	21.49x
Forward P/S	1.5x
Graham number	70.03076
Graham upside	-63.73%
Industry forward P/E	18.25x
Industry P/E	24.65x
Lynch fair value	$57.35
Lynch upside	-70.3%
P/B ratio	6.68x
P/E ratio	25.68x
P/S ratio	1.53x
PEG ratio	1.34x
Price / tangible book value	14.72x
Price/EBITDA ratio	12.99x
Sector forward P/E	26.24x
Sector P/E	40.28x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	9.99%
EBITDA margin	11.74%
Effective tax rate	31.84%
Gross margin	29.01%
Operating margin	9.99%
Pretax margin	9.1%
Profit margin	6.2%
Profit per employee	$50,823
Profitable quarters	34
Profitable years	13
Revenue per employee	$820,913
ROA	7.72%
ROA (5Y)	7.19%
ROCE	30.17%
ROE	26.03%
ROE (5Y)	21.39%
ROIC	11.9%
ROIC (5Y)	16.24%
SBC / revenue	0.92%
Tax / revenue	2.9%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-9.23%
EPS growth (Q)	17.47%
EPS growth (QoQ)	24.75%
EPS growth 10Y	22.03%
EPS growth 3Y	11.72%
EPS growth 5Y	11.46%
EPS growth quarters	1
EPS growth years	2
Gross profit growth	0.97%
Gross profit growth (Q)	6.42%
Gross profit growth 3Y	7.57%
Gross profit growth 5Y	8.24%
Net income growth	-12.82%
Net income growth (Q)	11.43%
Net income growth (QoQ)	21.34%
Net income growth 3Y	8.2%
Net income growth 5Y	7.65%
Net income growth quarters	1
Net income growth years	2
Operating income growth	-6.69%
Operating income growth (Q)	19.33%
Operating income growth 3Y	10.5%
Operating income growth 5Y	9.66%
Revenue growth	11.46%
Revenue growth (Q)	12.81%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	4.9%
Revenue growth 10Y	9.78%
Revenue growth 3Y	9.32%
Revenue growth 5Y	7.48%
Revenue growth quarters	11
Revenue growth years	10

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-6M
Depreciation and amortization	$13.9M
EBIT	$79.4M
EBITDA	$93.3M
EPS	$7.50
FCF per share	$-4.42
Financing cash flow	$29.1M
Free cash flow	$-27.7M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-35M
Gross profit	$230.5M
Income taxes	$23M
Investing cash flow	$-6M
Net borrowing	$99M
Net cash flow	$2M
Net income	$49.2M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$-29M
Operating income	$79.4M
Revenue	$794.6M
Stock-based compensation	$7.3M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	3.23
Book value per share	$29.07
Debt / EBITDA	2.46
Debt / equity	1.67
Goodwill	$94.6M
Interest coverage	11.19
Long-term assets	$339.5M
Long-term liabilities	$81.4M
Net cash (debt)	$-282.2M
Net cash / market cap	-23.28%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.03
Net debt / equity	1.55
Piotroski F-Score	2
Property, plant and equipment	$104.3M
Shareholders' equity	$181.8M
Tangible book value	$82.3M
Tangible book value per share	$13.16
Total assets	$678.5M
Total cash	$21.4M
Total debt	$303.7M
Total liabilities	$496.6M
WACC	6.77%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.24
Current assets	$339M
Current liabilities	$415.2M
Current ratio	0.82
Net working capital	$139M
Quick ratio	0.71
Working capital	$-76.2M
Working capital turnover	-15.82

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	3.98%
Dividend growth	16.33%
Dividend growth (3Y)	16.55%
Dividend growth (5Y)	17%
Dividend growth years	9
Dividend payment date	2026-09-14
Dividend payment years	11
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.28
Dividend yield	1.18%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-25
Last dividend	$0.57
Payout ratio	30.4%
Shareholder yield	5.15%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	584.47%
10Y return CAGR	23.01%
10Y total return	692.77%
150-day SMA	$162.41
15Y price change	744.04%
15Y return CAGR	16.42%
15Y total return	877.58%
1D price change	-0.87%
1M price change	18.84%
1M total return	18.84%
1W price change	7.07%
1W total return	7.07%
1Y price change	4.02%
1Y return CAGR	5.45%
1Y total return	5.45%
20-day SMA	$181.86
200-day SMA	$166.17
20Y price change	276.05%
20Y return CAGR	7.63%
20Y total return	335.54%
3M price change	10.91%
3M total return	11.27%
3Y price change	102.66%
3Y return CAGR	28.08%
3Y total return	110.15%
50-day SMA	$173.55
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$227.29
52-week high date	2026-01-13
52-week low	$132.17
52-week low date	2026-05-13
5Y price change	81.88%
5Y return CAGR	14.15%
5Y total return	93.8%
6M price change	27.17%
6M total return	28.08%
All-time high	$227.29
All-time high date	2026-01-13
All-time low	$7.25
All-time low date	2001-02-08
Average true range (ATR)	$6.35
Average volume	116.9K
Beta (1Y)	-0.04
Beta (2Y)	0.7
Beta (5Y)	0.69
Change from 52-week high	-15.26%
Change from 52-week low	45.73%
Change from all-time high	-15.26%
Change from all-time low	2,556.69%
Change from open	-0.69%
Day's gap	-0.18%
Dollar volume	$11.1M
High price	$195.70
Low price	$192.61
Monthly RSI	56.86
Open price	$193.95
Position in 52-week range	0%
Previous close	$194.30
Price vs 150-day SMA	18.6%
Price vs 20-day SMA	5.91%
Price vs 200-day SMA	15.91%
Price vs 50-day SMA	10.98%
Relative volume	0.49
RSI	63.99
Sharpe ratio	0.23
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.73
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.43
Sortino ratio	0.47
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.2
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.75
Volume	57.9K
Weekly RSI	60.39
YTD price change	-4.03%
YTD total return	-3.03%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	6M
Float percentage	96.26%
Shares change (QoQ)	-2.75%
Shares change (YoY)	-3.98%
Shares held by insiders	3.74%
Shares held by institutions	95.25%
Shares outstanding	6.3M
Short % of float	5.41%
Short % of shares	5.21%
Short ratio	2.2 days

Deeper analysis on CRAI

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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