The stock trades at an attractively valued forward multiple of 15.3 times earnings with a price-to-growth ratio of 1.08 and roughly 45% upside to analyst consensus targets, but a confirmed price downtrend, a Piotroski F-Score of only 2 out of 9, and a market capitalization of $0.95 billion that falls below the minimum investable threshold collectively justify avoiding entry until quality metrics and the price trend both improve.
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- Attractive Valuation Discount→Stable
- Large Upside To Analyst Consensus→Stable
- Confirmed Downtrend Entry Block→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
CRA International,Inc. (CRAI) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup · Inst Constrain edge
Industrials · Consulting Services
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $146.79: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5; Weak overall score: 4.9/10.
CRA International is a global economic, financial, and management consulting firm founded in 1965, advising corporations, law firms, and government agencies on litigation and regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, damages, and business strategy. The firm... Read more
Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $146.79: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5; Weak overall score: 4.9/10. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 49. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 8/10 gates (positive momentum, favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 33d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Suitability: aggressive.
About CRA International,Inc.
About CRA International,Inc.
CRA International employed 959 consultants as of January 3, 2026, including 164 officers, 563 senior staff, and 232 junior staff, with approximately 79% of senior staff holding advanced degrees and 51% of those doctorates. Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Boston, the firm delivers economic, financial, and management consulting through an international network of offices across the Americas, Europe, and Australia, working across industries including financial services, healthcare, life sciences, energy, and technology.
CRA earns revenue through two practice areas: litigation, regulatory, and financial consulting, covering antitrust, damages and valuation, forensic and cyber investigations, intellectual property, international arbitration, and mergers and acquisitions support before agencies like the FTC, DOJ, and European Commission; and management consulting, covering corporate strategy, enterprise risk management, and transaction advisory services. The firm supplements its employee consultants with a network of non-employee academic and industry experts from institutions including Yale, the University of Chicago, and UC Berkeley, whose reputations help attract engagements and expert-witness assignments. CRA states that its business is diversified across service offerings, vertical industries, functional expertise, client base, and geography, which it believes reduces dependence on any particular market, industry, or geographic area. The firm derives a portion of revenue from a limited number of large engagements and, from time to time, from U.S. government agency contracts subject to federal budget priorities.
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Because CRA has no material concentration in any single client, industry, or geography, by its own account, the firm's most concentrated exposure is to people rather than markets: revenue depends heavily on the efforts and personal client relationships of individual employee consultants and a select group of non-employee academic experts, most of whom can leave or limit their engagements at any time, with only limited, sometimes unenforceable, non-solicitation protections in place. The 10-K also flags that a portion of revenue comes from a limited number of large, one-off engagements rather than recurring contracts, so failing to replace a single major matter each year could disproportionately affect utilization and results.
See also: Industrials · Consulting Services
From CRA International,Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted July 6, 2026.
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updated 2026-07-06Recent Developments — CRA International,Inc.
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- NEWS CRA International (CRAI) Expected to Beat Earnings Estimates: Can the Stock Move Higher? - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance positive
- NEWS Implied volatility surging for CRA International stock options - MSN — MSN neutral
- NEWS Hitesh Makhija Rejoins CRA International Inc. (CRAI) as Vice President of Antitrust Practice - Insider Monkey — Insider Monkey positive
- NEWS Hitesh Makhija Rejoins CRA International Inc. (CRAI) as Vice President of Antitrust Practice - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
- NEWS CRA Intl Affirms FY2026 Sales Guidance of $785.000M-$805.000M vs $794.464M Est — benzinga May 7, 2026
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Sell if holding. Multiple concerning factors at $146.79: Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5; Weak overall score: 4.9/10. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 49. Prior stop was $136.51. Score 4.9/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $214.62 (+46.2% upside). Prior stop was $136.51. Stop-loss: $136.51.
Leverage penalty (D/E 1.4): -0.5; Weak overall score: 4.9/10; Weak growth.
CRA International,Inc. trades at a P/E of 20.3 (forward 15.2). TrendMatrix value score: 7.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
8 analysts cover CRAI with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $253.
What does CRA International,Inc. do?CRA International is a global economic, financial, and management consulting firm founded in 1965, advising...
CRA International is a global economic, financial, and management consulting firm founded in 1965, advising corporations, law firms, and government agencies on litigation and regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, damages, and business strategy. The firm employs 959 consultants as of January 2026 across offices in the Americas, Europe, and Australia, and describes its business as diversified across service offerings, industries, clients, and geography to reduce dependence on any single market.