Company Analysis

Crawford & Company (CRD.B)

NYSE: CRD.B · Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service · Peachtree Corners, GA · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade4.0
◀ Past 3.5● Present 4.0▶ Future 4.6
1 est.

The grade of Crawford & Company

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.0/10
◀ Past3.525% of the headline
● Present4.045% of the headline
▶ Future4.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.5/1025% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-03-04.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Crawford & Company's filings since 2017 show 2 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-03-04) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
2.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 26th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Crawford & Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.2 billion in fiscal 2016 to $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 1.2% a year; it rose in 4 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 14% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.2%bottom 14% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 12% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 46% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak13.7%bottom 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.4/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.4/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 64th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 36% of 29 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 29 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Crawford & Company's shareholder treatment is put at 6.4 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 36% of 29 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.0/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Crawford & Company earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 48 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 40% of its family
  • return on equitytop 44% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.4/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 34% of 30 in its family; net margin 1.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 34th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Crawford & Company's standing among 30 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 50% by size; a net margin of 1.5% ranks in the bottom 37%; revenue growth of 2.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 17% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.31Btop 50% of its family
  • net margin1.5%bottom 37% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.1%bottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
3.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 38% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Crawford & Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Swain, William B Jr (CEO & President, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-03-12, 8 months (bottom 20% of its family); the 20 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.1 years (top 42%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 20 people in charge now (bottom 38%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 20 peoplebottom 38% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.1 yearstop 42% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record8 monthsbottom 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 36% of 29 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Crawford & Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $64 million against debt of $151 million leaves -11.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 31% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.2% of revenue (bottom 40%); a gross margin of 28% (bottom 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-11.3%bottom 31% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.2%bottom 40% of its family
  • gross margin28.0%bottom 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 48% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 48th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Crawford & Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.1% a year over the last three filed years against 1.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 21% of its family); the newest year grew -2.2% (bottom 17%); capital spending grew 0.9% a year (bottom 48%) (its annual reports). Crawford & Company reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: International Operations at $438 million (34%), International Loss Adjusting at $419 million (32%), North America Loss Adjusting at $305 million (23%), and 2 more; 2 of 5 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.9 points a yeartop 21% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-2.2%bottom 17% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending0.9%bottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 48% of 25 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Crawford & Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 6.3% below the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 48% of its family); net income of $20 million against a prior three-year average of $13 million (top 40%); a net margin of 1.5% against 0.9% before (bottom 48%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-6.3%bottom 48% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+51%top 40% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.6 pointsbottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CRD.B · research, not advice