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.
Thesis pillars
- Attractive Valuation Discount↓Deteriorating
- Large Upside To Analyst Consensus↓Deteriorating
- Confirmed Downtrend Entry Block↓Deteriorating
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026
CRA International,Inc. (CRAI) Stock Analysis
Industrials · Consulting Services
Sell if holding. At $196.77, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 8.2%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5).
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. At $196.77, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 8.2%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.1/10, high confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 5d<=7d. 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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- NEWS What To Expect From CRA’s (CRAI) Q2 Earnings - StockStory — StockStory neutral
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- NEWS CRA International Number of Employees 2026 | Employee Count & Headcount Data - Revelio Labs — Revelio Labs neutral
- NEWS CRA International Surges Over 5%: Analyzing the Move and Key Levels - Sweep Order Flow - dars.gov.et — dars.gov.et positive
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Sell if holding. At $196.77, A.R:R 0.6:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 8.2%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $183.45. Score 5.1/10, high confidence.
Analyst target: $212.92 (+8.2% upside). Prior stop was $183.45. Stop-loss: $183.45.
Thin upside margin: 8.2%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5); Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7.
CRA International,Inc. trades at a P/E of 26.2 (forward 20.6). TrendMatrix value score: 5.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
8 analysts cover CRAI with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $251.
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.