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Consumer Discretionary · ·
$162.07
▼ $0.50 (-0.3%)
Market data updated: 09/27 07:18 AM
Fundamentals updated: 09/27/2026
News analyzed: 09/27/2026
Market Cap
$1.02B
Day Range
$162.00 - $164.68
52-Week Range
$132.17 - $227.29
Beta
—
Next Earnings
28.10.2026
Support
$150.13
Resistance
$194.39
CRAI is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
-21.5% (1Y)
Strengths: 5/27 factors positiveRisk: High
This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🔴 Bearish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
Computed directly from the same signals behind the score above — not AI-generated.
Biggest positive driver
Earnings per share (EPS) growth
Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 20.8%
Growth
Biggest negative driver
DCF Fair Value
Estimated fair value: $49.74 vs. price $162.07 (-69.3%)
Fair Value
What to watch next
When today echoes the past.
76/100
Similarity
7
Historical Matches
71/100
Analog Quality
-5.4%
Median 40D Outcome
28/100
Pattern Consistency
🟢 Bullish
43%
+7.8% … +23.8%
🟡 Base
0%
— … —
🔴 Bearish
57%
-7.3% … -3.5%
📌 Bottom line: Out of 7 similar historical cases for this stock, 43% (95% CI 16%–75%) saw the stock rise within 20 trading days, with a median gain of -1.8%.
Historical outcome rate is not a probability — it's what happened in this specific historical sample, with a 95% confidence range.
| Horizon | Positive rate (95% CI) | Median | 25th–75th pct | Baseline median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 29% (8%–64%) | -1.2% | -3.1% … +2.3% | -0.6% |
| 10D | 29% (8%–64%) | -3.7% | -6.3% … +1.3% | -0.7% |
| 20D | 43% (16%–75%) | -1.8% | -4.6% … +7.8% | -1.4% |
| 40D | 43% (16%–75%) | -5.4% | -7.0% … +17.0% | -3.1% |
| 60D | 71% (36%–92%) | +10.6% | -2.1% … +13.3% | +11.0% |
Sample size: 7 analogs, each at least 10 trading days apart (no double-counted overlapping events).
What happened after each historical match (20-day return)
| Date | Similarity | Regime | 20D outcome | 60D outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | 76/100 | ✓ Downtrend | -4.0% | +12.4% |
| 2026-04-15 | 69/100 | ✓ Downtrend | -13.5% | +5.1% |
| 2026-06-30 | 64/100 | ✓ Downtrend | +33.5% | +14.2% |
| 2026-03-30 | 63/100 | Downtrend | -1.8% | -9.3% |
| 2026-05-18 | 60/100 | ✓ Downtrend | +1.7% | +17.9% |
| 2026-06-15 | 59/100 | ✓ Downtrend | +14.0% | +10.6% |
| 2026-03-09 | 56/100 | Downtrend | -5.3% | -18.3% |
Every accepted match is compared to today across 6 domains (price structure, momentum, technical, volatility, volume, relative strength) using z-scored feature distances — no single indicator dominates. Matches within 10 trading days of each other count as one event, not independent evidence. Outcome rates use a Wilson confidence interval (never a raw percentage alone), the mean return is winsorized against extreme outliers, and "Analog Quality" separately captures sample size, data completeness, and regime match — distinct from raw similarity. Relative strength is measured against SPY and against XLY (this stock's sector).
Cross-stock analogs — real other companies, not this stock's own history.
TIME ECHO identifies historical situations that resemble the current market state. Historical outcomes are not guarantees of future performance. Similarity does not imply causation, and results may change as new data becomes available.
🗓️ What Changed This Week
🌱 Building History
We don't have a real data point from a week ago for this stock yet. The weekly comparison will appear once enough history has accumulated.
📊 Score History
47
Today
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30D
—
90D
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1Y
🐂🐻 Investment Thesis
🐂 Bull Case
🐻 Bear Case
🔍 What Could Prove This Wrong
Not enough data yet to generate this synthesis.
This isn't a price-direction forecast — just a synthesis of real, already-computed data, and future conditions that could change the picture.
🧬 STOCK DNA
This stock's profile across 8 real dimensions — a research tool, not a recommendation
Growth
59
Quality
58
Value
38
Momentum
26
Risk
34
Sentiment
68
Fundamental
57
Institutional
0
Stocks with a similar DNA right now
This stock hasn't been analyzed by StockIQAI's movement engine yet — coverage is still expanding. Check back soon.
Everyone's writing about CRA International,Inc.. News trend score: 68. Reason: 5 of the last 18 articles are positive, versus 2 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
🌡️ Emotional Temperature
22
🎯 Conviction (vs. Emotion)
41
Psychology
45
Fundamentals
57
Technical
26
Valuation
38
The price rise has far outpaced the actual improvement in fundamental data.
Extreme momentum, price far above its moving average, and a large premium over fair value.
A sharp drop, unusual volume, and negative news sentiment all at once — selling pressure that looks emotional.
Price, volume, and sentiment accelerating together — a sign investors are chasing the price, not just following it.
The stock is moving in lockstep with its peers at the same intensity, rather than on its own data.
Price (3M)
+11%
Market Narrative
61
Fundamental Reality
41
Narrative Gap
+20
🔀 Psychology Acceleration
News attention/sentiment is running well ahead of the price move itself.
Signal classification confidence: High (confidence in the behavioral read, not a price prediction). Describes observable market behavior, not what any individual investor thinks, and is not a buy/sell signal.
🏛️ Investor DNA — Historical Investors
A Historical Strategy Simulation: assuming each investor follows their documented principles, how would they rate this stock today? This is not a prediction of what they would actually do.
🟢 Best match
Samuel Armstrong Nelson — 78/100
🔴 Weakest match
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor) — 4/100
Samuel Armstrong Nelson
The ABC of Stock Speculation (1903)
🟢 78
Cycle position looks favorable — closer to oversold than overbought
Key question
Is the price overextended, or is there still room to move?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Charles Mackay
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)
🟢 77
No obvious signs of crowd mania
Key question
Am I being swept along with the crowd, or thinking for myself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Edgar Lawrence Smith
Common Stocks as Long-Term Investments (1924)
🟢 74
Looks like a real 'buy and hold for a decade' candidate
Key question
Is this a stock I'd be happy to hold and forget about for a decade?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Thorstein Veblen
The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
🟢 71
Growth appears aligned with real value creation
Key question
Is management building real value, or just building itself?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Peter Lynch
One Up on Wall Street (1989)
🟢 65
Mixed — growth exists but the price already reflects much of it
Key question
Is the growth worth the price?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks (Market Cycle)
Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 60
Somewhere in the middle of the cycle
Key question
Where are we in the cycle right now — near a hot extreme, or a cold one?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jack Schwager
Market Wizards (1989)
🟡 58
No clear edge either way
Key question
What's the risk/reward here, and where is my exit point?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Howard Marks
The Most Important Thing (2011) / Mastering the Market Cycle (2018)
🟡 40
Mixed — a good business, but expectations may already be high
Key question
What is the market probably misunderstanding about the risk here?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Burton Malkiel & John Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street (1973) / The Little Book of Common Sense Investing (2007)
🟡 38
Mixed case — the evidence for picking this stock over an index is not strong
Key question
Do I actually have an edge here, or do I just think I do?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Philip Fisher
Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits (1958)
🔴 34
Doesn't show the quality/growth signature Fisher required
Key question
How exceptional is this business, really?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Gerald M. Loeb
The Battle for Investment Survival (1935)
🔴 26
Risk profile Loeb would flag as a real threat to capital
Key question
How much capital could I lose here if I'm wrong?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Jesse Livermore
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) / How to Trade in Stocks (1940)
🔴 19
Negative trend — against Livermore's core rule of trading with the trend
Key question
What is the price telling me right now?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Walter Bagehot
Lombard Street (1873)
🔴 13
Liquidity position Bagehot would flag as a real risk
Key question
Does this company have enough liquidity to survive real stress?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham
Security Analysis (1934) / The Intelligent Investor (1949)
🔴 10
Fails most of Graham's defensive criteria
Key question
Where is my margin of safety?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Morgan Housel
The Psychology of Money (2020)
🔴 10
The kind of volatility that tends to shake patient holders out
Key question
Could I live with this volatility long enough for compounding to actually work?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Benjamin Graham (Enterprising Investor)
The Intelligent Investor (1949) — the Enterprising Investor chapters
🔴 4
Not statistically cheap enough for the Enterprising Investor's looser safety bar
Key question
Is the stock statistically cheap enough to justify the extra risk?
Fact → Principle → Simulation
Based on the last 300 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🔴 Most indicators support a downtrend (1 bullish · 8 bearish · 2 neutral)
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
Gross Margin
—
Operating Margin
11.1%
Net Margin
7.3%
EBITDA Margin
12.9%
ROE
25.6%
ROA
8.7%
ROIC
—
EPS
$8.23
Cash
$18.21M
Total Debt
—
Current Ratio
0.92
Debt/Equity
—
Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.
| Ex-Dividend Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 25.8.2026 | $0.570 |
| 26.5.2026 | $0.570 |
| 25.5.2026 | $0.570 |
| 10.3.2026 | $0.570 |
| 9.3.2026 | $0.570 |
| 25.11.2025 | $0.570 |
| 24.11.2025 | $0.570 |
| 26.8.2025 | $0.490 |
| 25.8.2025 | $0.490 |
| 27.5.2025 | $0.490 |
| 26.5.2025 | $0.490 |
| 4.3.2025 | $0.490 |
How is Fair Value calculated? →
Current Price
$162.07
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
$49.74
Model estimate — not a price target. Highly sensitive to growth/discount-rate assumptions.
Gap
-69.3%
🔴 Appears expensive relative to estimated value
Year 1 Growth Rate
8.4%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8.4% | $20.11M | $18.45M |
| 2 | 6.9% | $21.50M | $18.09M |
| 3 | 5.4% | $22.66M | $17.50M |
| 4 | 4.0% | $23.56M | $16.69M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $24.15M | $15.70M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$18.56M
Terminal Value
$380.86M
Present Value of Terminal Value
$247.53M
Enterprise Value
$333.96M
Net Debt
$0
Equity Value
$333.96M
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
$31.81
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$16.86
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 5 positive, 11 neutral, 2 negative out of the last 18 articles.
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CRA International,Inc. (CRAI) currently has a StockIQ AI score of 47/100, rated "Moderate". The score is a weighted average across up to 7 categories (technical, fundamental, growth, fair value, news, quality, risk), based on real data only.
CRAI currently scores 47/100 (Moderate) across the categories we measure. StockIQ doesn't give buy/sell recommendations — use this as one data point in your own research, not as investment advice.
Per StockIQ's DCF model, CRAI's estimated fair value is $49.74, which is 69.3% below the current price of $162.07. This is one valuation model among several signals in the fair-value category, not a price target.
CRAI's technical score is 26/100, which currently reads as bearish — based on real price/volume signals (moving averages, RSI, MACD, and more), not a prediction of what happens next.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 20.8%; Operating margin is stable or improving over time; Return on equity (ROE): 25.6% — strong.
Based on the real signals StockIQ computed: Estimated fair value: $49.74 vs. price $162.07 (-69.3%); Current ratio: 0.92; Calmar: 0.43 (3y annualized return 16.6% / max drawdown 38.3%).
Yes — CRAI has a real recorded dividend payment history on StockIQ. See the Dividends section on this page for the actual per-share amounts and dates.
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 3 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes Chad M | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 640 | +2 | — |
| Yellin Jonathan D | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 561 | +2 | — |
| Yellin Jonathan D | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 590 | +2 | — |
| Yellin Jonathan D | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 1,406 | +5 | — |
| Holmes Chad M | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 1,590 | +5 | — |
| Yellin Jonathan D | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 1,098 | +4 | — |
| Yellin Jonathan D | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 320 | +1 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 1,571 | +5 | — |
| Yellin Jonathan D | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 680 | +2 | — |
| Nierenberg Eric | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 918 | +3 | — |
| Nierenberg Eric | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 560 | +2 | — |
| Langan Brian | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 918 | +3 | — |
| Langan Brian | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 560 | +2 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 2,917 | +10 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 6,849 | +23 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 2,757 | +9 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 3,357 | +11 | — |
| Holmes Chad M | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 369 | +1 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 5,425 | +19 | — |
| Holmes Chad M | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 646 | +2 | — |
| Holmes Chad M | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 1,034 | +4 | — |
| Holmes Chad M | Grant/Award from Employer | 14.9.2026 | 556 | +2 | — |
| Maleh Paul A | Open Market Sale | 31.8.2026 | 108,702 | -2,348 | $172.06 |
| Maleh Paul A | Open Market Sale | 31.8.2026 | 103,850 | -4,852 | $173.04 |
| Maleh Paul A | Open Market Sale | 31.8.2026 | 103,550 | -32 | $174.78 |
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
298,157 shares short as of 2026-09-15 · vs. 298,927 on 2026-08-31
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
51.1% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 52.6% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
Full breakdown of every data type and its source: Data Sources · Methodology