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CRA International, Inc.

$161.88 -$38.64 (-19.27%)

NASDAQ · 11 Sep 2026 20:00 UTC

Previous Close

$163.46

Day Range

$161.63$165.99

Year Range

$132.17$227.29

Market Cap

1.05B

AVG Volume

153.5K

Trailing/Forward PE

21.3/16.92

PEG ratio

1.65

Dividend Yield

1.41%

Next Earnings Date

2026-10-29

Primary Exchange

NASDAQ

Revenue (USD) · TTM

CRAI Revenue (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	Revenue (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	794.64M
26 Q1	770.71M
25 Q4	751.58M
25 Q3	731.05M
25 Q2	712.91M
25 Q1	697.48M
24 Q4	687.41M
24 Q3	672.59M
24 Q2	652.4M
24 Q1	642.92M

Net Income (USD) · TTM

CRAI Net Income (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	Net Income (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	49.3M
26 Q1	47.91M
25 Q4	54.78M
25 Q3	56.58M
25 Q2	56.55M
25 Q1	50.96M
24 Q4	46.65M
24 Q3	43.12M
24 Q2	40.28M
24 Q1	43.25M

Operating Income (USD) · TTM

CRAI Operating Income (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	Operating Income (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	79.42M
26 Q1	75.61M
25 Q4	83.12M
25 Q3	83.94M
25 Q2	85.12M
25 Q1	76.68M
24 Q4	70.75M
24 Q3	66.44M
24 Q2	58.84M
24 Q1	63.47M

EBITDA (USD) · TTM

CRAI EBITDA (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	EBITDA (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	247.62M
26 Q1	98.86M
25 Q4	107.71M
25 Q3	113.64M
25 Q2	112.52M
25 Q1	103.98M
24 Q4	97.48M
24 Q3	90.5M
24 Q2	84.17M
24 Q1	88.09M

Cash Flows (USD) · TTM

CRAI Cash Flows (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	Cash Flows (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	-27.75M
26 Q1	-17.01M
25 Q4	18.56M
25 Q3	28.43M
25 Q2	21.13M
25 Q1	15.95M
24 Q4	33.11M
24 Q3	24.02M
24 Q2	59.65M
24 Q1	64.51M

EPS (USD) · TTM

CRAI EPS (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	EPS (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	7.51
26 Q1	7.2
25 Q4	8.13
25 Q3	8.32
25 Q2	8.26
25 Q1	7.41
24 Q4	6.74
24 Q3	6.18
24 Q2	5.72
24 Q1	6.12

Expenses (USD) · TTM

CRAI Expenses (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	Expenses (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	143.2M
26 Q1	142.56M
25 Q4	138.9M
25 Q3	146.01M
25 Q2	145.89M
25 Q1	143.96M
24 Q4	141.67M
24 Q3	129.15M
24 Q2	123.54M
24 Q1	119.78M

Shares Outstanding (USD) · TTM

CRAI Shares Outstanding (USD) · TTM by quarter
Period	Shares Outstanding (USD) · TTM
26 Q2	46.01M
26 Q1	62.77M
25 Q4	43.73M
25 Q3	45.32M
25 Q2	41.59M
25 Q1	22.15M
24 Q4	29.29M
24 Q3	36.1M
24 Q2	36.52M
24 Q1	15.61M

Dividends (USD)

CRAI Dividends (USD) by quarter
Period	Dividends (USD)
Aug 26	0.57
May 26	0.57
Mar 26	0.57
Nov 25	0.57
Aug 25	0.49
May 25	0.49
Mar 25	0.49
Nov 24	0.49
Aug 24	0.42
May 24	0.42

Employee Count

CRAI Employee Count by quarter
Period	Employee Count
2026	959
2024	946
2023	527
2022	496
2022	861
2021	831
2019	779
2018	687
2017	631
2016	540

PE Ratio

CRAI PE Ratio by quarter
Period	PE Ratio
Sep 26	20.84
Sep 26	22.01
Aug 26	22.53
Aug 26	22.78
Aug 26	21.68
Aug 26	21.8
Jul 26	24.33
Jul 26	23.07
Jul 26	23.3
Jul 26	21.83
Jul 26	19.95
Jun 26	19.86
Jun 26	18.85
Jun 26	20.45
Jun 26	19.8
May 26	18.86
May 26	20.15
May 26	18.72
May 26	18.97
May 26	19.34
Apr 26	18
Apr 26	18.98
Apr 26	19.15
Apr 26	19.73
Mar 26	18.3
Mar 26	18.93
Mar 26	18.54
Mar 26	21.21
Feb 26	20.63
Feb 26	19.3
Feb 26	17.98
Feb 26	21.43
Jan 26	21.89
Jan 26	24.22
Jan 26	24.42
Jan 26	25.09
Jan 26	23.23
Dec 25	23.9
Dec 25	24.19
Dec 25	23.19
Dec 25	21.93
Nov 25	20.43
Nov 25	20.58
Nov 25	20.97
Nov 25	20.9
Oct 25	22.07
Oct 25	22.29
Oct 25	21.37
Oct 25	20.95
Oct 25	23.18
Sep 25	24.29
Sep 25	24.95
Sep 25	23.46
Sep 25	22.99
Aug 25	22.94
Aug 25	23.34
Aug 25	21.75
Aug 25	22.07
Aug 25	20.14
Jul 25	23.56
Jul 25	23.56
Jul 25	26.17
Jul 25	26.09
Jun 25	24.86
Jun 25	23.91
Jun 25	24.02
Jun 25	25.14
May 25	25.26
May 25	24.65
May 25	25.98
May 25	24.86
May 25	22.15
Apr 25	23.78
Apr 25	23.59
Apr 25	24.34
Apr 25	24.03
Mar 25	25.14
Mar 25	25.5
Mar 25	24.98
Mar 25	26.97
Feb 25	28
Feb 25	29.14
Feb 25	30.81
Feb 25	29.47
Jan 25	28.78
Jan 25	29.54
Jan 25	28.65
Jan 25	28.04
Jan 25	29.25
Dec 24	29.29
Dec 24	28.93
Dec 24	30.37
Dec 24	29.06
Nov 24	30.57
Nov 24	30.39
Nov 24	29.2
Nov 24	31.93
Nov 24	29.18
Oct 24	32.11
Oct 24	33.46

Free Cash Flow Yield

CRAI Free Cash Flow Yield by quarter
Period	Free Cash Flow Yield
Sep 26	-2.7%
Sep 26	-2.56%
Aug 26	-2.5%
Aug 26	-2.47%
Aug 26	-2.6%
Aug 26	-2.58%
Jul 26	-1.46%
Jul 26	-1.54%
Jul 26	-1.52%
Jul 26	-1.63%
Jul 26	-1.78%
Jun 26	-1.79%
Jun 26	-1.88%
Jun 26	-1.74%
Jun 26	-1.79%
May 26	-1.88%
May 26	-1.76%
May 26	-1.9%
May 26	-1.87%
May 26	1.75%
Apr 26	1.88%
Apr 26	1.78%
Apr 26	1.77%
Apr 26	1.72%
Mar 26	1.85%
Mar 26	1.79%
Mar 26	1.83%
Mar 26	1.6%
Feb 26	1.64%
Feb 26	2.6%
Feb 26	2.79%
Feb 26	2.34%
Jan 26	2.29%
Jan 26	2.07%
Jan 26	2.06%
Jan 26	2%
Jan 26	2.16%
Dec 25	2.1%
Dec 25	2.08%
Dec 25	2.17%
Dec 25	2.29%
Nov 25	2.46%
Nov 25	2.44%
Nov 25	2.4%
Nov 25	2.4%
Oct 25	2.28%
Oct 25	1.68%
Oct 25	1.75%
Oct 25	1.78%
Oct 25	1.61%
Sep 25	1.54%
Sep 25	1.5%
Sep 25	1.59%
Sep 25	1.62%
Aug 25	1.63%
Aug 25	1.6%
Aug 25	1.72%
Aug 25	1.69%
Aug 25	1.85%
Jul 25	1.33%
Jul 25	1.33%
Jul 25	1.2%
Jul 25	1.2%
Jun 25	1.26%
Jun 25	1.31%
Jun 25	1.3%
Jun 25	1.25%
May 25	1.24%
May 25	1.27%
May 25	1.2%
May 25	1.26%
May 25	1.41%
Apr 25	2.98%
Apr 25	3.01%
Apr 25	2.92%
Apr 25	2.95%
Mar 25	2.82%
Mar 25	2.78%
Mar 25	2.84%
Mar 25	2.63%
Feb 25	2.53%
Feb 25	2.44%
Feb 25	1.81%
Feb 25	1.89%
Jan 25	1.94%
Jan 25	1.89%
Jan 25	1.94%
Jan 25	1.99%
Jan 25	1.9%
Dec 24	1.9%
Dec 24	1.93%
Dec 24	1.83%
Dec 24	1.92%
Nov 24	1.82%
Nov 24	1.83%
Nov 24	1.91%
Nov 24	1.74%
Nov 24	1.91%
Oct 24	4.61%
Oct 24	4.42%

Price to Sales

CRAI Price to Sales by quarter
Period	Price to Sales
Sep 26	1.29
Sep 26	1.37
Aug 26	1.4
Aug 26	1.41
Aug 26	1.34
Aug 26	1.35
Jul 26	1.51
Jul 26	1.43
Jul 26	1.45
Jul 26	1.36
Jul 26	1.24
Jun 26	1.23
Jun 26	1.17
Jun 26	1.27
Jun 26	1.23
May 26	1.17
May 26	1.25
May 26	1.16
May 26	1.18
May 26	1.41
Apr 26	1.31
Apr 26	1.38
Apr 26	1.4
Apr 26	1.44
Mar 26	1.33
Mar 26	1.38
Mar 26	1.35
Mar 26	1.55
Feb 26	1.5
Feb 26	1.49
Feb 26	1.39
Feb 26	1.66
Jan 26	1.69
Jan 26	1.87
Jan 26	1.89
Jan 26	1.94
Jan 26	1.8
Dec 25	1.85
Dec 25	1.87
Dec 25	1.8
Dec 25	1.7
Nov 25	1.58
Nov 25	1.59
Nov 25	1.62
Nov 25	1.62
Oct 25	1.71
Oct 25	1.77
Oct 25	1.7
Oct 25	1.66
Oct 25	1.84
Sep 25	1.93
Sep 25	1.98
Sep 25	1.86
Sep 25	1.82
Aug 25	1.82
Aug 25	1.85
Aug 25	1.73
Aug 25	1.75
Aug 25	1.6
Jul 25	1.72
Jul 25	1.72
Jul 25	1.91
Jul 25	1.91
Jun 25	1.82
Jun 25	1.75
Jun 25	1.76
Jun 25	1.84
May 25	1.85
May 25	1.8
May 25	1.9
May 25	1.82
May 25	1.62
Apr 25	1.61
Apr 25	1.6
Apr 25	1.65
Apr 25	1.63
Mar 25	1.71
Mar 25	1.73
Mar 25	1.7
Mar 25	1.83
Feb 25	1.9
Feb 25	1.98
Feb 25	1.98
Feb 25	1.89
Jan 25	1.85
Jan 25	1.89
Jan 25	1.84
Jan 25	1.8
Jan 25	1.88
Dec 24	1.88
Dec 24	1.85
Dec 24	1.95
Dec 24	1.86
Nov 24	1.96
Nov 24	1.95
Nov 24	1.87
Nov 24	2.05
Nov 24	1.87
Oct 24	1.98
Oct 24	2.07

EV/EBITDA

CRAI EV/EBITDA by quarter
Period	EV/EBITDA
Sep 26	4.86
Sep 26	5.09
Aug 26	5.2
Aug 26	5.25
Aug 26	5.03
Aug 26	5.05
Jul 26	14.3
Jul 26	13.69
Jul 26	13.8
Jul 26	13.09
Jul 26	12.17
Jun 26	12.13
Jun 26	11.64
Jun 26	12.42
Jun 26	12.1
May 26	11.64
May 26	12.27
May 26	11.58
May 26	11.7
May 26	10.85
Apr 26	10.17
Apr 26	10.67
Apr 26	10.75
Apr 26	11.05
Mar 26	10.32
Mar 26	10.64
Mar 26	10.44
Mar 26	11.8
Feb 26	11.51
Feb 26	11.12
Feb 26	10.47
Feb 26	12.18
Jan 26	12.41
Jan 26	13.57
Jan 26	13.67
Jan 26	14
Jan 26	13.08
Dec 25	13.41
Dec 25	13.56
Dec 25	13.06
Dec 25	12.43
Nov 25	11.69
Nov 25	11.76
Nov 25	11.95
Nov 25	11.92
Oct 25	12.5
Oct 25	13.02
Oct 25	12.56
Oct 25	12.34
Oct 25	13.47
Sep 25	14.02
Sep 25	14.36
Sep 25	13.61
Sep 25	13.37
Aug 25	13.34
Aug 25	13.55
Aug 25	12.75
Aug 25	12.91
Aug 25	11.94
Jul 25	13.08
Jul 25	13.08
Jul 25	14.36
Jul 25	14.32
Jun 25	13.72
Jun 25	13.25
Jun 25	13.3
Jun 25	13.85
May 25	13.91
May 25	13.62
May 25	14.27
May 25	13.72
May 25	12.39
Apr 25	12.17
Apr 25	12.08
Apr 25	12.43
Apr 25	12.29
Mar 25	12.82
Mar 25	12.99
Mar 25	12.74
Mar 25	13.69
Feb 25	14.19
Feb 25	14.73
Feb 25	16.27
Feb 25	15.63
Jan 25	15.3
Jan 25	15.66
Jan 25	15.24
Jan 25	14.95
Jan 25	15.52
Dec 24	15.54
Dec 24	15.37
Dec 24	16.06
Dec 24	15.43
Nov 24	16.15
Nov 24	16.06
Nov 24	15.5
Nov 24	16.8
Nov 24	15.49
Oct 24	17.31
Oct 24	17.96

Price/Operating Cashflow

CRAI Price/Operating Cashflow by quarter
Period	Price/Operating Cashflow
May 26	47.24
Apr 26	43.98
Apr 26	46.38
Apr 26	46.78
Apr 26	48.2
Mar 26	44.72
Mar 26	46.25
Mar 26	45.3
Mar 26	51.81
Feb 26	50.41
Feb 26	26.11
Feb 26	24.33
Feb 26	28.99
Jan 26	29.61
Jan 26	32.77
Jan 26	33.03
Jan 26	33.93
Jan 26	31.43
Dec 25	32.32
Dec 25	32.73
Dec 25	31.37
Dec 25	29.67
Nov 25	27.64
Nov 25	27.84
Nov 25	28.36
Nov 25	28.27
Oct 25	29.86
Oct 25	34.18
Oct 25	32.78
Oct 25	32.13
Oct 25	35.56
Sep 25	37.25
Sep 25	38.27
Sep 25	35.98
Sep 25	35.27
Aug 25	35.18
Aug 25	35.8
Aug 25	33.36
Aug 25	33.85
Aug 25	30.9
Jul 25	36.59
Jul 25	36.59
Jul 25	40.64
Jul 25	40.51
Jun 25	38.61
Jun 25	37.13
Jun 25	37.3
Jun 25	39.03
May 25	39.23
May 25	38.28
May 25	40.34
May 25	38.6
May 25	34.4
Apr 25	22.31
Apr 25	22.13
Apr 25	22.83
Apr 25	22.54
Mar 25	23.58
Mar 25	23.92
Mar 25	23.43
Mar 25	25.3
Feb 25	26.26
Feb 25	27.33
Feb 25	43.69
Feb 25	41.8
Jan 25	40.81
Jan 25	41.89
Jan 25	40.62
Jan 25	39.76
Jan 25	41.47
Dec 24	41.53
Dec 24	41.02
Dec 24	43.07
Dec 24	41.2
Nov 24	43.35
Nov 24	43.09
Nov 24	41.4
Nov 24	45.28
Nov 24	41.38
Oct 24	20.28
Oct 24	21.14
Oct 24	20.3
Oct 24	18.89
Sep 24	17.99
Sep 24	17.9
Sep 24	17.74
Sep 24	16.97
Aug 24	18.07
Aug 24	17.52
Aug 24	17.11
Aug 24	16.47
Aug 24	16.42
Jul 24	18.7
Jul 24	18.38
Jul 24	18.23
Jul 24	17.62
Jun 24	17.79
Jun 24	17.96
Jun 24	17.89
Jun 24	18.27

Price to Book

CRAI Price to Book by quarter
Period	Price to Book
Sep 26	5.62
Sep 26	5.94
Aug 26	6.08
Aug 26	6.15
Aug 26	5.85
Aug 26	5.88
Jul 26	5.88
Jul 26	5.57
Jul 26	5.63
Jul 26	5.27
Jul 26	4.82
Jun 26	4.8
Jun 26	4.55
Jun 26	4.94
Jun 26	4.78
May 26	4.55
May 26	4.87
May 26	4.52
May 26	4.58
May 26	4.96
Apr 26	4.62
Apr 26	4.87
Apr 26	4.91
Apr 26	5.06
Mar 26	4.69
Mar 26	4.86
Mar 26	4.76
Mar 26	5.44
Feb 26	5.29
Feb 26	5.42
Feb 26	5.05
Feb 26	6.01
Jan 26	6.14
Jan 26	6.8
Jan 26	6.85
Jan 26	7.04
Jan 26	6.52
Dec 25	6.71
Dec 25	6.79
Dec 25	6.51
Dec 25	6.15
Nov 25	5.73
Nov 25	5.78
Nov 25	5.88
Nov 25	5.86
Oct 25	6.19
Oct 25	6.4
Oct 25	6.13
Oct 25	6.01
Oct 25	6.65
Sep 25	6.97
Sep 25	7.16
Sep 25	6.73
Sep 25	6.6
Aug 25	6.58
Aug 25	6.7
Aug 25	6.24
Aug 25	6.33
Aug 25	5.78
Jul 25	5.28
Jul 25	5.28
Jul 25	5.87
Jul 25	5.85
Jun 25	5.57
Jun 25	5.36
Jun 25	5.38
Jun 25	5.64
May 25	5.66
May 25	5.53
May 25	5.82
May 25	5.57
May 25	4.97
Apr 25	5.23
Apr 25	5.19
Apr 25	5.35
Apr 25	5.29
Mar 25	5.53
Mar 25	5.61
Mar 25	5.5
Mar 25	5.93
Feb 25	6.16
Feb 25	6.41
Feb 25	6.5
Feb 25	6.21
Jan 25	6.07
Jan 25	6.23
Jan 25	6.04
Jan 25	5.91
Jan 25	6.17
Dec 24	6.18
Dec 24	6.1
Dec 24	6.4
Dec 24	6.13
Nov 24	6.45
Nov 24	6.41
Nov 24	6.16
Nov 24	6.73
Nov 24	6.15
Oct 24	6.75
Oct 24	7.03

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