CRAI - Latest News
CRA International, Inc. (CRAI), operates in Industrials / Consulting Services, trades on NASDAQ.
Market capitalization stands near $898.6M. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 18.90. Beta to the broader market is 0.74.
The article list below shows the most recent CRAI headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent CRAI Headlines
CRAI Stock Barely Moves Since Q1 Earnings Miss & Revenue Beat
zacks.com - May 13, 2026
Charles River shares remained flat after Q1 results, as an earnings miss and weak 2026 revenue outlook offset revenue growth.
CRA International, Inc. (CRAI) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
seekingalpha.com - May 9, 2026
CRA International, Inc.
CRA International (CRAI) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates
zacks.com - May 7, 2026
CRA International (CRAI) came out with quarterly earnings of $1. 99 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.
Charles River Associates (CRA) Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2026
businesswire.com - May 7, 2026
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles River Associates (NASDAQ: CRAI), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial and management consulting servic
Charles River Gears Up to Report Q1 Earnings: What's in the Cards?
zacks.com - May 6, 2026
CRAI heads into Q1 results with a strong surprise history, solid revenue growth expectations and chances of a potential earnings beat.
How News Affects CRAI Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track CRAI's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked CRAI news questions
- What is the latest CRAI news headline?
- The most recent CRAI headline (May 13, 2026) is "CRAI Stock Barely Moves Since Q1 Earnings Miss & Revenue Beat". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the CRAI news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What CRAI news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual CRAI options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.