Revenue growth accelerated to 10.7% in 2027Q1 with combined ratio improving to 83.3%, but negative operating income of -$1.4M raises earnings quality concerns.
CorVel Corporation (CRVL) annual income statement — 30-year revenue, gross profit & net income history
| Metric | TTM | Mar'26 | Mar'25 | Mar'24 | Mar'23 | Mar'22 | Mar'21 | Mar'20 | Mar'19 | Mar'18 | Mar'17 | Mar'16 | Mar'15 | Mar'14 | Mar'13 | Mar'12 | Mar'11 | Mar'10 | Mar'09 | Mar'08 | Mar'07 | Mar'06 | Mar'05 | Mar'04 | Mar'03 | Mar'02 | Mar'01 | Mar'00 | Mar'99 | Mar'98 | Mar'97 |
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| Revenue | 983.74M | 958.53M | 895.59M | 795.31M | 718.56M | 646.23M | 552.64M | 592.23M | 595.74M | 558.35M | 518.69M | 503.58M | 492.63M | 478.82M | 429.31M | 412.67M | 380.67M | 337.97M | 310.08M | 301.89M | 274.58M | 266.5M | 291M | 305.28M | 282.78M | 235.91M | 209.55M | 186.76M | 165.46M | 141.71M | 121.7M |
| Revenue Growth % | 7.09% | 7.03% | 12.61% | 10.68% | 11.19% | 16.93% | -6.68% | -0.59% | 6.7% | 7.65% | 3% | 2.22% | 2.88% | 11.53% | 4.03% | 8.41% | 12.63% | 9% | 2.71% | 9.95% | 3.03% | -8.42% | -4.68% | 7.96% | 19.86% | 12.58% | 12.2% | 12.88% | 16.76% | 16.44% | 11.55% |
| Medical Costs & Claims | 739.85M | 725.66M | 685.86M | 623.62M | 560.3M | 494.12M | 429.02M | 466.3M | 470.93M | 451.1M | 413.89M | 399.04M | 392.66M | 370.33M | 337.65M | 318.83M | 284.1M | 252.43M | 236.33M | 223.83M | 208.75M | 221.06M | 246.34M | 253.85M | 230.95M | 193.22M | 172.01M | 145.75M | 129.8M | 110.3M | 95.1M |
| Medical Cost Ratio % | 75.21% | 75.71% | 76.58% | 78.41% | 77.98% | 76.46% | 77.63% | 78.74% | 79.05% | 80.79% | 79.8% | 79.24% | 79.71% | 77.34% | 78.65% | 77.26% | 74.63% | 74.69% | 76.22% | 74.14% | 76.02% | 82.95% | 84.65% | 83.15% | 81.67% | 81.91% | 82.08% | 78.04% | 78.45% | 77.84% | 78.14% |
| Gross Profit | 243.9M | 232.86M | 209.73M | 171.69M | 158.26M | 152.11M | 123.62M | 125.92M | 124.81M | 107.25M | 104.79M | 104.54M | 99.97M | 108.48M | 91.66M | 93.84M | 96.57M | 85.54M | 73.74M | 78.06M | 65.83M | 45.44M | 44.66M | 51.43M | 51.83M | 42.69M | 37.54M | 41.02M | 35.66M | 31.41M | 26.6M |
| Gross Margin % | 24.79% | 24.29% | 23.42% | 21.59% | 22.02% | 23.54% | 22.37% | 21.26% | 20.95% | 19.21% | 20.2% | 20.76% | 20.29% | 22.66% | 21.35% | 22.74% | 25.37% | 25.31% | 23.78% | 25.86% | 23.98% | 17.05% | 15.35% | 16.85% | 18.33% | 18.09% | 17.92% | 21.96% | 21.55% | 22.16% | 21.86% |
| Gross Profit Growth % | - | 11.03% | 22.15% | 8.49% | 4.04% | 23.05% | -1.82% | 0.89% | 16.37% | 2.35% | 0.24% | 4.58% | -7.85% | 18.35% | -2.33% | -2.82% | 12.9% | 16% | -5.54% | 18.58% | 44.87% | 1.76% | -13.17% | -0.76% | 21.42% | 13.7% | -8.47% | 15.04% | 13.52% | 18.08% | 14.66% |
| Operating Expenses | 92.71M | 89.73M | 88.9M | 76.59M | 73.7M | 67.6M | 64.45M | 65.21M | 63.3M | 59.35M | 57.24M | 58.48M | 54.41M | 51.97M | 47.77M | 50.41M | 59.17M | 42.06M | 42.13M | 39.72M | 35.38M | 29.59M | 28.14M | 26.07M | 25.08M | 18.78M | 16.39M | 21.72M | 18.9M | 16.3M | 12.8M |
| OpEx / Revenue % | 9.42% | 9.36% | 9.93% | 9.63% | 10.26% | 10.46% | 11.66% | 11.01% | 10.62% | 10.63% | 11.04% | 11.61% | 11.04% | 10.85% | 11.13% | 12.21% | 15.54% | 12.44% | 13.59% | 13.16% | 12.89% | 11.1% | 9.67% | 8.54% | 8.87% | 7.96% | 7.82% | 11.63% | 11.42% | 11.5% | 10.52% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 23.95M | 31.76M | 29.54M | 26.25M | 25.12M | 23.92M | 23.44M | 22.52M | 22.98M | 21.77M | 20.97M | 19.95M | 18M | 16.41M | 15.74M | 14.72M | 12.25M | 11.99M | 11.78M | 11.77M | 10.12M | 10.94M | 11.09M | 9.96M | 9.34M | 8.41M | 6.76M | 6.96M | 6.3M | 5.3M | 4.2M |
| Combined Ratio % | 84.63% | 85.07% | 86.51% | 88.04% | 88.23% | 86.92% | 89.29% | 89.75% | 89.67% | 91.42% | 90.83% | 90.85% | 90.75% | 88.2% | 89.78% | 89.47% | 90.17% | 87.13% | 89.81% | 87.3% | 88.91% | 94.05% | 94.32% | 91.69% | 90.54% | 89.87% | 89.9% | 89.66% | 89.87% | 89.34% | 88.66% |
| Operating Income | 106.49M | 143.13M | 120.82M | 95.1M | 84.55M | 84.51M | 59.17M | 60.71M | 61.51M | 47.9M | 47.55M | 46.06M | 45.56M | 56.51M | 43.9M | 43.44M | 37.4M | 43.48M | 31.61M | 38.34M | 30.45M | 15.85M | 16.52M | 25.37M | 26.75M | 23.9M | 21.16M | 19.3M | 16.76M | 15.11M | 13.8M |
| Operating Margin % | 10.82% | 14.93% | 13.49% | 11.96% | 11.77% | 13.08% | 10.71% | 10.25% | 10.33% | 8.58% | 9.17% | 9.15% | 9.25% | 11.8% | 10.22% | 10.53% | 9.83% | 12.87% | 10.19% | 12.7% | 11.09% | 5.95% | 5.68% | 8.31% | 9.46% | 10.13% | 10.1% | 10.34% | 10.13% | 10.66% | 11.34% |
| Operating Income Growth % | - | 18.46% | 27.05% | 12.47% | 0.05% | 42.82% | -2.53% | -1.3% | 28.41% | 0.74% | 3.23% | 1.09% | -19.37% | 28.73% | 1.05% | 16.13% | -13.98% | 37.57% | -17.57% | 25.92% | 92.08% | -4% | -34.89% | -5.17% | 11.9% | 12.99% | 9.59% | 15.19% | 10.91% | 9.49% | 14.05% |
| EBITDA | 175.14M | 174.9M | 150.36M | 121.35M | 109.67M | 108.43M | 82.61M | 83.23M | 84.5M | 69.68M | 68.52M | 66.01M | 63.56M | 72.92M | 59.63M | 58.16M | 49.65M | 55.47M | 43.39M | 50.11M | 40.57M | 26.79M | 27.6M | 35.32M | 36.09M | 32.32M | 27.91M | 26.27M | 23.06M | 20.41M | 18M |
| EBITDA Margin % | 17.8% | 18.25% | 16.79% | 15.26% | 15.26% | 16.78% | 14.95% | 14.05% | 14.18% | 12.48% | 13.21% | 13.11% | 12.9% | 15.23% | 13.89% | 14.09% | 13.04% | 16.41% | 13.99% | 16.6% | 14.78% | 10.05% | 9.48% | 11.57% | 12.76% | 13.7% | 13.32% | 14.06% | 13.94% | 14.4% | 14.79% |
| Interest Expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Operating Income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pretax Income | 109.21M | 143.13M | 120.82M | 95.1M | 84.55M | 84.51M | 59.17M | 60.71M | 61.51M | 47.9M | 47.55M | 46.06M | 45.56M | 56.51M | 43.9M | 43.44M | 37.4M | 43.48M | 31.61M | 38.34M | 30.45M | 15.85M | 16.52M | 25.37M | 26.75M | 23.9M | 21.16M | 19.3M | 16.8M | 15.2M | 13.7M |
| Pretax Margin % | 11.1% | 14.93% | 13.49% | 11.96% | 11.77% | 13.08% | 10.71% | 10.25% | 10.33% | 8.58% | 9.17% | 9.15% | 9.25% | 11.8% | 10.22% | 10.53% | 9.83% | 12.87% | 10.19% | 12.7% | 11.09% | 5.95% | 5.68% | 8.31% | 9.46% | 10.13% | 10.1% | 10.34% | 10.15% | 10.73% | 11.26% |
| Income Tax | 35.85M | 32.79M | 25.66M | 18.85M | 18.19M | 18.1M | 12.82M | 13.33M | 14.81M | 12.21M | 18.07M | 17.54M | 16.97M | 22.11M | 17.16M | 16.89M | 12.74M | 17.39M | 12.33M | 14.96M | 11.88M | 6.1M | 6.36M | 9.35M | 10.16M | 9.08M | 7.93M | 7.34M | 6.4M | 5.7M | 5.2M |
| Effective Tax Rate % | 32.83% | 22.91% | 21.24% | 19.82% | 21.51% | 21.42% | 21.66% | 21.96% | 24.08% | 25.48% | 38% | 38.07% | 37.25% | 39.14% | 39.1% | 38.87% | 34.06% | 39.99% | 39.01% | 39.02% | 39% | 38.48% | 38.5% | 36.87% | 38% | 38% | 37.5% | 38% | 38.1% | 37.5% | 37.96% |
| Net Income | 115.33M | 110.34M | 95.17M | 76.25M | 66.36M | 66.41M | 46.36M | 47.38M | 46.7M | 35.7M | 29.48M | 28.52M | 28.59M | 34.39M | 26.73M | 26.55M | 24.66M | 26.1M | 19.28M | 23.38M | 18.58M | 9.75M | 10.16M | 16.01M | 16.58M | 14.82M | 13.22M | 11.97M | 10.4M | 9.5M | 8.5M |
| Net Margin % | 11.72% | 11.51% | 10.63% | 9.59% | 9.24% | 10.28% | 8.39% | 8% | 7.84% | 6.39% | 5.68% | 5.66% | 5.8% | 7.18% | 6.23% | 6.43% | 6.48% | 7.72% | 6.22% | 7.75% | 6.77% | 3.66% | 3.49% | 5.25% | 5.86% | 6.28% | 6.31% | 6.41% | 6.29% | 6.7% | 6.98% |
| Net Income Growth % | 14.39% | 15.95% | 24.8% | 14.9% | -0.07% | 43.26% | -2.16% | 1.44% | 30.84% | 21.09% | 3.34% | -0.23% | -16.87% | 28.66% | 0.67% | 7.66% | -5.49% | 35.37% | -17.56% | 25.88% | 90.46% | -3.98% | -36.57% | -3.44% | 11.9% | 12.09% | 10.49% | 15.07% | 9.47% | 11.76% | 16.44% |
| EPS (Diluted) | 2.26 | 2.14 | 1.83 | 1.47 | 1.26 | 1.22 | 2.50 | 2.56 | 2.46 | 1.87 | 1.51 | 1.43 | 1.37 | 1.61 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| EPS Growth % | 15.98% | 16.94% | 24.49% | 16.67% | 3.28% | -51.2% | -2.34% | 4.06% | 31.55% | 23.84% | 5.59% | 4.38% | -14.91% | 347.22% | 0% | 9.09% | -5.71% | 34.62% | -7.14% | 27.27% | 100% | 14.58% | -43.53% | 0% | 30.77% | 18.18% | 11.11% | 4.54% | 9.99% | 43.5% | 17.65% |
| EPS (Basic) | - | 2.15 | 1.85 | 1.48 | 1.28 | 1.25 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.63 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 1.63 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.06 |
| Diluted Shares Outstanding | 50.93M | 51.63M | 52.04M | 52.04M | 52.78M | 54.38M | 18.54M | 18.54M | 19.01M | 19.04M | 19.57M | 20M | 20.89M | 63.72M | 74.26M | 74.26M | 74.26M | 74.26M | 74.26M | 84.22M | 85.61M | 87.55M | 94.68M | 95.79M | 97.46M | 102.3M | 105.04M | 110.04M | 109.77M | 110.3M | 126.6M |
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying CRVL stock.
For fiscal year 2026, CorVel Corporation (CRVL) reported total revenue of $958.5M. This represents a 687.6% increase compared to $121.7M in 1997.
CorVel Corporation (CRVL) is profitable, generating $110.3M in net income for the fiscal year ending 2026 with a net profit margin of 11.5%.
CorVel Corporation (CRVL) reported an operating income of $143.1M, resulting in an operating profit margin of 14.9%. This margin reflects the operational efficiency of the business before interest and taxes.
CorVel Corporation (CRVL) generated $232.9M in gross profit for the year, representing a gross profit margin of 24.3%. This demonstrates the company's core pricing power and production efficiency.
Key Metrics
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Dependence on investment income
Metrics are mathematically derived from official filings.
Premium Growth Accelerates Steadily
CorVel's revenue growth accelerated to 10.7% in 2027Q1 from 7.4% in 2026Q4, according to the latest quarterly data, signaling sustained momentum in its insurance brokerage operations.
The sequential acceleration in revenue growth, from 7.4% in 2026Q4 to 10.7% in 2027Q1, suggests a strengthening demand environment for claims management services. This trend is supported by a consistent upward trajectory over the past year, with growth rates ranging from 3.4% in 2026Q3 to 14.8% in 2025Q2. The persistence of double-digit growth in recent quarters may indicate that CorVel is gaining market share or benefiting from a hard market cycle in workers' compensation.
Underwriting Profitability Improves
The combined ratio improved to 83.3% in 2027Q1 from 89.1% in 2024Q4, as reported in financial statements, indicating stronger underwriting performance and margin expansion.
The combined ratio has consistently declined from 89.1% in 2024Q4 to 83.3% in 2027Q1, reflecting a 580 basis point improvement. This improvement is driven by a lower loss ratio, which fell from 79.1% to 73.9% over the same period, suggesting better claims management or favorable loss trends. The expense ratio appears stable, implying that the margin gains are primarily from underwriting efficiency rather than cost cutting.
Reserve Releases May Boost Earnings
The loss ratio declined to 73.9% in 2027Q1 from 79.1% in 2024Q4, based on reported figures, potentially indicating favorable prior-year reserve development that may be inflating current earnings.
The steady decline in the loss ratio, despite stable revenue growth, could be attributed to favorable reserve development from prior accident years. If reserves are being released, this would artificially boost underwriting income and net income, masking underlying deterioration in current accident year loss ratios. Investors should monitor the adequacy of reserves, as excessive releases could signal future earnings volatility.
Investment Income Supports Earnings
Investment income data is unavailable, but net income exceeds operating income in 2027Q1, suggesting that investment returns are a significant contributor to overall profitability, as per the income statement.
In 2027Q1, operating income was -$1.4 million, yet net income was $32.2 million, implying a substantial contribution from non-operating items, likely investment income. This reliance on investment income to offset underwriting losses is a key risk, as market volatility could directly impact earnings. The absence of disclosed investment yield data limits further analysis, but the gap between operating and net income warrants attention.
Expense Ratio Remains Efficient
The expense ratio, derived from the combined ratio and loss ratio, held steady around 9-10% over the past ten quarters, as per financial statements, indicating stable operating leverage.
The expense ratio, calculated as the difference between the combined ratio and loss ratio, has remained remarkably stable, ranging from 9.4% to 10.0% across the period. This stability suggests that CorVel is effectively scaling its operations without significant cost inflation, which is crucial for maintaining profitability as revenue grows. The consistent expense ratio also implies that the company is not heavily investing in new technology or expansion, which could be a double-edged sword.
Earnings Quality Questioned
Despite strong reported earnings, the negative operating income in 2027Q1, as per the income statement, raises concerns about the sustainability of profits if investment income falters.
The most striking anomaly is the negative operating income of -$1.4 million in 2027Q1, which contrasts sharply with positive operating income in all prior quarters. This could indicate a one-time charge or a fundamental deterioration in underwriting profitability. If operating losses persist, the company's reliance on investment income becomes a critical vulnerability, especially in a rising interest rate environment where bond values may decline. Investors should scrutinize the components of operating income to assess whether this is a temporary blip or a trend.