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Crane Company CR
$208.20 +0.91% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $12.02B
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +9.5%).
- The shares trade at 36.3× trailing earnings, higher than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $2.59B, up 13.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 9.7% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth64Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 32%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 37%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 25%
Quality66Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 26%
- Gross marginTop 21%
- Operating marginTop 16%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 16%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 13%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
- Interest coverTop 19%
Value22Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 41%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 19%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 14%
Momentum73Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 42%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 27%
Revisions81Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 38%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 28%
Stability78Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 11%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 40%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 9.7% | 13.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -6.3% | -4.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 41.3% | 41.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 17.9% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.1% | 10.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 13.8% | 9.7% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.0% | -6.3% | ↑ | Bottom 37% |
| Gross margin | 41.7% | 41.3% | ↑ | Top 21% |
| Operating margin | 17.9% | 17.4% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 15.5% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.8% | 13.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.0% | — | Top 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.1% | — | Top 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.98×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.37×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.46%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.01%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +9.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $245.00
- Target vs current price
- +17.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 28
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +6.5% | -0.0% | -3.1% | -8.9% | — |
| Apr 27, 2026 | +14.6% | +1.6% | -4.4% | -0.2% | +22.1% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | +7.0% | +2.7% | -10.6% | -1.7% | -9.2% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | +10.1% | -0.3% | -0.9% | -6.7% | +8.7% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | +11.2% | -0.4% | +1.4% | +1.8% | -1.7% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | +6.1% | -0.1% | +12.9% | +14.3% | +26.7% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | +5.9% | -3.2% | +5.3% | +0.2% | -13.2% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | +4.5% | +2.2% | +5.6% | +23.7% | +8.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $1.79 | $1.68 | +6.5% | $724.7M |
| Apr 27, 2026 | $1.65 | $1.44 | +14.6% | $696.4M |
| Jan 26, 2026 | $1.53 | $1.43 | +7.0% | $581.0M |
| Oct 27, 2025 | $1.64 | $1.49 | +10.1% | $589.2M |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $1.49 | $1.34 | +11.2% | $577.2M |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $1.39 | $1.31 | +6.1% | $557.6M |
| Jan 27, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.19 | +5.9% | $387.5M |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $1.38 | $1.32 | +4.5% | $597.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 36.3× | 28.0× | 90th | Top 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 29.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 22.9× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| EV / Sales | 4.93× | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.33% | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Earnings yield | 2.75% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.4× – 37.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +15.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -4.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +14.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 13
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +5.7%
- RSI (14)
- 55.7
- Relative volume
- 1.10×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 31th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.54
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -8.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -28.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2023 | May 4, 2023 | -44.5% | 43 days | 186 days (Jan 31, 2024) |
| Nov 26, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -28.2% | 89 days | 42 days (Jun 9, 2025) |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Jun 17, 2022 | -23.9% | 41 days | 150 days (Jan 24, 2023) |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -23.5% | 47 days | 56 days (Jun 18, 2026) |
| Aug 12, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -14.4% | 27 days | 29 days (Nov 1, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.02B
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.73
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.59B
- Dividend yield
- 0.48%
- 52-week range
- $159.58 – $230.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.06B | $1.78B | $1.86B | $2.13B | $2.31B |
| Gross profit | $688.8M | $661.2M | $751.0M | $867.8M | $972.8M |
| Operating income | $221.7M | $5.3M | $250.4M | $355.8M | $424.2M |
| Net income | $435.4M | $401.1M | $255.9M | $294.7M | $366.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $7.35 | $7.01 | $4.45 | $5.05 | $6.26 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $597.2M | $544.1M | $557.6M | $577.2M | $589.2M | $581.0M | $696.4M | $724.7M |
| Net income | $77.3M | $81.0M | $107.1M | $86.4M | $91.4M | $81.7M | $67.1M | $95.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.33 | $1.40 | $1.87 | $1.37 | $1.56 | $1.39 | $1.14 | $1.64 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $498.5M | -$472.2M | $228.2M | $272.8M | $394.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$35.3M | -$37.1M | -$39.0M | -$36.6M | -$53.5M |
| Free cash flow | $463.2M | -$509.3M | $189.2M | $236.2M | $341.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$100.6M | -$105.9M | -$57.3M | -$46.9M | -$52.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$96.3M | -$187.5M | $21.8M | -$900,000 | -$5.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $350.4M
- Total assets
- $4.03B
- Total liabilities
- $1.85B
- Total debt
- $1.12B
- Net debt
- $765.3M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.18B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.26 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.26 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.26 | Mar 11, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.23 | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.23 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.23 | Jun 11, 2025 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | $0.23 | Mar 12, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.21 | Dec 11, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,070,533
- Days to cover
- 3.03
- Change vs previous report
- -5.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 15, 1998
- 3-for-2
- Dec 13, 1996
- 3-for-2
- Oct 2, 1989
- 3-for-2
- Oct 11, 1988
- 3-for-2
- May 22, 1987
- 3-for-2