Compare Stocks: RECO, MER, VLE, and CR

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CR Crane	$218.03 -0.1%	$216.29	$159.58 ▼ $230.50	$12.58B	1.03	497,711 shs	81,278 shs
MER Meren Energy	C$2.22 -2.2%	C$2.03	C$1.67 ▼ C$2.58	C$1.50B	0.228618	865,134 shs	561,059 shs
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	C$0.79 -6.0%	C$0.97	C$0.42 ▼ C$1.35	C$304.10M	-0.199591	721,107 shs	266,944 shs
VLE Valeura Energy	C$12.57 +1.6%	C$11.45	C$6.07 ▼ C$15.60	C$1.34B	-1.905923	515,867 shs	66,418 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CR Crane	0.00%	-0.72%	+0.55%	+28.12%	+15.83%
MER Meren Energy	0.00%	+12.94%	+14.07%	-2.99%	+163,309,252.52%
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	0.00%	0.00%	+6.33%	-18.45%	+71.43%
VLE Valeura Energy	0.00%	+7.19%	+5.28%	-8.71%	+50.12%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CR Crane	$218.03 -0.1%	$216.29	$159.58 ▼ $230.50	$12.58B	1.03	497,711 shs	81,278 shs
MER Meren Energy	C$2.22 -2.2%	C$2.03	C$1.67 ▼ C$2.58	C$1.50B	0.228618	865,134 shs	561,059 shs
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	C$0.79 -6.0%	C$0.97	C$0.42 ▼ C$1.35	C$304.10M	-0.199591	721,107 shs	266,944 shs
VLE Valeura Energy	C$12.57 +1.6%	C$11.45	C$6.07 ▼ C$15.60	C$1.34B	-1.905923	515,867 shs	66,418 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CR Crane	0.00%	-0.72%	+0.55%	+28.12%	+15.83%
MER Meren Energy	0.00%	+12.94%	+14.07%	-2.99%	+163,309,252.52%
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	0.00%	0.00%	+6.33%	-18.45%	+71.43%
VLE Valeura Energy	0.00%	+7.19%	+5.28%	-8.71%	+50.12%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CR Crane	3.38	Buy	$236.33	8.89% Upside
MER Meren Energy	2.00	Hold	C$2.50	11.61% Upside
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	3.00	Buy	C$1.75	121.52% Upside
VLE Valeura Energy	3.50	Strong Buy	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest RECO, MER, VLE, and CR Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/13/2026	CR Crane	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
7/31/2026	CR Crane	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
7/30/2026	CR Crane	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$235.00 ➝ $245.00
7/20/2026	CR Crane	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$215.00 ➝ $242.00
7/20/2026	CR Crane	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$253.00
7/20/2026	CR Crane	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
7/17/2026	MER Meren Energy	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold	C$2.50
6/17/2026	RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	Canaccord Genuity Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Speculative Buy	C$1.75
6/1/2026	CR Crane	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$235.00

(Data available from 8/17/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CR Crane	$2.31B	5.44	$6.97 per share	31.12	$35.78 per share	6.07
MER Meren Energy	C$727.40M	2.08	N/A	N/A	N/A	∞
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	N/A	N/A	C$0.19 per share	4.06	C$0.66 per share	N/A
VLE Valeura Energy	C$669.05M	1.99	C$2.06 per share	6.09	C$5.68 per share	2.21

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CR Crane	$366.60M	$5.72	37.82	28.04	2.63	12.97%	18.67%	10.72%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
MER Meren Energy	N/A	-C$0.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	-C$23.91M	-C$0.04	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-6.97%	-8.04%	N/A
VLE Valeura Energy	C$51.34M	C$0.58	21.59	N/A	N/A	9.89%	11.82%	12.90%	N/A

Latest RECO, MER, VLE, and CR Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
8/11/2026	Q2 2026	MER Meren Energy	N/A	C$0.07	N/A	C$0.07	N/A	C$279.47 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	CR Crane	$1.68	$1.79	+$0.11	$1.63	$708.46 million	$724.70 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CR Crane	$1.02	0.47%	N/A	17.83%	3 Years
MER Meren Energy	C$0.15	6.68%	N/A	N/A	N/A
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	N/A	1.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A
VLE Valeura Energy	N/A	5.00%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest RECO, MER, VLE, and CR Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/28/2026	CR Crane	quarterly	$0.2550	0.45%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/9/2026
8/20/2026	MER Meren Energy	Quarterly	C$0.04	6.84%	8/20/2026	9/4/2026	9/4/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CR Crane	0.50	2.80	1.84
MER Meren Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	N/A	10.74	1.15
VLE Valeura Energy	11.22	2.78	3.37

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CR Crane	75.14%
MER Meren Energy	9.08%
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	0.13%
VLE Valeura Energy	19.45%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CR Crane	2.12%
MER Meren Energy	N/A
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	7.17%
VLE Valeura Energy	18.32%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CR Crane	7,100	57.80 million	56.58 million	Optionable
MER Meren Energy	N/A	676.12 million	N/A	N/A
RECO Reconnaissance Energy Africa	N/A	384.94 million	N/A	Not Optionable
VLE Valeura Energy	196	106.21 million	N/A	Not Optionable

RECO, MER, VLE, and CR Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Valeura Energy: Low Debt, Healthy Oil Pricing

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Valeura Energy (TSE:VLE) Stock Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Here's Why

August 15 at 2:22 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Valeura Energy Reports Surge in Q2 Net Income YoY

August 6, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Valeura Energy Inc.: Revolving and Expandable Credit Facility

July 22, 2026 | finanznachrichten.de

Revolving and Expandable Credit Facility

July 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Valeura Energy Inc. Announces Revolving and Expandable Credit Facility

July 22, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Valeura Energy Inc. Announces Q2 2026 Operations Update

July 10, 2026 | finanznachrichten.de

Valeura Energy Inc.: Q2 2026 Operations Update

July 9, 2026 | finanznachrichten.de

Valeura Energy completes offshore Thailand drilling campaign

June 23, 2026 | ogj.comO

Valeura Energy Inc. Announces Completion of Nong Yao Drilling Campaign

June 19, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Assessing Valeura Energy’s Valuation After Q1 2026 Results And Southeast Asia Growth Progress

May 17, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Valeura Energy Inc Announces First Quarter 2026 Results

May 14, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

Valeura Energy Inc.: First Quarter 2026 Results

May 14, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Valeura Charters the Enterprise Drilling Rig

April 23, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

A high-conviction oil stock for 2026 as Iran conflict persists

April 9, 2026 | msn.com

Valeura Energy Inc.: Q1 2026 Operations Update

April 9, 2026 | finanznachrichten.de

A Look At Valeura Energy (TSX:VLE) Valuation After Major Shareholder Trims Its Stake

April 3, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Is It Too Late To Consider Valeura Energy (TSX:VLE) After Its Rapid Share Price Surge

April 3, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Valeura Energy Inc.: Valeura Energy Inc Announces Strong 2025 Delivery

March 19, 2026 | finanznachrichten.de

Valeura Energy Inc. (VLE:CA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

March 19, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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RECO, MER, VLE, and CR Company Descriptions

Crane NYSE:CR

$218.03 -0.31 (-0.14%)

As of 12:03 PM Eastern

Crane Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered industrial products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Process Flow Technologies, and Engineered Materials. The Aerospace & Electronics segment supplies critical components and systems, including original equipment and aftermarket parts for commercial aerospace, as well as the military aerospace, defense, and space markets. This segment also offers pressure sensors for aircraft engine control, aircraft braking systems for commercial aircraft and fighter jets, power conversion solutions for spacecraft, and lubrication systems. The Process Flow Technologies segment provides engineered fluid handling equipment for mission-critical applications. It offers process valves and related products, such as lined pipe, fittings and hoses, air-operated diaphragm and peristaltic pumps, instrumentation and sampling systems, valve positioning and control systems, and valve diagnostic and calibration systems; commercial valves; and pumps and systems. The Engineered Materials segment manufactures fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels and coils for use in the manufacturing of recreational vehicles, as well as in commercial and industrial building applications. This segment sells directly to RV, trailer, and truck manufacturers, as well as through distributors and retailers. The company provides its products and solutions to end markets, including commercial and military aerospace, defense, and space; chemical and pharmaceutical production; water and wastewater; non-residential and municipal construction; energy; and other general industrial and consumer-related applications. The company was formerly known as Crane Holdings, Co. Crane Company was founded in 1855 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

Meren Energy TSE:MER

C$2.22 -0.05 (-2.20%)

As of 11:47 AM Eastern

Meren is a full-cycle Independent upstream oil and gas company with interests offshore Nigeria, Namibia, South Africa and Equatorial Guinea. Its main assets are producing and development assets in deepwater Nigeria. The Company holds a leading position in the Orange Basin including its effective interest in the Venus light oil project, offshore Namibia, and its direct interest in Block 3B/4B, offshore South Africa.

Reconnaissance Energy Africa CVE:RECO

C$0.79 -0.05 (-5.95%)

As of 11:38 AM Eastern

Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd., a junior oil and gas company, engages in exploration and development of oil and gas properties in Namibia and Botswana. The company holds a 90% interest in a petroleum exploration license that covers an area of approximately 25,341.33 square kilometer located in Namibia; and 100% working interest in a petroleum license, which covers an area of 8,990 square kilometer located in northwestern Botswana. Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Valeura Energy TSE:VLE

C$12.57 +0.20 (+1.62%)

As of 11:46 AM Eastern

Valeura Energy Inc. is an upstream oil & gas company, with a clear strategy to add value for shareholders through growth. The Company is expanding operations organically and through acquisitions in Southeast Asia, focussing on assets with immediate or substantial near-term cash flow, with imbedded reinvestment opportunities.

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