NYSE:CR - Crane Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Crane trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CR."

Crane announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 29th. Investors of record on Friday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, June 10th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 30th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 29th. The conglomerate reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.06. The conglomerate had revenue of $831.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $792.39 million. Crane had a net margin of 10.34% and a return on equity of 24.49%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.31 earnings per share. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.25-6.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.35. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $3.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.30 billion.

10 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Crane's shares. Their predictions range from $79.14 to $105.00. On average, they anticipate Crane's share price to reach $96.0280 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

Media coverage about CR stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a coverage optimism score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Crane.

Crane saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 708,900 shares, an increase of 24.7% from the April 15th total of 568,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 255,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Crane's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Crane investors own include Intel (INTC), Celgene (CELG), Honeywell International (HON), Exxon Mobil (XOM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Texas Instruments (TXN), CVS Health (CVS) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Crane's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.71%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.50%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.80%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.79%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.63%) and Fiera Capital Corp (0.90%). Company insiders that own Crane stock include A D Pantaleoni, Augustus I Dupont, Bradley Ellis, Brendan Curran, Curtis A Baron Jr, Donald G Cook, E Thayer Bigelow, Edward S Switter, James A Lavish, James L L Tullis, Kristian Robert Salovaara, Louis V Pinkham, Max H Mitchell and Richard A Maue. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Crane.

CR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Origin Asset Management LLP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., American International Group Inc., Opus Capital Group LLC, Algert Global LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include Bradley Ellis, Brendan Curran, Curtis A Baron Jr, Edward S Switter, James A Lavish, Kristian Robert Salovaara, Louis V Pinkham, Max H Mitchell and Richard A Maue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., WCM Investment Management LLC, Hancock Whitney Corp, FMR LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH. Company insiders that have bought Crane stock in the last two years include Donald G Cook and James L L Tullis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

Shares of CR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.61.

Crane has a market capitalization of $4.83 billion and generates $3.35 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $335.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.99 on an earnings per share basis. Crane employs 12,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Crane.

The official website for Crane is http://www.craneco.com/.

Crane's mailing address is 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 203-363-7300 or via email at [email protected]