Crane Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Crane stock.
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Crane saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 571,200 shares, an increase of 47.3% from the June 15th total of 387,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 269,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Crane will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 27th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) released its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, May, 2nd. The conglomerate reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.35. The conglomerate had revenue of $833.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $771.33 million. Crane had a net margin of 7.62% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.81%. Crane's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.15 EPS.
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Crane's stock was trading at $57.82 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CR shares have increased by 58.7% and is now trading at $91.78.
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Crane announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, May 28th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, June 9th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 27th.
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Crane pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.86%. Crane does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Crane is 44.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Crane will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.47% next year. This indicates that Crane will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Crane updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.95-6.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.03 billion.

4 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Crane's stock. Their forecasts range from $73.00 to $110.00. On average, they expect Crane's stock price to reach $94.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price.
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38 employees have rated Crane CEO Max H. Mitchell on Glassdoor.com. Max H. Mitchell has an approval rating of 59% among Crane's employees. This puts Max H. Mitchell in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Crane's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.76%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.10%), Sound Income Strategies LLC (0.04%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%) and CHICAGO TRUST Co NA (0.00%). Company insiders that own Crane stock include Donald G Cook, Kristian Robert Salovaara, Kurt F Gallo, Max H Mitchell and Richard A Maue.
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CR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Sound Income Strategies LLC, and CHICAGO TRUST Co NA. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include Donald G Cook, Kristian Robert Salovaara, Kurt F Gallo, and Richard A Maue.
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CR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Crane stock in the last two years include Donald G Cook, and Max H Mitchell.
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One share of CR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $91.78.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.36 billion and generates $2.94 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $181 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.84 on an earnings per share basis.

Crane employs 11,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Crane: "CPI-Kiev" LLC, ARDAC Inc., AeroHose, Alfa Laval - The Industrial Flow Group, Armature d.o.o., Automatic Products (UK) Ltd., Automatic Products international - Assets, B. Rhodes & Son Ltd., Barksdale GmbH, Barksdale Inc., CA-MC Acquisition UK Ltd., CR Holdings C.V., CashCode Co - Assets, Coin Controls International Ltd., Coin Holdings Ltd., Coin Industries Ltd., Coin Overseas Holdings Ltd., Coin Pension Trustees Ltd., Conlux Matsumoto Co. Ltd., Consolidated Lumber Co, Corva Corp, Crane (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., Crane Aerospace Inc., Crane Australia Pty. Ltd., Crane Canada Co., Crane Composites Inc., Crane Composites Ltd., Crane Controls Inc., Crane Currency, Crane Electronics Corporation, Crane Electronics Inc., Crane Environmental Inc., Crane European Financing LLC, Crane Fengqiu Zhejiang Pump Co. Ltd., Crane Fluid & Gas Systems (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Crane Global Holdings S.L., Crane GmbH, Crane Holdings (Germany) GmbH, Crane International Capital S.a.r.l., Crane International Holdings Inc., Crane International Trading (Beijing) Co. Ltd., Crane Ireland Ventures Designated Activity Company, Crane Ltd., Crane Merchandising Systems Inc., Crane Merchandising Systems Ltd., Crane Merger Co. LLC, Crane Middle East & Africa FZE, Crane Ningjin Valve Co. Ltd., Crane North America Funding LLC, Crane Nuclear Inc., Crane Overseas LLC, Crane Payment Innovations GmbH, Crane Payment Innovations Inc., Crane Payment Innovations International Ltd., Crane Payment Innovations Ltd., Crane Payment Innovations Pty Ltd., Crane Payment Innovations Sarl, Crane Payment Innovations Srl, Crane Pension Trustee Company (UK) Limited, Crane Process Flow Technologies (India) Pvt. Ltd., Crane Process Flow Technologies GmbH, Crane Process Flow Technologies Ltd., Crane Process Flow Technologies S.P.R.L., Crane Process Flow Technologies S.r.l., Crane Pumps and Systems Inc., Crane Resistoflex GmbH, Crane SC Holdings Ltd., Crane Stockham Valve. Ltd., Crane Yongxiang (Ningbo) Valve Company Ltd., Croning Livarna d.o.o., Cummis-Allison Corp, Delta Fluid Products, Delta Fluid Products Ltd., Dixie Narco, Donald Brown (Brownall) Ltd., ELDEC Corporation, ELDEC Electronics Ltd., ELDEC France S.A.R.L, Edlon - PSI division, Environmental Products USA, Etex Group - Business, Flow Technology Inc., Friedrich Krombach GmbH Armaturenwerke, General Technology Corp., Hattersley Newman Hender - Assets, Hattersly Newman Hender Ltd., Hydro-Aire Inc., Inta-Lok Ltd., Interpoint S.A.R.L., Interpoint U.K. Limited, Kessel (Thailand) Pte. Ltd., Kontron America - Mobile Rugged Business, Laminated Profiles - Assets, Lasco Composites, Liberty Technologies, MCC Holdings Inc., MEI Australia LLC, MEI Auto Payment System (Shanghai) Ltd., MEI Conlux, MEI Conlux Holdings (Japan) Inc., MEI Conlux Holdings (US) Inc., MEI Payment Systems Hong Kong Ltd., MEI Queretaro S. de R.L. de CV, MEI de Mexico LLC, MOVATS - Nuclear Valve Division, Merrimac Industries, Merrimac Industries Inc., Mondais Holdings B.V., Money Controls, Money Controls Argentina SA, Money Controls Holdings Ltd., Multi-Mix Microtechnology SRL, NABIC Valve Safety Products Ltd., Nippon Conlux Co. Ltd., Noble Composites, Noble Composites Inc., Number One Supply, Owens Corning - FRP Panel Business, P.L. Porter, P.T. Crane Indonesia, Pegler Hattersly Ltd., Resistoflex, Sequentia Holdings, Signal Technology, Sperryn & Company Ltd., Stentorfield, Streamware, Telequip, Terminal Manufacturing Co., The Dow Chemical - Plastic-Lined Piping Products division, The Krombach Group, Triangle Valve Co. Ltd., Unidynamics / Phoenix Inc., Ventech Controls, Viking Johnson Ltd., W.T. Armatur GmbH, Wade Couplings Ltd., Wask Ltd., Westlock Controls, Xomox, Xomox Chihuahua S.A. de C.V., Xomox Corporation, Xomox Corporation de Venezuela C.A., Xomox France S.A.S., Xomox Hungary Kft., Xomox International GmbH & Co. OHG, Xomox Japan Ltd., Xomox Korea Ltd., Xomox Sanmar Ltd., and Yilme Holdings B.V..

Crane was founded in 1855.

The official website for Crane is www.craneco.com.

Crane is headquartered at 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT, 06902.

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]