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, July 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 30th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 23rd. The conglomerate reported $1.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.35 by $0.06. The conglomerate earned $851 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.45 million. Crane had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 21.72%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 21.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.17 earnings per share. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.60-5.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.62.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for Crane's stock. Their predictions range from $95.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Crane's share price to reach $107.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

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News headlines about CR stock have trended somewhat negative on Saturday, Accern reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Crane earned a media and rumor sentiment score of -0.01 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the conglomerate an impact score of 45.15 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Crane.

Crane's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.44%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.88%), FMR LLC (2.02%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.84%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.65%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%). Company insiders that own Crane stock include A D Pantaleoni, Augustus I Dupont, Bradley Ellis, Brendan Curran, Curtis A Baron Jr, E Thayer Bigelow, Edward S Switter, James A Lavish, James L L Tullis, Kristian Robert Salovaara, Louis V Pinkham, Max H Mitchell, Philip R Lochner, Richard A Maue and Thomas J Craney. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Crane.

CR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Renaissance Technologies LLC, LSV Asset Management, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, Advisors Asset Management Inc., BlueMountain Capital Management LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include A D Pantaleoni, Augustus I Dupont, Bradley Ellis, Brendan Curran, Curtis A Baron Jr, E Thayer Bigelow, Edward S Switter, James A Lavish, James L L Tullis, Max H Mitchell and Richard A Maue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Robecosam AG, BlackRock Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Vulcan Value Partners LLC. 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 $89.39.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.31 billion and generates $2.79 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $171.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.53 on an earnings per share basis. Crane employs 10,600 workers across the globe.

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]