NYSE:CR - Crane Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Crane announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, June 8th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) announced its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The conglomerate reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.27 by $0.04. The conglomerate had revenue of $799 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $802.47 million. Crane had a net margin of 6.09% and a return on equity of 21.08%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.45-5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.52.

14 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Crane's stock. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Crane's stock price to reach $107.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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News headlines about CR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Crane earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the conglomerate an impact score of 45.47 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Crane's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.05%), New England Research & Management Inc. (0.03%), Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%) and Radnor Capital Management LLC (0.01%). 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, 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 Bank of Montreal Can and Radnor Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include A D Pantaleoni, Augustus I Dupont, Brendan Curran, E Thayer Bigelow, Edward S Switter, James A Lavish, James L L Tullis and Kristian Robert Salovaara. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, New England Research & Management Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $81.21.

Crane has a market capitalization of $4.89 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]