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, January 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 27th. This is a positive change from Crane's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 28th. The conglomerate reported $1.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.10. The conglomerate had revenue of $839.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $862.96 million. Crane had a return on equity of 24.54% and a net margin of 10.03%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.18 earnings per share. View Crane's Earnings History.

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

Crane updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.25-6.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.46. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$3.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.45 billion.Crane also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.25-6.45 EPS.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Crane's shares. Their forecasts range from $79.14 to $111.00. On average, they expect Crane's share price to reach $99.5914 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

Media coverage about CR stock has trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

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Crane's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.03%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.62%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.82%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.67%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.66%) and Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (1.43%). 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, 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 FMR LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Robecosam AG, Bank of America Corp DE, Prudential Financial Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Norges Bank, Millennium Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board, Squarepoint Ops LLC and Gotham Asset Management LLC. 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 $82.14.

Crane has a market capitalization of $4.92 billion and generates $3.35 million 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.

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]