Crane - CR Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CR shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Crane's shares. Their CR share price forecasts range from $116.00 to $134.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $125.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 42.2% from the stock's current price.
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Crane's stock was trading at $101.73 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CR shares have decreased by 13.6% and is now trading at $87.92.
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Crane saw a decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 654,900 shares, a decline of 14.1% from the August 31st total of 762,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 191,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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Crane Holdings, Co. (NYSE:CR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 25th. The conglomerate reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.09. The conglomerate had revenue of $864.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $821.76 million. Crane had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.10% and a net margin of 17.56%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.83 earnings per share.

Crane declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Wednesday, December 14th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 29th.
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Crane (NYSE:CR) pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.18%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 18.95%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CR will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.12% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Crane issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.45-$7.85 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.37. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

38 employees have rated Crane Chief Executive Officer Max H. Mitchell on Glassdoor.com. Max H. Mitchell has an approval rating of 59% among the company'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."

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One share of CR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.92.

Crane (NYSE:CR) has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion and generates $3.18 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $435.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.92 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 11,000 workers across the globe.

Crane's mailing address is 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT, 06902. The official website for the company is www.craneco.com. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at (203) 363-7300, via email at investors@craneco.com, or via fax at 203-363-7295.