NYSE:CR - Crane Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Crane declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 29th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 22nd. The conglomerate reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.46 by $0.16. The conglomerate had revenue of $855.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $855.87 million. Crane had a return on equity of 23.29% and a net margin of 6.76%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 23.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.13 EPS. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.80-5.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.75. Crane also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $5.80-5.90 EPS.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Crane's shares. Their forecasts range from $104.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Crane's share price to reach $110.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

News coverage about CR stock has trended very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a news sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Crane's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.22%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.45%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.76%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.82%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.64%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.61%). 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 Panagora Asset Management Inc., FMR LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Prudential Financial Inc., LSV Asset Management, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include Augustus I Dupont, Bradley Ellis, Brendan Curran, Curtis A Baron Jr, E Thayer Bigelow, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Dudley & Shanley Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Bank of Montreal Can and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. 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 $78.22.

Crane has a market capitalization of $4.71 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.

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]