NYSE:CR - Crane Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Crane announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 28th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, December 9th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The conglomerate reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.15. The conglomerate earned $772.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $802.46 million. Crane had a net margin of 10.20% and a return on equity of 22.76%. Crane's revenue for the quarter was down 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.62 earnings per share. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Crane issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, October, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.90-6.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.37.

11 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Crane's shares. Their forecasts range from $79.00 to $107.00. On average, they expect Crane's stock price to reach $93.59 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

News coverage about CR stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Crane.

Crane saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 431,200 shares, a decrease of 7.4% from the December 15th total of 465,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 302,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Crane's Current Options Chain.

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Crane's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dudley & Shanley Inc. (0.35%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.30%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.15%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Radnor Capital Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Crane stock include 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 and Richard A Maue. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Crane.

CR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dudley & Shanley Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include James A Lavish and Louis V Pinkham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Brave Asset Management Inc., Radnor Capital Management LLC and FTB Advisors Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $87.40.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.24 billion and generates $3.35 billion 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.View Additional Information About Crane.

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]