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 paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, March 11th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 27th. This is an increase from Crane's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 28th. The conglomerate reported $1.64 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.10. The conglomerate earned $839.70 million during 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 firm's revenue was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.18 EPS. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.25-6.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 1-year price objectives for Crane's stock. Their forecasts range from $79.14 to $111.00. On average, they expect Crane's share price to reach $98.8771 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% 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.

News coverage about CR stock has trended somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Crane investors own include Intel (INTC), Celgene (CELG), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Texas Instruments (TXN), CVS Health (CVS), Walt Disney (DIS) and Home Depot (HD).

Crane's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Dudley & Shanley Inc. (0.31%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.23%), CWM LLC (0.09%), RPG Investment Advisory LLC (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.08%) and Tributary Capital Management LLC (0.03%). 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 Meeder Asset Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Dudley & Shanley Inc., Sageworth Trust Co, RPG Investment Advisory LLC and Strs Ohio. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, CWM LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First Bank & Trust, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, BKS Advisors LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Tributary Capital 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 $87.67.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.25 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]