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, July 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Monday, September 10th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 30th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 23rd. The conglomerate reported $1.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.06. The conglomerate had revenue of $851 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $834.45 million. Crane had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 21.72%. Crane's revenue for the quarter was up 21.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.17 EPS. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October, 22nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.60-5.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.62.

14 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Crane's shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $120.00. On average, they expect Crane's stock price to reach $107.8750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

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News coverage about CR stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Crane earned a coverage optimism score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the conglomerate an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Crane.

Crane's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.44%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.88%), FMR LLC (2.02%), FMR LLC (2.02%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.84%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.65%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Renaissance Technologies LLC, LSV Asset Management, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Equity Management, Advisors Asset Management Inc., BlueMountain Capital Management LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year 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, 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 FMR LLC, FMR LLC, Robecosam AG, BlackRock Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Victory Capital Management Inc.. 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 $97.39.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.74 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.

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]