NYSE:CR - Crane Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Crane declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. This is a boost from Crane's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The conglomerate reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $838 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $825.81 million. Crane had a return on equity of 22.65% and a net margin of 4.06%. The firm's revenue was down .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.64 EPS. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, January, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.20-6.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.46. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.34 billion.

7 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Crane's stock. Their forecasts range from $86.00 to $107.00. On average, they anticipate Crane's share price to reach $97.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Crane.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Crane in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

News articles about CR stock have been trending negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Crane.

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Crane's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.34%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.32%), State Street Corp (1.99%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.89%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.73%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.53%). Company insiders that own Crane stock include Bradley Ellis, Brendan Curran, Curtis A Baron Jr, Donald G Cook, 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 Alliancebernstein L.P., AJO LP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, AXA, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH and Fiera Capital Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, New York State Common Retirement Fund and Madison Asset 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.93.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.09 billion and generates $3.28 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $133.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.02 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]