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, April 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, June 10th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 30th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 29th. The conglomerate reported $1.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.06. The conglomerate had revenue of $831.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $792.39 million. Crane had a net margin of 10.34% and a return on equity of 24.49%. The company's revenue was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.31 EPS. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.25-6.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.35. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $3.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.30 billion.Crane also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $6.25-6.45 EPS.

11 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Crane's shares. Their forecasts range from $79.14 to $111.00. On average, they anticipate Crane's share price to reach $99.5233 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.1% 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 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Crane.

Press coverage about CR stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a coverage optimism score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the conglomerate a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Crane investors own include Intel (INTC), Celgene (CELG), Honeywell International (HON), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), 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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.71%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.50%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.80%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.79%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.63%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.34%). 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 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 Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Origin Asset Management LLP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., American International Group Inc., Opus Capital Group LLC, Algert Global LLC and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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 BlackRock Inc., Vulcan Value Partners LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., WCM Investment Management LLC, Natixis, Hancock Whitney Corp and FMR 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 $85.00.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.09 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]