NYSE:CR - Crane Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Crane announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, June 8th. This represents a $1.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 30th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The conglomerate reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.04. The conglomerate had revenue of $799 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $802.47 million. Crane had a net margin of 6.09% and a return on equity of 21.08%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 18.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.45-5.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.52.

14 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Crane's shares. Their forecasts range from $95.00 to $120.00. On average, they anticipate Crane's share price to reach $107.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings 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."

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News articles about CR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Crane earned a news sentiment score of 0.20 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the conglomerate an impact score of 46.05 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Crane's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.21%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.05%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.05%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.05%), New England Research & Management Inc. (0.03%) and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.03%). 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, 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bank of Montreal Can, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Radnor Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include A D Pantaleoni, Augustus I Dupont, Brendan Curran, E Thayer Bigelow, Edward S Switter, James A Lavish, James L L Tullis and Kristian Robert Salovaara. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Hartford Investment Management Co., New England Research & Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Retirement Systems of Alabama and Sit Investment Associates 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 $84.36.

Crane has a market capitalization of $5.04 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]