Crane Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:CR)

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

Crane declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 22nd. Stockholders of record on Saturday, August 31st will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Monday, September 9th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.99%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Crane's Dividend History.

Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 22nd. The conglomerate reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.03. The conglomerate earned $841.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $833.30 million. Crane had a return on equity of 24.24% and a net margin of 10.67%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.41 earnings per share. View Crane's Earnings History.

Crane is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Crane.

Crane will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, October 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Crane updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 22nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.25-6.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.41. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$3.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.33 billion.

11 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Crane's stock. Their forecasts range from $79.14 to $107.00. On average, they expect Crane's share price to reach $98.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.0% 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.

Media headlines about CR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Crane earned a coverage optimism score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the conglomerate a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Crane.

Crane saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 456,400 shares, a drop of 29.3% from the August 30th total of 645,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 298,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Crane's Current Options Chain.

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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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), NVIDIA (NVDA), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Texas Instruments (TXN) and CVS Health (CVS).

Crane's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.26%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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 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 Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Crane company stock in the last year include James A Lavish, Kristian Robert Salovaara and Louis V Pinkham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Crane.

CR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $78.47.

Crane has a market capitalization of $4.70 billion and generates $3.35 billion 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.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]