Crane (CR) Competitors

Crane (NYSE:CR) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, CR or GFF?

Crane has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CR or GFF?

75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Crane shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CR or GFF a better dividend stock?

Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Crane pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 53.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Crane has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Griffon has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is CR or GFF more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Griffon's net margin of 2.78%. Griffon's return on equity of 144.21% beat Crane's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
Griffon	2.78%	144.21%	11.56%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CR or GFF?

Crane has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Griffon. Crane is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Griffon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crane	$2.23B	4.62	$401.10M	$6.01	29.75
Griffon	$2.62B	1.29	$209.90M	$1.34	54.40

Do analysts recommend CR or GFF?

Crane currently has a consensus target price of $222.20, indicating a potential upside of 24.25%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $98.20, indicating a potential upside of 34.71%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Griffon is more favorable than Crane.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Griffon	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media refer more to CR or GFF?

In the previous week, Crane had 13 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Crane and 2 mentions for Griffon. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Griffon's score of -0.55 indicating that Crane is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Griffon	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative

Summary

Crane beats Griffon on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.