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$179.99 -0.03 (-0.02%)
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CR vs. GFF, ITT, NVT, PH, XYL, IR, DOV, PNR, SNA, and WWD

Should you be buying Crane stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crane include Griffon (GFF), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Xylem (XYL), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), and Woodward (WWD).

Crane vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Crane had 21 more articles in the media than Griffon. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Crane and 3 mentions for Griffon. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Crane's score of 0.28 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Crane
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Griffon
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 0.9%. 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.

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
Crane13.10% 24.45% 10.14%
Griffon 2.78%144.21%11.56%

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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crane$2.23B4.65$401.10M$6.0129.95
Griffon$2.52B1.44$209.90M$1.3458.09

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

Crane presently has a consensus price target of $222.20, suggesting a potential upside of 23.45%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $98.20, suggesting a potential upside of 26.15%. Given Griffon's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

Summary

Crane and Griffon tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CR vs. The Competition

MetricCraneSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.35B$7.12B$7.89B$21.63B
Dividend Yield0.51%2.73%4.58%3.55%
P/E Ratio23.84369.19311.0129.82
Price / Sales4.65470.11245.8494.19
Price / Cash11.199.3328.3124.73
Price / Book5.313.044.964.61
Net Income$401.10M$298.37M$796.44M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-1.22%2.32%1.92%2.07%
1 Month Performance-2.65%6.24%4.91%3.89%
1 Year Performance13.10%19.78%30.61%13.14%

Crane Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CR
Crane
4.6515 of 5 stars
$179.99
0.0%
$222.20
+23.5%
+15.2%$10.35B$2.23B23.8411,000Trending News
GFF
Griffon
4.8229 of 5 stars
$75.95
+0.2%
$98.20
+29.3%
+13.9%$3.54B$2.52B56.685,300
ITT
ITT
4.4114 of 5 stars
$181.50
+0.3%
$188.11
+3.6%
+23.5%$14.16B$3.70B28.5411,700Analyst Forecast
NVT
nVent Electric
3.5824 of 5 stars
$100.40
+1.4%
$90.43
-9.9%
+44.6%$16.16B$3.31B28.6012,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.4918 of 5 stars
$760.74
+0.7%
$770.94
+1.3%
+21.9%$97.21B$19.85B28.0557,950Positive News
Analyst Forecast
XYL
Xylem
4.3127 of 5 stars
$143.55
+0.5%
$152.33
+6.1%
+12.7%$34.94B$8.56B37.2923,000Positive News
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.3343 of 5 stars
$81.82
+0.3%
$97.75
+19.5%
-15.1%$32.52B$7.24B63.9221,000
DOV
Dover
4.895 of 5 stars
$170.26
-0.6%
$213.92
+25.6%
-12.2%$23.35B$7.75B10.2724,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PNR
Pentair
4.3526 of 5 stars
$110.26
0.0%
$114.36
+3.7%
+17.5%$18.07B$4.10B30.139,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SNA
Snap-On
4.4448 of 5 stars
$337.73
+0.1%
$357.00
+5.7%
+20.3%$17.62B$5.11B18.0113,000
WWD
Woodward
4.5832 of 5 stars
$240.56
+1.0%
$253.11
+5.2%
+55.0%$14.43B$3.32B38.069,300Analyst Upgrade

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