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$170.60 -0.04 (-0.03%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CR vs. IR, XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, WWD, ITT, and RBC

Should you be buying Crane stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crane include Ingersoll Rand (IR), Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Crane vs.

Crane (NYSE:CR) and Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Crane has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ingersoll Rand has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ingersoll Rand had 1 more articles in the media than Crane. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Ingersoll Rand and 30 mentions for Crane. Ingersoll Rand's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Crane's score of 0.57 indicating that Ingersoll Rand is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Crane
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ingersoll Rand
22 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Crane currently has a consensus target price of $178.20, indicating a potential upside of 4.46%. Ingersoll Rand has a consensus target price of $98.91, indicating a potential upside of 21.80%. Given Ingersoll Rand's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingersoll Rand is more favorable than Crane.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Crane
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Ingersoll Rand
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Ingersoll Rand pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Crane pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingersoll Rand pays out 4.0% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Crane is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crane$2.18B4.50$401.10M$5.7729.57
Ingersoll Rand$7.28B4.50$838.60M$2.0240.20

Ingersoll Rand received 301 more outperform votes than Crane when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Ingersoll Rand an outperform vote while only 59.27% of users gave Crane an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CraneOutperform Votes
438
59.27%
Underperform Votes
301
40.73%
Ingersoll RandOutperform Votes
739
61.74%
Underperform Votes
458
38.26%

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Ingersoll Rand's net margin of 11.59%. Crane's return on equity of 24.45% beat Ingersoll Rand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crane13.10% 24.45% 10.14%
Ingersoll Rand 11.59%12.78%7.45%

75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Crane shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Ingersoll Rand shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ingersoll Rand beats Crane on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CR vs. The Competition

MetricCraneSpecialty Industrial Machinery IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.81B$6.32B$7.63B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.52%2.48%4.58%3.84%
P/E Ratio22.6015.3423.1434.53
Price / Sales4.50237.6890.5434.83
Price / Cash11.199.3926.9417.51
Price / Book5.032.763.974.69
Net Income$401.10M$305.34M$807.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.01%0.66%0.77%-1.74%
1 Month Performance21.88%8.24%11.15%7.50%
1 Year Performance16.38%5.83%19.74%4.15%

Crane Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CR
Crane
3.5232 of 5 stars
$170.60
0.0%
$178.20
+4.5%
+16.4%$9.81B$2.18B22.6011,000Trending News
Insider Trade
IR
Ingersoll Rand
3.9055 of 5 stars
$83.51
-0.6%
$98.91
+18.4%
-15.7%$33.69B$7.28B40.5417,000Positive News
Insider Trade
XYL
Xylem
4.4065 of 5 stars
$127.97
0.0%
$146.88
+14.8%
-13.8%$31.14B$8.60B34.9617,800Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.6537 of 5 stars
$186.33
-0.2%
$207.75
+11.5%
-4.1%$25.55B$7.73B9.5825,000Trending News
SNA
Snap-on
3.5581 of 5 stars
$331.84
+0.0%
$350.83
+5.7%
+16.3%$17.35B$4.67B17.0212,900Trending News
Ex-Dividend
PNR
Pentair
4.602 of 5 stars
$100.73
-0.3%
$107.14
+6.4%
+16.1%$16.57B$4.08B26.9311,200Gap Up
GGG
Graco
3.8821 of 5 stars
$87.02
-0.3%
$93.00
+6.9%
+1.8%$14.54B$2.15B30.864,000
IEX
IDEX
4.3956 of 5 stars
$189.80
-0.2%
$212.50
+12.0%
-16.9%$14.34B$3.28B28.548,870Trending News
WWD
Woodward
3.7127 of 5 stars
$213.53
+1.8%
$195.00
-8.7%
+13.0%$12.68B$3.36B35.778,300Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.5519 of 5 stars
$153.58
+0.4%
$164.86
+7.3%
+7.1%$12.09B$3.63B24.3810,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
RBC
RBC Bearings
2.1063 of 5 stars
$377.69
+2.6%
$360.20
-4.6%
+22.2%$11.86B$1.61B51.883,550Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:CR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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