Crane (CR) Competitors

Crane (NYSE:CR) and Donaldson (NYSE:DCI) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts rate CR or DCI?

Crane presently has a consensus price target of $197.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.44%. Donaldson has a consensus price target of $70.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.29%. Given Crane's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Crane is more favorable than Donaldson.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Donaldson	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CR or DCI?

75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Donaldson shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Crane shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Donaldson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, CR or DCI?

Crane has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Donaldson has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CR or DCI more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Donaldson's net margin of 9.94%. Donaldson's return on equity of 28.86% beat Crane's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
Donaldson	9.94%	28.86%	14.63%

Is CR or DCI a better dividend stock?

Crane pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Donaldson pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Crane pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Donaldson pays out 40.3% 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 Donaldson has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years. Donaldson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer CR or DCI?

In the previous week, Crane had 11 more articles in the media than Donaldson. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Crane and 11 mentions for Donaldson. Donaldson's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Crane's score of -0.06 indicating that Donaldson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Donaldson	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, CR or DCI?

Donaldson has higher revenue and earnings than Crane. Donaldson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane, 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	$2.18B	4.90	$401.10M	$5.77	32.20
Donaldson	$3.59B	2.27	$414M	$2.98	23.42

Summary

Crane beats Donaldson on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.