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Crane NXT (CXT) Competitors

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$58.94 -0.52 (-0.87%)
Closing price 09/16/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CXT vs. HI, CX, JHX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, ACA, SKY, USLM, and TGLS

Should you be buying Crane NXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crane NXT include Hillenbrand (HI), Cemex (CX), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Tecnoglass (TGLS).

Crane NXT vs. Its Competitors

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) and Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) are related companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.

Hillenbrand presently has a consensus target price of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.50%. Crane NXT has a consensus target price of $73.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.13%. Given Hillenbrand's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Hillenbrand is more favorable than Crane NXT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hillenbrand
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Crane NXT
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hillenbrand$3.18B0.55-$211M-$0.25-98.84
Crane NXT$1.49B2.28$184.10M$2.6222.50

89.1% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Crane NXT shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Hillenbrand shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Crane NXT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hillenbrand pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Crane NXT pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hillenbrand pays out -360.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crane NXT pays out 26.0% 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. Hillenbrand has raised its dividend for 18 consecutive years and Crane NXT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Hillenbrand is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Crane NXT has a net margin of 9.84% compared to Hillenbrand's net margin of -0.63%. Crane NXT's return on equity of 20.22% beat Hillenbrand's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hillenbrand-0.63% 13.53% 3.82%
Crane NXT 9.84%20.22%8.81%

Hillenbrand has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Crane NXT had 11 more articles in the media than Hillenbrand. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crane NXT and 2 mentions for Hillenbrand. Crane NXT's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Hillenbrand's score of 0.57 indicating that Crane NXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hillenbrand
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crane NXT
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Crane NXT beats Hillenbrand on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CXT vs. The Competition

MetricCrane NXTTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.41B$2.96B$26.48B$21.51B
Dividend Yield1.14%1.61%2.74%3.50%
P/E Ratio22.5024.2326.7929.83
Price / Sales2.2862.62728.9653.44
Price / Cash10.2146.6027.4424.76
Price / Book3.177.907.814.53
Net Income$184.10M$34.56M$197.70M$998.53M
7 Day Performance-3.19%3.10%2.37%1.09%
1 Month Performance-0.87%13.60%20.16%4.39%
1 Year Performance1.73%56.09%50.17%13.83%

Crane NXT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CXT
Crane NXT
3.3153 of 5 stars
$58.94
-0.9%
$73.75
+25.1%
+2.0%$3.41B$1.49B22.504,500Analyst Forecast
HI
Hillenbrand
4.3525 of 5 stars
$25.58
-2.5%
$32.00
+25.1%
-8.0%$1.85B$3.18B-102.3010,450
CX
Cemex
3.182 of 5 stars
$9.50
+1.0%
$9.02
-5.0%
+57.6%$13.62B$16.20B9.3145,649Positive News
JHX
James Hardie Industries
3.8298 of 5 stars
$20.16
-0.3%
$33.27
+65.0%
-46.1%$8.69B$3.88B26.195,860Short Interest ↑
EXP
Eagle Materials
3.4781 of 5 stars
$237.31
-2.0%
$254.78
+7.4%
-16.1%$7.86B$2.29B17.472,500Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.5002 of 5 stars
$60.64
-0.3%
$75.45
+24.4%
-30.5%$7.30B$4.61B19.0711,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.7597 of 5 stars
$76.13
+1.4%
$100.00
+31.4%
-18.8%$5.75B$6.17B-43.509,700Positive News
Dividend Announcement
ACA
Arcosa
4.3804 of 5 stars
$96.89
-0.8%
$112.00
+15.6%
+3.6%$4.79B$2.57B51.546,250Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SKY
Champion Homes
1.6409 of 5 stars
$76.98
-1.8%
$86.00
+11.7%
-16.9%$4.43B$2.48B20.479,000Positive News
USLM
United States Lime & Minerals
1.2505 of 5 stars
$122.62
-0.4%
N/A+51.8%$3.52B$317.72M28.12340Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
0.3634 of 5 stars
$72.09
-0.9%
N/AN/A$3.42B$890.18M18.539,837

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This page (NYSE:CXT) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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