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Crane NXT (CXT) Competitors

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$58.63 -0.67 (-1.13%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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CXT vs. JHX, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, ACA, SKY, TGLS, USLM, and HLMN

Should you be buying Crane NXT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crane NXT include James Hardie Industries (JHX), Cemex (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Arcosa (ACA), Champion Homes (SKY), Tecnoglass (TGLS), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), and Hillman Solutions (HLMN). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

Crane NXT vs. Its Competitors

James Hardie Industries (NYSE:JHX) and Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) are both construction materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and profitability.

8.0% of James Hardie Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Crane NXT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

James Hardie Industries has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Crane NXT has a net margin of 11.17% compared to James Hardie Industries' net margin of 10.94%. James Hardie Industries' return on equity of 31.52% beat Crane NXT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
James Hardie Industries10.94% 31.52% 12.86%
Crane NXT 11.17%21.58%9.50%

In the previous week, James Hardie Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Crane NXT. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for James Hardie Industries and 6 mentions for Crane NXT. Crane NXT's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat James Hardie Industries' score of 0.58 indicating that Crane NXT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
James Hardie Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crane NXT
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

James Hardie Industries presently has a consensus price target of $37.34, suggesting a potential upside of 35.69%. Crane NXT has a consensus price target of $73.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.79%. Given James Hardie Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe James Hardie Industries is more favorable than Crane NXT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
James Hardie Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Crane NXT
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
James Hardie Industries$3.88B3.05$424M$0.9828.08
Crane NXT$1.50B2.24$184.10M$2.9120.15

Summary

James Hardie Industries beats Crane NXT on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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CXT vs. The Competition

MetricCrane NXTTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.36B$2.42B$15.38B$20.65B
Dividend Yield1.15%1.44%2.72%3.72%
P/E Ratio20.1530.8828.6927.84
Price / Sales2.2434.58431.5442.29
Price / Cash10.0643.4826.3422.32
Price / Book3.155.836.184.57
Net Income$184.10M$32.23M$190.21M$989.30M
7 Day Performance3.75%2.33%0.97%0.20%
1 Month Performance7.74%9.96%6.08%5.53%
1 Year Performance2.61%39.12%28.16%10.30%

Crane NXT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CXT
Crane NXT
3.5067 of 5 stars
$58.63
-1.1%
$73.75
+25.8%
+2.6%$3.36B$1.50B20.154,500
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.3996 of 5 stars
$27.86
-3.2%
$39.12
+40.4%
-18.2%$12.37B$3.88B28.435,860Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CX
Cemex
2.6616 of 5 stars
$7.14
-1.2%
$7.58
+6.1%
+7.3%$10.48B$16.20B7.4445,649Analyst Upgrade
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.3794 of 5 stars
$211.99
-1.0%
$254.44
+20.0%
-2.6%$6.99B$2.26B15.412,500Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
3.9808 of 5 stars
$52.48
-1.8%
$77.17
+47.0%
-23.4%$6.43B$4.53B15.3911,000Positive News
WFG
West Fraser Timber
4.1673 of 5 stars
$74.51
-2.6%
$100.40
+34.7%
-1.8%$5.88B$6.17B-438.299,700
ACA
Arcosa
4.084 of 5 stars
$89.29
-0.8%
$104.00
+16.5%
+3.4%$4.39B$2.57B56.166,250Positive News
SKY
Champion Homes
1.3741 of 5 stars
$65.20
-2.6%
$80.60
+23.6%
-10.4%$3.83B$2.48B19.069,000News Coverage
Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
2.6747 of 5 stars
$76.67
-1.8%
$83.00
+8.3%
+36.9%$3.60B$919.84M23.966,910
USLM
United States Lime & Minerals
1.4061 of 5 stars
$101.94
-2.7%
N/A+29.3%$3.00B$317.72M24.27340News Coverage
Positive News
HLMN
Hillman Solutions
3.6792 of 5 stars
$7.39
-3.0%
$11.00
+48.8%
-13.7%$1.51B$1.47B82.123,886News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CXT) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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