Crane (NYSE:CR) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Crane (NYSE:CR) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 5.300-5.600 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 4.390. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Crane Stock Performance

Shares of CR opened at $156.35 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $163.69 and a 200 day moving average of $158.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.71, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.22. Crane has a one year low of $110.49 and a one year high of $188.52.

Crane (NYSE:CR) last released its earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The conglomerate reported $1.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.07. Crane had a return on equity of 24.45% and a net margin of 13.10%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.90 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Crane will post 7.87 EPS for the current year.

Crane Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.59%. This is a positive change from Crane’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. Crane’s payout ratio is presently 18.06%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on CR shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their price objective on Crane from $175.00 to $182.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Crane from $176.00 to $170.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on Crane from $152.00 to $157.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $166.80.

About Crane

Crane Company, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells engineered industrial products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Process Flow Technologies, and Engineered Materials.