Overview
Crane Company, based in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, operates primarily in the diversified industrials sector, with significant activities across fluid handling, engineered materials, and aerospace electronics. The company specializes in manufacturing industrial products, including valves, pumps, and brake systems, which cater to a wide array of markets such as chemical, oil & gas, and aerospace. Key projects often involve advanced fluid handling systems and components that are essential for infrastructure and energy applications, showcasing Crane's emphasis on reliability and innovation in demanding environments. Through strategic acquisitions and a focus on technology-driven engineering, Crane Company continues to expand its footprint and enhance its product offerings, thereby reinforcing its position in the global industrial marketplace.
Basic Stats
The share price of Crane Company as of September 5, 2025 is $184.16 / share. This is a decrease of -0.62% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Crane Company as of September 5, 2025 is $10,589.20 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Crane Company from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 10,589.20 MM |
| EV | 10,306.50 MM |
| Shares Out. | 57.50 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 6.12 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.50 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-08-29 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.31 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 0.85 MM |
| Short Interest | 0.63 MM |
| Short Float | 1.12 % |
| Days to Cover | 2.63 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 23.60 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.34 |
| Beta | 1.27 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 0.57 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 1.05 |
| PE Ratio | 30.10 |
| Price/Book | 5.61 |
| Price/TBV | 8.80 |
| Book/Market | 0.18 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.04 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.03 |
| ROA | 0.14 |
| ROE | 0.24 |
| ROIC | 0.18 |
| CROIC | 0.05 |
| OCROIC | 0.18 |
| Implied Volatility | 26.63 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 0.71 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Crane Company is $215.01. The forecasts range from a low of $162.93 to a high of $241.50. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Crane Company. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-05 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-12 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2022-10-11 | Stifel | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-28 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-31 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-03 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2021-06-15 | DA Davidson | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-03-08 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-26 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-27 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-07 | DA Davidson | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-10-28 | Stifel | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-06-16 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2020-04-29 | CFRA | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2020-04-07 | Stifel | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-29 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-29 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2020-01-29 | Buckingham | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2019-10-30 | Vertical Research | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2019-10-30 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2019-10-30 | Buckingham | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2019-07-24 | DA Davidson | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-07-24 | Buckingham Research | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-29 | Buckingham Research | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-14 | Buckingham Research | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2019-04-11 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2019-01-29 | William Blair | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2018-12-11 | Buckingham | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-10-08 | Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-08-30 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-04-25 | Susquehanna | Neutral | Positive | Upgrade |
| 2018-03-22 | DA Davidson | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2018-02-01 | Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-01-31 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-01-31 | Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2017-12-06 | Vertical Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-10-26 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-10-25 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-25 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-25 | Bank of America | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-08-14 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2017-07-11 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Initiate | |
| 2017-05-16 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-04-25 | William Blair | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2017-03-06 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-02-01 | Seaport Global | Accumulate | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2017-02-01 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2016-07-29 | Bank of America | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2016-05-26 | Topeka | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-04-27 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-04-27 | Susquehanna | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-03-09 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Accumulate | Downgrade |
| 2016-03-04 | Boenning & Scattergood | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2016-01-21 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-10-29 | Susquehanna | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-10-15 | Avondale Partners | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2015-08-18 | William Blair | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2015-07-29 | Susquehanna | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-09 | Seaport Global | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2015-04-29 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-03-11 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2015-03-02 | Bank of America | Neutral | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-27 | FBR Capital | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-27 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-11 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-02 | KeyBanc | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2015-01-28 | Vertical Research | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2015-01-16 | Susquehanna | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2015-01-15 | Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2014-11-25 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2014-11-04 | Bank of America | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-29 | FBR Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-28 | FBR Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2014-02-28 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-07-24 | Citigroup | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2013-06-13 | Imperial Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2013-05-16 | Ascendiant Capital | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2013-03-18 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2013-02-26 | Ascendiant Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-02-22 | Ascendiant Capital | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2013-01-30 | Topeka | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-12-12 | Topeka | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2012-12-12 | Capstone | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2012-11-07 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-09-17 | Citigroup | Upgrade | ||
| 2012-09-05 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-07-20 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-25 | UBS | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2023-03-24 | UBS | Buy | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2023-05-12 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-07-19 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-09-28 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-04-17 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-11-20 | Vertical Research | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2023-12-19 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-01-23 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-03-05 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-29 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-05-15 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-05-15 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-04-24 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-04-24 | Vertical Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-04-24 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-01-30 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-16 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-18 | Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-08-21 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-29 | UBS | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-11-18 | Stifel | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2024-10-03 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-30 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-01-24 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2024-08-01 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-01-03 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-04-30 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-03-11 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-14 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-07-30 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-06-10 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-06-10 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-06-10 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-30 | DA Davidson | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-21 | Stifel | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
