Crane Co (CR)

• Market cap: $9.45B
• 1 day: -3.77%
• 5 days: -2.92%
• 1 month: 1.58%
• 3 months: -9.90%
• 6 months: 9.39%
• Year to date: 9.31%
• 1 year: 37.02%
• 5 years: 94.31%
• 10 years: 137.49%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products

About: Crane is a diversified industrial firm that manufactures a broad range of products, including valves, pumps, aerospace components, and fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels. Its business is organized into two segments: aerospace and electronics, and process flow technologies. Crane generated approximately $2.1 billion in revenue in 2024.

Employees: 7,300

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

294% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $69.3M | Put options by funds: $17.6M

13% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 54 | Existing positions closed: 48

3.12% more ownership

Funds ownership: 72.09% [Q3] → 75.21% (+3.12%) [Q4]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 5 (+0) [Q4]

0% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.53B [Q3] → $6.5B (-$24.5M) [Q4]

2% less funds holding

Funds holding: 461 [Q3] → 452 (-9) [Q4]

11% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 143 | Existing positions reduced: 161

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $157 5% downside
• Avg. target: $176 6% upside
• High target: $200 21% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 33%
• neutral: 2 67%
• negative: 0 0%

DA Davidson Matt Summerville 41% 1-year accuracy 11 / 27 met price target	21% upside $200	Buy Maintained	30 Jan 2025
Stifel Nathan Jones 59% 1-year accuracy 42 / 71 met price target	3% upside $170	Hold Maintained	24 Jan 2025
UBS Damian Karas 71% 1-year accuracy 12 / 17 met price target	5% downside $157	Neutral Maintained	3 Jan 2025