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Company snapshot — Crane Company

CR in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Crane Company designs and manufactures engineered industrial products, split into two segments: Aerospace & Electronics and Process Flow Technologies. The aerospace side supplies pressure sensors, braking systems, power-conversion units and lubrication systems for commercial and military aircraft, defence and space programmes. The process-flow side makes valves, pumps, positioning and diagnostic systems for industrial fluid handling. It is based in Stamford, Connecticut, and sells across North America, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe.
Where it sits in the stack
Crane carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector of the Closelook universe, grouped with US-listed industrial manufacturers rather than any AI build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored US industrials such as Nordson, Applied Industrial Technologies, Allegheny Technologies and Cintas, on sector and country grounds; the market also names Parker Hannifin as a comparable diversified industrial maker.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries a Closelook score with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest, but holds no seat in our index and no coverage in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the valuation module recovers relative to momentum, and whether the split between aerospace and process-flow demand stays balanced.

Crane Company (CR) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelook company score reads 55/100 composite (momentum 53, quality 59, valuation 30) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CR, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Deutsche Bank, 2026-09-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for CR from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 240 from 248 Target cut to $240 from $248 (+17.8% to spot) 2026-09-01

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CR on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.50%, quarterly · buybacks 5 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What CR pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.00 USD per share · a 0.50% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +44.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.69 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.26 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.92 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.77 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-28
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 53 m USD 15% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 5 m USD 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.5% in FY2025 27 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 58 m USD · 17% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: −1.5% week · −6.7% month · −5.9% quarter · −3.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Crane Company (CR)?

Crane Company trades as CR on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CR in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Crane Company is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Crane Company's Closelook composite score?

55 out of 100, with momentum 53, quality 59 and valuation 30 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CR trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -6.7% vs the 50-day and +1% vs the 200-day average, 14.2% below the 52-week high and +24.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 61 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Crane Company do?

Crane Company designs and manufactures engineered industrial products, split into two segments: Aerospace & Electronics and Process Flow Technologies. The aerospace side supplies pressure sensors, braking systems, power-conversion units and lubrication systems for commercial and military aircraft, defence and space programmes. The process-flow side makes valves, pumps, positioning and diagnostic systems for industrial fluid handling. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored US industrials such as Nordson, Applied Industrial Technologies, Allegheny Technologies and Cintas, on sector and country grounds; the market also names Parker Hannifin as a comparable diversified industrial maker.

Where does Crane Company sit in the AI build-out?

Crane carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Industrials sector of the Closelook universe, grouped with US-listed industrial manufacturers rather than any AI build-out layer. It carries a Closelook score with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest, but holds no seat in our index and no coverage in the diary's editions.

Does Crane Company pay a dividend?

Crane Company has paid 1.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.50% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.26 USD on 2026-08-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 53 m USD in dividends and bought back 5 m USD of its own shares, 17% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Crane Company recently?

The most recent analyst action on Crane Company on the Closelook wire is a price target by Deutsche Bank on 2026-09-01 (target 240 from 248). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CR, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Industrial Machinery. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.