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Company snapshot — Craneware Plc

CRW.L 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
Craneware sells software to United States hospitals that manages pricing, chargemaster records, medical necessity checks, claims review and audit work for payors. It also covers supply reimbursement, workforce planning, medication analytics and pharmacy revenue-cycle tools. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh and listed on the London Stock Exchange, having floated in 2007.
Where it sits in the stack
Craneware carries no seat in our index; it sits in the healthcare information-services sector of our universe, outside the AI build-out stack we track through Rubin.
Who it is priced against
Craneware carries no peer group in our data; the market sometimes compares it with R1 RCM, another vendor of hospital revenue-cycle software.
Why Closelook tracks it
Craneware holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; it has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes to date.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether US hospitals expand automated chargemaster and audit tools under cost pressure, which would test demand for this software outside the AI stack we follow.

Craneware Plc (CRW.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

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 CRW.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Health Information Services · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Health Information Services

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.48%, semi-annual · last 14.80 GBP on 2026-03-18

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 33.30 GBP per share · a 2.48% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +12.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 29.50 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 14.80 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-03-18
  • By calendar year 2023: 16.00 GBP (partial) · 2024: 29.00 GBP · 2025: 32.00 GBP · 2026: 14.80 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-23

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 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

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
  • 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 Craneware Plc (CRW.L)?

Craneware Plc trades as CRW.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is CRW.L in a Closelook index?

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

Where does CRW.L trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +5.6% vs the 50-day and -9.6% vs the 200-day average, 45.3% below the 52-week high and +35.8% off the 52-week low. 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 Craneware Plc do?

Craneware sells software to United States hospitals that manages pricing, chargemaster records, medical necessity checks, claims review and audit work for payors. It also covers supply reimbursement, workforce planning, medication analytics and pharmacy revenue-cycle tools. The company is headquartered in Edinburgh and listed on the London Stock Exchange, having floated in 2007. Craneware carries no peer group in our data; the market sometimes compares it with R1 RCM, another vendor of hospital revenue-cycle software.

Where does Craneware Plc sit in the AI build-out?

Craneware carries no seat in our index; it sits in the healthcare information-services sector of our universe, outside the AI build-out stack we track through Rubin. Craneware holds no seat in our index and carries no Closelook score; it has not appeared in the diary's editions or quotes to date.

Does Craneware Plc pay a dividend?

Craneware Plc has paid 33.30 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 2.48% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 14.80 GBP on 2026-03-18. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

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

Related in the Closelook universe

then Health Information Services, then Healthcare. 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.