FY2026 Earnings Forecast for Crane NXT Issued By DA Davidson

Crane NXT, Co. (NYSE:CXT) – DA Davidson issued their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Crane NXT in a report released on Tuesday, February 18th. DA Davidson analyst M. Summerville anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $4.90 for the year. The consensus estimate for Crane NXT’s current full-year earnings is $4.16 per share.

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.19 by $0.01. Crane NXT had a net margin of 12.38% and a return on equity of 24.08%.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on CXT. Robert W. Baird boosted their target price on shares of Crane NXT from $77.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. Northland Capmk downgraded shares of Crane NXT from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Northland Securities downgraded shares of Crane NXT from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $72.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $83.33.

Crane NXT Trading Down 1.9 %

Shares of CXT stock opened at $58.15 on Friday. Crane NXT has a 12-month low of $52.89 and a 12-month high of $67.00. The company has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.23 and a beta of 1.36. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $60.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $58.59. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51.

Crane NXT Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share. This is a boost from Crane NXT’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.17%. Crane NXT’s payout ratio is currently 20.06%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Crane NXT

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Crane NXT by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,576,731 shares of the company’s stock worth $499,337,000 after buying an additional 336,765 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Crane NXT by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,930,995 shares of the company’s stock worth $345,303,000 after buying an additional 66,800 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in shares of Crane NXT by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,156,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,750,000 after buying an additional 72,992 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Crane NXT by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,443,518 shares of the company’s stock worth $80,981,000 after buying an additional 22,041 shares during the period. Finally, Capital International Investors grew its position in shares of Crane NXT by 79.3% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 1,351,044 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,658,000 after buying an additional 597,537 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.49% of the company’s stock.

About Crane NXT

Crane NXT, Co operates as an industrial technology company that provides technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate customers’ important assets. The company operates through Crane Payment Innovations and Crane Currency segments. The Crane Payment Innovations segment offers electronic equipment and associated software, as well as advanced automation solutions, processing systems, field service solutions, remote diagnostics, and productivity software solutions.