# Crane Company (CR) — Stock CV

Crane Company is a $11.8B industrial company. Revenue grew 22.3% over the last year, it keeps 13¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~1.7 years of free cash flow. It trades at 35.2× earnings — in the most expensive third of its own history.

> 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 advanced technologies, and process flow technologies.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: CR
- **Sector**: Industrials
- **Industry**: Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products
- **Headquarters**: STAMFORD, CT
- **Employees**: 7 100
- **Website**: https://www.craneco.com
- **Market cap**: $11.8B
- **Last price**: $204.75
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $2.59B
- **Net income**: $336M
- **Free cash flow**: $380M
- **Net debt**: $642M
- **P/E**: 35.2
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 22.3%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 44 |
| Growth | 45 |
| Profitability | 72 |
| Health | 62 |
| Quality | 90 |
| Moat | 56 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 9 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +22.3% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $336M TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -3.7% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $380M TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~1.7y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $11.8B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -0.3% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 50/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.47%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 35.2

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2023** — Became debt-free: cash now exceeds total debt
- **2023** — Crane Co spun off its Crane Currency and Crane Payment Innovations subsidiaries, forming a new company,…
- **FY2021** — Best year on record: $435M net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $2.75B in first reported year
- **1890** — When it had sales branches in Omaha, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, the company changed its…
- **1855** — Founded by Richard Teller Crane in 1855, it became one of the leading manufacturers of bathroom fixtures in the…

## Strengths

- High gross margin (41.7%)
- Revenue growing 22.3% year over year
- Interest covered 4329.0× by operating earnings

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $3.18B | $435M | $415M |
| FY2022 | $3.37B | $401M | -$210M |
| FY2023 | $2.09B | $256M | $151M |
| FY2024 | $2.13B | $295M | $221M |
| FY2025 | $2.31B | $367M | $341M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/CR — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.