Financial Review: Crane NXT (CXT) & Its Competitors

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) is one of 18 public companies in the “Miscellaneous fabricated metal products” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Crane NXT to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and risk.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

75.1% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of shares of all “Miscellaneous fabricated metal products” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of Crane NXT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of shares of all “Miscellaneous fabricated metal products” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Crane NXT has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT’s rivals have a beta of 1.18, indicating that their average share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Crane NXT pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Crane NXT pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Miscellaneous fabricated metal products” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.2% and pay out 30.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Crane NXT and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane NXT	0	1	2	0	2.67
Crane NXT Competitors	37	478	567	12	2.51

Crane NXT presently has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.33%. As a group, “Miscellaneous fabricated metal products” companies have a potential upside of 3.39%. Given Crane NXT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Crane NXT is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Crane NXT and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane NXT	5.79%	21.39%	9.22%
Crane NXT Competitors	-0.64%	9.60%	2.66%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Crane NXT and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crane NXT	$3.37 billion	$401.10 million	26.01
Crane NXT Competitors	$2.11 billion	$213.96 million	22.84

Crane NXT has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Crane NXT is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Crane NXT beats its rivals on 12 of the 15 factors compared.

About Crane NXT

Crane NXT, Co. focuses on payment and merchandising technologies. It indents to offer electronic equipment and associated software leveraging extensive, and proprietary core capabilities, including payment verification and authentication, as well as automation solutions, field service solutions, remote diagnostics, and productivity enhancing software solutions. The company is based in Stamford, Connecticut.