Crane NXT, Co. (NYSE:CXT) Stock Now Rated “Moderate Buy” by Wall Street Brokerages

Crane NXT, Co. (NYSE:CXT) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $66.83.

A number of research firms recently commented on CXT. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $85.00 price objective on shares of Crane NXT in a research note on Friday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Crane NXT in a report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $60.00 price objective on the stock. Weiss Ratings raised Crane NXT from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Robert W. Baird set a $68.00 price target on shares of Crane NXT in a report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $65.00 price objective on shares of Crane NXT in a research report on Monday, August 10th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Crane NXT

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CXT. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Crane NXT during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $329,797,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Crane NXT by 12.5% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,930,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,366,000 after buying an additional 214,857 shares during the last quarter. Southernsun Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Crane NXT by 17.3% during the first quarter. Southernsun Asset Management LLC now owns 783,808 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,815,000 after purchasing an additional 115,598 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in Crane NXT in the 4th quarter valued at $30,057,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in Crane NXT in the second quarter valued at about $23,160,000. Institutional investors own 77.49% of the company’s stock.

Crane NXT Stock Performance

Crane NXT stock opened at $47.23 on Friday. Crane NXT has a 12 month low of $35.71 and a 12 month high of $69.00. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $50.50 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.07. The company has a market cap of $2.72 billion, a PE ratio of 19.52 and a beta of 1.08.

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $493.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $475.62 million. Crane NXT had a return on equity of 19.87% and a net margin of 7.78%.The firm’s revenue was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.97 EPS. Crane NXT has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.220-4.420 EPS. Research analysts expect that Crane NXT will post 4.27 earnings per share for the current year.

Crane NXT Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 9th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 31st were paid a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 31st. Crane NXT’s payout ratio is presently 29.75%.

About Crane NXT

Crane NXT, Inc is a technology company that develops solutions for payment acceptance, cash management and brand protection. Its products are used by businesses and governments to authenticate currency, process transactions and protect products and documents from counterfeiting.

Through its Crane Payment Innovations business, the company provides banknote and coin validators, cashless payment systems, transaction-processing technology, telemetry and related software. These solutions serve industries such as vending, gaming, retail, transportation and other unattended-payment markets.

Crane NXT also operates Crane Currency, which supplies banknotes, security features and authentication technologies for central banks, commercial institutions and other organizations.