Crane NXT (CXT) versus Its Competitors Financial Comparison

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) is one of 376 public companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Crane NXT to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and risk.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Crane NXT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Crane NXT and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane NXT	0	2	5	1	2.88
Crane NXT Competitors	2052	7633	10469	668	2.47

Crane NXT presently has a consensus target price of $66.83, suggesting a potential upside of 17.18%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 35.58%. Given Crane NXT’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crane NXT has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Crane NXT and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crane NXT	$1.66 billion	$145.10 million	25.81
Crane NXT Competitors	$4.06 billion	$173.71 million	4.48

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

Risk & Volatility

Crane NXT has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane NXT’s competitors have a beta of -0.24, meaning that their average stock price is 124% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane NXT	6.91%	19.55%	7.09%
Crane NXT Competitors	-139.38%	-23.97%	-6.40%

Dividends

Crane NXT pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Crane NXT pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies pay a dividend yield of 1.9% and pay out 69.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Crane NXT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Crane NXT beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Crane NXT

Crane NXT is a global industrial technology company focused on authentication and automated payment technologies. It designs and manufactures products and systems used to protect, manage and authenticate currency, goods and transactions. Its offerings include banknote security features, currency-processing equipment and payment and merchandising technologies, such as cash and cashless payment systems for vending and other self-service applications. The company also provides authentication solutions that help governments and businesses identify counterfeit currency and products.