Crane (CR) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.05
- Estimate
- $1.82
- Surprise
- +12.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.2 → 6.1/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Crane (CR) beat the $1.82 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.05 — a large 12.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.2/10) to Hold at 6.1/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CR Hold at 6.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +12.8% surprise compares with a +10.4% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-25.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+1.00)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Target reached (1.2% upside)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $205.81
- Price target
- $208.28
- Stop
- $191.40
- Upside to target
- +1.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 35.4× trailing but 25.5× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CR at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Market cap
- $11.90B
- P/E (fwd)
- 25.5
- P/E (ttm)
- 35.4
- 52-week range
- $159.58–$230.50
- Off 52-week high
- 10.7%
- RSI (14)
- 51
- Volume vs avg
- 1.22×
- Score today
- 6.0/10