Why is Crane Co. ?
1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 16.34%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.55 times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -5.45% and Operating profit at 4.44% over the last 5 years
4
The company has declared Positive results for the last 4 consecutive quarters
- INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 2,697.67
- RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -5.05% (YoY)
- DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Lowest at -14.41 %
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With ROE of 16.93%, it has a attractive valuation with a 5.82 Price to Book Value
- The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 5.67%, its profits have risen by 39.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.9
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Crane Co. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Aerospace & Defense should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Aerospace & Defense)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is Crane Co. for you?
Medium Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Crane Co.
5.67%
0.97
32.98%
S&P 500
13.22%
0.65
20.20%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-5.45%
EBIT Growth (5y)
4.44%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
11.67
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.55
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.10
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.36
Tax Ratio
20.96%
Dividend Payout Ratio
16.22%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
80.70%
ROCE (avg)
20.48%
ROE (avg)
16.34%
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
34
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.82
EV to EBIT
25.81
EV to EBITDA
22.68
EV to Capital Employed
6.35
EV to Sales
4.40
PEG Ratio
0.87
Dividend Yield
0.13%
ROCE (Latest)
24.60%
ROE (Latest)
16.93%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
RSI
Bearish
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
Technical Movement
7What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)
Highest at 2,697.67
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)
Fallen by -5.05% (YoY
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO
(HY)
Lowest at -14.41 %
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)
Highest at USD 5.03
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
Highest at USD 100.6 MM
0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS
Here's what is working for Crane Co.
Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 2,697.67 and Grown
In each period in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving
Operating Profit to Interest
Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 100.6 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive
Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)
Debt-Equity Ratio
Lowest at -14.41 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital
Debt-Equity Ratio
Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.03
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated
DPS (USD)
Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -5.05% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin
Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales






