Crane NXT Co.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
  • ISIN: US2244411052
USD
41.01
3.42 (9.1%)
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  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
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Why is Crane NXT Co. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 16.95%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.41 times
3
Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -13.01% over the last 5 years
4
The company declared negative results in Mar'25 after flat results in Dec'24
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 191.5 MM
  • NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 61.62 MM has Grown at -31.02%
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 13.98%
5
With ROCE of 15.66%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.57 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • 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 -10.96%, its profits have fallen by -0.5%
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -10.96% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

  1. All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Crane NXT Co. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Crane NXT Co.
-26.36%
-0.28
36.92%
S&P 500
22.78%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
-10.82%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-1.41%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
7.08
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
1.41
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.58
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.84
Tax Ratio
19.15%
Dividend Payout Ratio
27.18%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
16.95%
ROE (avg)
19.04%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
17
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
2.34
EV to EBIT
13.40
EV to EBITDA
9.77
EV to Capital Employed
1.77
EV to Sales
2.32
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
1.02%
ROCE (Latest)
13.23%
ROE (Latest)
14.14%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

1What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 163.19%

-22What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 11.07%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 366.85

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.4% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 104.17 %

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 17.8 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 16.84 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 22.6 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 16.3 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 0.11

Here's what is working for Crane NXT Co.

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 163.19%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 29.7 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Crane NXT Co.

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 22.6 MM has Fallen at -59.13%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 55.3 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 16.3 MM has Fallen at -63.18%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 44.28 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 366.85
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Interest
Highest at USD 17.8 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 9.88% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 16.84 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 22.6 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 16.3 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 0.11
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 104.17 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 5.4% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales