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CRANCrane Harbor Acquisition Corp. Sell5.0·$10.09
SellModerate Confidence
Investment thesis

Crane Harbor Acquisition shows an overbought technical bounce and extreme risk-score readings, but the engine flags value-trap signals from declining revenue and deeply negative margins, finds upside exhausted with no clear edge, and rates quality below the investability floor, keeping conviction and position sizing at essentially zero.

Thesis pillars

  • Quality Below Investability Floor→Stable
  • Value Trap Signals From Declining Fundamentals→Stable
  • Overbought Bear Rally Momentum↓Deteriorating
  • +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning

Pillars as of Jul 5, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026

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Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. (CRAN) Stock Analysis

SellVALUE-TRAP 1/5Moderate Confidence

Financial Services · Shell Companies

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.09: Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) incorporated in the Cayman Islands to pursue a merger or similar business combination, targeting the technology, real assets, and energy sectors. The company completed its IPO on December... Read more

$10.09+15.0% A.UpsideScore 5.0/10#9 of 32 Shell Companies
QualityF-score3 / 9FCF yield—
Stop $10.07Default target $11.60A.R:R 0.0:1

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.09: Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.

Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum. Suitability: aggressive.

Thesis

Rewards
No bull case signals
Risks
Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0)

Key Metrics

P/E (TTM)—
P/E (Fwd)—
Mkt Cap$473M
EV/EBITDA—
Profit Mgn0.0%
ROE—
Rev Growth—
Beta—
DividendNone
Rating analysts—

Quality Signals

Piotroski F3/9

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Rating Breakdown

1 floor-breaker·2 ceiling hits

Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static

Gross Margin
0.0
Operating Margin
0.0
Net Margin
0.0
Piotroski F
3.3
Moat
4.5
Current Ratio
5.0
No competitive moatWeak Piotroski F-Score: 3/9Quality concerns
GatesMomentum 4.2<4.5A.R:R UPSIDE_EXHAUSTED (upside=0.0%)Insider activity: OKNo SEC red flagsNEWS EVENTS NONE RECENTEARNINGS PROXIMITY NO DATESEMI CYCLE PEAK CLEARMATERIALS CYCLE PEAK CLEARSuitability: Aggressive
RSI
0 · Oversold
↓ 20D MA↓ 50D MA↓ 200D MASupport $10.09Resistance $10.12

Price Targets

$10
$12
A.R:R0.0:1

Position Sizing

ConvictionNone
Suggested %0%
Max %0%
RegimeSteady

Risk Alerts

! Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0)
! momentum at 4.2 (below the engine's 4.5 threshold)

Earnings

We could not retrieve earnings history for CRAN.
The company may be recently listed, pre-revenue, or its beat/miss record wasn't available from our source this run. Earnings signals feed the Growth and Catalyst score dimensions — absence here doesn't affect other dimensions.

Verdict History

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Verdicts are recorded on every nightly pipeline run. Rows capture transitions (verdict flips, score deltas ≥0.3, entry/TP/SL changes). Rows with a ▶ can be expanded to see the change reason. Aggregate cohort performance is tracked in the recommendation ledger.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CRAN stock a buy right now?

Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.09: Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.0/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $10.07. Score 5.0/10, moderate confidence.

What is the CRAN stock price target?

Default target: $11.60 (+15.0% upside). Prior stop was $10.07. Stop-loss: $10.07.

What are the risks of investing in CRAN?

Quality below floor (2.1 < 4.0).

Is CRAN overvalued or undervalued?

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward N/A). TrendMatrix value score: 5.0/10. Verdict: Sell.

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What does Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. do?Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) incorporated in the Cayman...

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) incorporated in the Cayman Islands to pursue a merger or similar business combination, targeting the technology, real assets, and energy sectors. The company completed its IPO on December 17, 2025, raising $345 million in gross proceeds (34.5 million units at $10.00 each) plus $9 million from a concurrent private placement, with substantially all trust-account proceeds invested in short-term U.S. government securities pending a business combination by December 17, 2027.

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