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 today
- 6.2/10
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.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CR Buy (Wait) at 6.2/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +12.8% surprise compares with a +10.4% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.7 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 6.7%
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Negative momentum
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
- $192.89
- Entry target
- $184.44
- Price target
- $205.84
- Stop
- $175.63
- Upside to target
- +6.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.9:1
The stock trades at 33.7× trailing but 24.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 1.9× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — 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
- $11.15B
- P/E (fwd)
- 24.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 33.7
- 52-week range
- $159.58–$230.50
- Off 52-week high
- 16.3%
- RSI (14)
- 39
- Volume vs avg
- 1.94×
- Score today
- 6.2/10