Crane NXT (CXT) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.10
- Estimate
- $1.04
- Surprise
- +6.3%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $493.2M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.2 → 6.5/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Crane NXT (CXT) beat the $1.04 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.10 — a clear 6.3% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.2/10) to Hold at 6.5/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CXT Hold at 6.5/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +6.3% surprise compares with a +3.6% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.67)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single or sole-source suppliers
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.1): -0.5
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
- $48.42
- Price target
- $59.78
- Stop
- $45.03
- Upside to target
- +23.5%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.0:1
The stock trades at 18.9× trailing but 10.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CXT 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
- Business Equipment & Supplies
- Market cap
- $2.79B
- P/E (fwd)
- 10.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 18.9
- 52-week range
- $35.71–$69.00
- Off 52-week high
- 29.8%
- RSI (14)
- 44
- Volume vs avg
- 1.37×
- Score today
- 6.5/10