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How good a business is CR?
Crane Company earns 13% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
13%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 3.5 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 18%
Operating margin · Specialty Industrial Machinery median 15% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Share count, year on year
- +0.34%
Share count, year on year · flat: no meaningful dilution
- Gross margin
- 42%
Gross margin
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2021 | 11% |
| FY2022 | 0.30% |
| FY2023 | 13% |
| FY2024 | 17% |
| FY2025 | 18% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 42%
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 18%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 13%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.59B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $336M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 13%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Ranks #24 of 44 by Smart Score