“The increase in cash used for investing activities was primarily attributable to the aggregate cash paid of $1,355.4 million for the acquisitions of Druck, Panametrics, Reuter-Stokes and Optek, offset by a $5.0 million decrease in capital expenditures.”10-Q · Jul 31, 2026 ↗
Crane Company
CR
Market read
Crane Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 26 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Crane reported aggregate cash paid of $1,355.4M for four acquisitions, a large near-term use of cash.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CR's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 26 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Crane reported aggregate cash paid of $1,355.4M for four acquisitions, a large near-term use of cash.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +8.2% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +1.7 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +2.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- EV/sales is 54% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
197.75Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The decrease in cash used for financing activities was primarily attributable to a $100.0 million decrease in repayments of long-term debt and $50.0 million of borrowings under the Company’s Revolving Facility in the first quarter of 2026.”10-Q · Jul 31, 2026 ↗
“Sales of Commercial Valves increased by $1.6 million, or 2.1%, to $76.1 million in 2026, primarily due to favorable foreign currency translation of $3.1 million or 4.2%.”10-Q · Jul 31, 2026 ↗
“Process Flow Technologies In 2026, we expect Process Flow Technologies sales to increase in the mid 20%s driven by flat-to-low single digit core sales growth, a low-20% contribution from the Panametrics, Reuter-Stokes, and Optek acquisitions, as well as a 1%…”10-Q · Jul 31, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 5.0× · EV/sales 5.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CR. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for CR. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CR
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
BKRBaker Hughes CompanyinvesteeJul 31, 2025 ▾
“28 Table of Contents MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Recent Transactions and Events Entry into a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Precision Sensors & Instrumentation On June 6, 2025, the Company entered int…”
Depended on by
BKRBaker Hughes CompanycustomerOct 24, 2025 ▾
“The sale of Precision Sensors & Instrumentation to Crane Company and the creation of the Surface Pressure Control joint venture with Cactus, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CR is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Industrial Cyclicals. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.