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Shares of payment technology company Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) jumped 6.4% in the afternoon session after Jefferies analyst Stephen Volkmann initiated coverage on the company with a Buy rating and a price target of $60.00, according to StreetInsider. The $60.00 price target represents an upside of approximately 31% from the stock’s previous closing price of $45.77, according to StreetInsider and CNBC. Volkmann wrote in a note to clients that Crane NXT’s security-technology advantages look “underappre

Gabelli Investment Management Firm recently released its “Small Cap Growth Fund” second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned 14.44% in the second quarter of 2026, underperforming the Russell 2000 Index, which gained 21.49%, as well as the S&P SmallCap 600 and Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Average. […]

Figure Technology (FIGR) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.

Crane NXT has seen its share price lose ground over the past year, which puts fresh attention on whether the current US$45.61 level lines up with the cash the business can generate over time. For anyone watching the recent pullback, the central issue is whether that weaker trading performance lines up with the company’s underlying cash flows or has drifted away from them. The stock is down 18.0% over the past year, which puts pressure on the idea that today's valuation is still supported by...

Crane Company (NYSE:CR) announced a definitive agreement on September 14 to acquire Trillium Flow Technologies’ U.S. pump business for approximately $240 million. The operations primarily serve municipal water and wastewater customers and are expected to generate approximately $115 million in full-year revenue. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter, subject to regulatory approvals and customary […]

Crane NXT has followed the market’s trajectory closely, rising in tandem with the S&P 500 over the past six months. The stock has climbed by 11.4% to $47.01 per share while the index has gained 12.9%.

Crane (CR) has agreed to buy Trillium Flow Technologies’ U.S. pumps business for about US$240 million, adding municipal water and wastewater pump brands as the market weighs what this means for the stock. Recent trading has been choppy for Crane, with the share price down 1.27% over the last session and 8.74% over the past month. Even so, the stock still shows a 6.25% year to date share price return and a 256.58% five year total shareholder return, suggesting that long term momentum remains...

Crane has delivered a powerful long term share price run, yet the more pressing question for you today is whether the current US$201.82 level is still supported by the cash flows the business is expected to produce. With recent headlines around a new acquisition shaping how the company may generate and deploy cash in the future, the stock now invites a closer look through a pure cash flow lens. Over the past 5 years the stock has returned about 261.2%, which puts a lot of accumulated...

As the Q2 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the general industrial machinery industry, including Crane (NYSE:CR) and its peers.

Trillium Flow Technologies ("Trillium"), a portfolio company of First Reserve and a leading provider of highly engineered flow control products and aftermarket services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its U.S. pumps business, Trillium Pumps US ("TPU"), to Crane Company (NYSE: CR), a premier industrial manufacturing and technology company, for approximately $240 million. The transaction represents a further step in Trillium's disciplined and thoughtful app

STAMFORD, Conn., September 14, 2026--Crane Company (NYSE:CR) ("Crane" or the "Company"), a premier industrial manufacturing and technology company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. pump business from First Reserve-Backed Trillium Flow Technologies, a leading provider of highly engineered pump technologies primarily serving the U.S. municipal water and wastewater markets for approximately $240 million, representing a multiple of approximately 14.