Crane Company Stock Price Prediction

CR Stock  USD 162.07  2.96  1.79%   
The relative strength index (RSI) of Crane's stock price is slightly above 61 suggesting that the stock is rather overbought by investors as of today. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling Crane, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 61

 Buy Extended

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Crane's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Crane and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Crane's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Crane Company, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Crane's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.621
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
1.2875
EPS Estimate Current Year
5.5278
EPS Estimate Next Year
6.2902
Wall Street Target Price
182.5
Using Crane hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Crane Company from the perspective of Crane response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Crane using Crane's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Crane using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Crane's stock price.

Crane Short Interest

An investor who is long Crane may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Crane and may potentially protect profits, hedge Crane with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
156.48
Short Percent
0.0111
Short Ratio
1.64
Shares Short Prior Month
495.1 K
50 Day MA
162.2842

Crane Company Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Crane's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Crane. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Crane can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Crane Company. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Crane's market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Crane.

Crane Implied Volatility

    
  0.45  
Crane's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Crane Company stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Crane's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Crane stock will not fluctuate a lot when Crane's options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Crane to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Crane because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Crane after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 162.07  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Crane contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Crane Company will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0281% per day over the life of the 2025-04-17 option contract. With Crane trading at USD 162.07, that is roughly USD 0.0456 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Crane's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Crane Company options at the current volatility level of 0.45%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Check out Crane Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
114.44116.69178.28
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
157.00159.26161.51
Details
8 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
154.70170.00188.70
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
1.261.301.33
Details

Crane After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Crane at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Crane or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Crane, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Crane Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Crane's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Crane's historical news coverage. Crane's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 159.82 and 164.32, respectively. We have considered Crane's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
162.07
159.82
Downside
162.07
After-hype Price
164.32
Upside
Crane is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Crane Company is based on 3 months time horizon.

Crane Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Crane is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Crane backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Crane, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.18 
2.27
  0.38 
  0.20 
8 Events / Month
9 Events / Month
In about 8 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
162.07
162.07
0.00 
107.58  
Notes

Crane Hype Timeline

As of February 26, 2025 Crane Company is listed for 162.07. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.38, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.2. Crane is projected not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is about 107.58%. The immediate return on the next news is projected to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is currently at -0.18%. %. The volatility of related hype on Crane is about 202.23%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 161.87. About 15.0% of the company shares are held by company insiders. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.25. Crane Company last dividend was issued on the 28th of February 2025. The entity had 3:2 split on the 15th of September 1998. Allowing for the 90-day total investment horizon the next projected press release will be in about 8 days.
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Crane Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Crane's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Crane's future price movements. Getting to know how Crane's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Crane may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
CIRCIRCOR International 0.00 0 per month 0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
SXIStandex International 2.19 9 per month 0.00 (0.08) 2.23 (2.20) 7.66 
DCIDonaldson 0.18 8 per month 0.00 (0.1) 1.70 (2.15) 8.79 
CSWICSW Industrials 0.54 12 per month 0.00 (0.25) 1.71 (4.18) 7.65 
FELEFranklin Electric Co 0.92 9 per month 0.00 (0.02) 2.00 (1.66) 7.69 
IEXIDEX Corporation(10.58)8 per month 0.00 (0.12) 1.95 (1.71) 12.03 
GGGGraco Inc 0.55 9 per month 0.00 (0.05) 1.60 (2.13) 4.89 
ITTITT Inc(0.33)9 per month 0.00 (0.09) 2.14 (2.71) 7.23 
EPACEnerpac Tool Group 0.16 8 per month 0.00 (0.05) 1.97 (2.83) 5.93 
GRCGorman Rupp(0.32)10 per month 0.00 (0.05) 2.33 (2.48) 7.48 
LXFRLuxfer Holdings PLC(0.41)8 per month 0.00 (0.02) 2.64 (3.45) 7.65 
WTSWatts Water Technologies(6.37)8 per month 1.42  0.02  2.05 (2.07) 10.44 

Crane Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Crane price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Crane using various technical indicators. When you analyze Crane charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Crane Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Crane stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Crane Company, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Crane based on analysis of Crane hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Crane's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Crane's related companies.
 2022 2023 2024 2025 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.01870.0085540.0054030.005133
Price To Sales Ratio1.683.215.846.13

Story Coverage note for Crane

The number of cover stories for Crane depends on current market conditions and Crane's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Crane is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Crane's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Crane Short Properties

Crane's future price predictability will typically decrease when Crane's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Crane Company often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Crane's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Crane's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding58.3 M
Cash And Short Term Investments165.8 M

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