CXT Stock Analysis: Crane NXT | NYSE
Specialty Industrial Machinery | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 2.847m USD | 12M Return: -18.6% | US2244411052 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 28.8M
EPS Trend: -42.5%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: -15.0%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Crane NXT, Co. (NYSE: CXT) is an industrial technology company that provides solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate customers important assets. It operates through two main segments: Crane Payment Innovations, which offers electronic equipment, software, automation solutions, processing systems, and remote diagnostics, and Security and Authentication Technologies, which provides security solutions for physical products such as banknotes, consumer goods, and industrial products, along with brand protection and digital content protection services.
The company serves a diverse customer base that includes brands, government agencies, and financial institutions, with end markets spanning cash handling, consumer goods authentication, and online brand protection. Crane NXT is classified within the Industrials sector (Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components) and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
- Payment Innovations segment drives recurring service revenue growth
- Central bank banknote contracts expand Security segment backlog
- Brand protection demand rises with e-commerce counterfeiting threats
| Net Income: 140.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.51 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 15.96% < 20% (prev 8.07%; Δ 7.89% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 256.5m > Net Income 140.3m |
| Net Debt (1.25b) to EBITDA (398.4m): 3.13 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.42 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (58.0m) vs 12m ago 0.17% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 42.12% > 18% (prev 42.98%; Δ -0.87% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 55.36% > 50% (prev 52.69%; Δ 2.68% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.82 > 6 (EBIT TTM 272.0m / Interest Expense TTM 71.2m) |
| A: 0.08 (Total Current Assets 980.5m - Total Current Liabilities 692.8m) / Total Assets 3.60b |
| B: 0.11 (Retained Earnings 395.6m / Total Assets 3.60b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 272.0m / Avg Total Assets 3.26b) |
| D: 0.55 (Book Value of Equity 1.27b / Total Liabilities 2.31b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 2.02 = BBB |
| DSRI: 1.07 (Receivables 406.9m/325.0m, Revenue 1.80b/1.54b) |
| GMI: 1.02 (GM 42.98% / 42.12%) |
| AQI: 1.00 (AQ_t 0.64 / AQ_t-1 0.64) |
| SGI: 1.17 (Revenue 1.80b / 1.54b) |
| TATA: -0.03 (NI 140.3m - CFO 256.5m) / TA 3.60b) |
| Beneish M = -2.83 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of August 24, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 50.20 with a total of 301,051 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -2.83%, over one month by -3.55%, over three months by +23.62% and over the past year by -18.55%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 47.40 (which is 5.6% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
Crane NXT has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.17. Therefore, it is recommended to buy CXT.
- StrongBuy: 3
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 2
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 70.2 | 39.8% |
P/E Trailing = 20.1057
P/E Forward = 11.2867
P/S = 1.5791
P/B = 2.2074
Revenue TTM = 1.80b USD
EBIT TTM = 272.0m USD
EBITDA TTM = 398.4m USD
Long Term Debt = 1.26b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 207.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.48b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 13.2m
Net Debt = 1.25b USD (calculated: Debt 1.48b - CCE 231.4m)
Enterprise Value = 4.10b USD (2.85b + Debt 1.48b - CCE 231.4m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.82 (Ebit TTM 272.0m / Interest Expense TTM 71.2m)
EV/FCF = 20.49x (Enterprise Value 4.10b / FCF TTM 199.9m)
FCF Yield = 4.88% (FCF TTM 199.9m / Enterprise Value 4.10b)
FCF Margin = 11.09% (FCF TTM 199.9m / Revenue TTM 1.80b)
Net Margin = 7.78% (Net Income TTM 140.3m / Revenue TTM 1.80b)
Gross Margin = 42.12% ((Revenue TTM 1.80b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.04b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 42.30% (prev 40.21%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.14 (Enterprise Value 4.10b / Total Assets 3.60b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.81% (Interest Expense 71.2m / Debt 1.48b)
Taxrate = 20.20% (35.8m / 177.2m)
NOPAT = 217.0m (EBIT 272.0m * (1 - 20.20%))
Current Ratio = 1.42 (Total Current Assets 980.5m / Total Current Liabilities 692.8m)
Debt / Equity = 1.17 (Debt 1.48b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.27b)
Debt / EBITDA = 3.13 (Net Debt 1.25b / EBITDA 398.4m)
Debt / FCF = 6.25 (Net Debt 1.25b / FCF TTM 199.9m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.24b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.31% (Net Income 140.3m / Total Assets 3.60b)
RoE = 11.28% (Net Income TTM 140.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.24b)
RoCE = 10.86% (EBIT 272.0m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.24b + L.T.Debt 1.26b))
RoIC = 7.19% (NOPAT 217.0m / Invested Capital 3.02b)
WACC = 8.62% (E(2.85b)/V(4.33b) * Re(11.11%) + D(1.48b)/V(4.33b) * Rd(4.81%) * (1-Tc(0.20)))
Discount Rate = 11.11% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 90.43 | Cagr: 0.23%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.09% ; FCFF base≈178.9m ; Y1≈205.1m ; Y5≈301.8m
[DCF] Fair Price = 53.61 (EV 4.33b - Net Debt 1.25b = Equity 3.09b / Shares 57.6m; r=8.62% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -42.47 | EPS CAGR: -3.79% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: -15.01 | Revenue CAGR: -2.55% | SUE: 0.38 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.21 | Chg30d=-2.97% | Revisions=-29% | Analysts=6
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=4.30 | Chg30d=+1.59% | Revisions=+57% | GrowthEPS=+5.9% | GrowthRev=+16.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=4.70 | Chg30d=-0.72% | Revisions=+29% | GrowthEPS=+9.2% | GrowthRev=+5.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +27% (up=8, down=4)