NYSE$CR

Crane Co · Q3 2023 earnings

Q3 2023 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported strong Q3 2023 results, driven by core sales growth and margin improvement.

Crane Company reported a strong third quarter in 2023, with a 10% increase in sales and a 42% increase in adjusted operating profit. The company is raising and narrowing its adjusted EPS guidance for the full year to $4.05-$4.20.

  • Earnings from continuing operations per diluted share (EPS) of $0.96 and adjusted EPS of $1.03.
  • Core year-over-year sales growth of 9% and core year-over-year backlog growth of 7%.
  • Year-over-year growth in operating profit from continuing operations of 165%, and year-over-year growth in adjusted operating profit from continuing operations of 42%.
  • Announced acquisition of Baum lined piping GmbH for approximately $91 million as a strategic bolt-on for the Chemical business within the Process Flow Technologies segment.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$530M

Previous: $815M-35.0%
EPS (adj)

$1.03

Previous: $1.86-44.6%
Core Sales Growth

9.0%

No prior period
Capital Expenditures

-$29.7M

No prior period
Free Cash Flow

$25.5M

No prior period
Net Income

$55.2M

Previous: -$59.3M+193.1%
Operating Income

$76.3M

Previous: $137M-44.3%
Gross Profit

$203M

Previous: $330M-38.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$274M

Previous: $242M+13.0%
Total Assets

$2.19B

No prior period
Stock-Based Comp

$7.9M

Previous: $5.2M+51.9%

Revenue & EPS history

Crane · Revenue · Quarterly

$530M

Q3 2023-35%vs Q3 2022
Beat estimate in 12 of 15 quarters(80%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Crane · $267M total across 1 segment · Q3 2023

  • Process Flow Tech
    $267M—

Forward guidance

Crane is raising and narrowing its adjusted EPS guidance to a range of $4.05 to $4.20.

Tailwinds

  • Total sales growth of approximately 7.5% driven by core sales growth of approximately 6% to 8%.
  • Acquisition benefit of approximately 0.5%.
  • Adjusted operating margin of ~15.5%.
  • Adjusted tax rate of ~23% (unchanged).
  • Diluted shares of ~57.5 million.

Headwinds

  • Corporate cost of ~$72 million.
  • Net non-operating expense of ~$16 million.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 12 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q3 2023

Historical avgQ3 2023

+0.8%

Avg return

Earnings day

+1.8%

Avg return

5 days after

+5.2%

Avg return

30 days after

58%

38 / 65 earnings

Positive

+11.6%

Q3 2023

Best reaction

-11.4%

Q4 2025

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q2 2026———
Q1 2026-2.7%-5.9%-1.0%
Q4 2025-11.4%-12.9%-2.7%
Q3 2025+0.0%-0.6%-4.4%
Q2 2025-0.9%-0.5%-4.2%
Q1 2025+1.3%+5.3%+7.9%
Q4 2024+8.7%+5.3%+0.8%
Q3 2024+6.6%+5.6%+21.8%
Q2 2024-4.7%-8.2%-2.5%
Q1 2024+6.7%+11.5%+13.3%
Q4 2023+8.8%+11.5%+9.2%
Q3 2023+11.6%+8.5%+27.9%
Q2 2023+2.7%+3.5%-4.6%
Q1 2023-2.5%+0.4%+5.5%
Q4 2022+6.7%——
Q3 2022-1.5%——
Q2 2022-2.2%——
Q1 2022-5.7%——
Q4 2021+1.9%——
Q3 2021+7.6%——
Q2 2021+3.4%——
Q1 2021+3.7%——
Q4 2020-4.1%——
Q3 2020-4.7%——
Q2 2020-5.9%——
Q1 2020+6.9%——
Q4 2019-0.2%——
Q3 2019-6.2%——
Q2 2019+4.1%——
Q1 2019-2.2%——
Q4 2018+4.3%——
Q3 2018-1.3%——
Q2 2018-0.8%——
Q1 2018-7.7%——
Q4 2017+2.9%——
Q3 2017+2.0%——
Q2 2017-7.3%——
Q1 2017+5.0%——
Q4 2016-3.1%——
Q3 2016+11.5%——
Q2 2016+5.4%——
Q1 2016-0.2%——
Q4 2015+3.8%——
Q3 2015+4.8%——
Q2 2015+0.4%——
Q1 2015+1.4%——
Q4 2014+2.4%——
Q3 2014+0.3%——
Q2 2014-0.2%——
Q1 2014+3.1%——
Q4 2013+1.6%——
Q3 2013+1.8%——
Q2 2013-1.1%——
Q1 2013+0.4%——
Q4 2012+2.0%——
Q3 2012+3.4%——
Q2 2012+1.3%——
Q1 2012-2.0%——
Q4 2011-1.7%——
Q3 2011+1.2%——
Q2 2011-4.4%——
Q1 2011+1.3%——
Q4 2010+0.1%——
Q3 2010+1.4%——
Q2 2010-0.3%——
Q1 2010-5.4%——

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