Crane NXT Co. Common Stock (CXT)

FairStock Score: 53/100 — MIXED

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AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I am looking for businesses that earn high returns on capital and sell at a discount to intrinsic value. Crane NXT is an industrial technology company that secures, detects, and authenticates assets. Its latest filed report was encouraging: in fiscal Q2 2026, the quarter ended 2026-06-30, revenue was $493.2 million, net income $35.4 million, and diluted EPS $0.61. A year earlier, in fiscal Q2 2025, revenue was $404.4 million, net income $24.9 million, and diluted EPS $0.43. That is meaningful quarterly growth. The company also produced $224.0 million of trailing free cash flow, a 7.4% FCF yield on the $3.0 billion market cap, and FairStock gives it a Piotroski F-score of 8/9. Those are real positives. But the longer record gives me pause. In fiscal 2023 net income was $188.3 million and diluted EPS $3.28; in fiscal 2024 net income was $184.1 million and EPS $3.19; in fiscal 2025 net income was $145.1 million and EPS $2.50. FairStock classifies it as a SLOW GROWER — Shrinking: profit -4.3% a year over five years and revenue -10.8%. ROCE is only 5.83%, ROE 11.48%, and debt-to-equity 1.14 with an Altman Z-score of 1.24. At the 2026-10-13 close of $52.27, the P/E is 21.60, P/B 2.38, and the Graham Number is $34.61, leaving a -51.03% margin of safety. The PEG of 0.51 only helps if growth persists. I would want more evidence the latest quarter is the rule, not an exception.

In plain English: Crane NXT makes technology that helps secure, detect, and authenticate valuable assets, mainly through payment and security equipment. The latest filed quarter was strong, with more sales and profit than a year earlier, and the business generates solid cash. But longer-term sales and profit have been shrinking, debt looks meaningful, and the stock price is above what its basic numbers alone would suggest is fair value, so it looks more expensive than cheap.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

Sources (SEC EDGAR): fiscal Q2 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-06-30) · fiscal Q1 2026 10-Q (period ended 2026-03-31) · fiscal Q3 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-09-30) · fiscal Q2 2025 10-Q (period ended 2025-06-30) · FY2025 10-K (period ended 2025-12-31) · FY2024 10-K (period ended 2024-12-31) · FY2023 10-K (period ended 2023-12-31)

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