Crane NXT
Provides payment, security, authentication and traceability technologies for transactions and protected assets.
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Profile
Payment-acceptance technology sits alongside security, authentication and traceability solutions for consumer-facing markets, governments, brands and financial institutions. Antares adds inspection, detection and traceability offerings.
Electronic equipment and software from Crane Payment Innovations support secure payment acceptance in consumer-facing vending, retail and gaming markets. Detection and sensing capabilities support transaction validation and authentication in these systems.
Security & Authentication Technologies protects physical and digital assets for governments, brands and financial institutions. Its tools include micro-optics, authentication, and brand- and digital-content protection. Antares adds inspection, detection and traceability products for life-sciences and food-and-beverage markets.
Together, the businesses serve customers around the world. Antares sits in the new Detection & Traceability Technologies segment alongside CPI, changing the presentation of the former segment portfolio.
Company facts
Categories
Key statistics
Year to date +5.1% · Average volume (30d) 534.3K
Analysts
Ratings
Target range
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Prior target | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Northland Securities | Target | $52 | $65 | |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Robert W. Baird | Target | $67 | $68 | |
| May 15, 2026 | Northland Securities | Target | $62 | $52 | |
| May 8, 2026 | Robert W. Baird | Target | $73 | $67 | |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Oppenheimer | Reiterate | Outperform | $80 | $65 |
Earnings
EPS
Revenue
History
| Report date | EPS est | EPS | Surprise | Revenue est | Revenue | Surprise | Next session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026Q2 FY26 | $1.04 | $1.10 | +5.8% | $475.6M | $493.2M | +3.7% | +3.78% |
| May 6, 2026Q1 FY26 | $0.56 | $0.60 | +7.1% | $378.6M | $387.7M | +2.4% | −3.88% |
| Feb 11, 2026Q4 FY25 | $1.25 | $1.27 | +1.6% | $450.6M | $476.9M | +5.8% | +3.42% |
| Nov 5, 2025Q3 FY25 | $1.25 | $1.28 | +2.4% | $450.5M | $445.1M | −1.2% | −4.44% |
Financial highlights
| 12 quarters | Q1 FY25 | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY25 | Q4 FY25 | Q1 FY26 | Q2 FY26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $330.3M | $404.4M | $445.1M | $476.9M | $387.7M | $493.2M | |
| Gross profit | $140.2M | $168.8M | $192.6M | $202.2M | $155.9M | $208.6M | |
| Operating income | $37.3M | $47.9M | $81.9M | $85.6M | $35.6M | $68.9M | |
| Net income | $21.7M | $24.9M | $50.5M | $48.0M | $6.4M | $35.4M | |
| Diluted EPS | $0.38 | $0.43 | $0.87 | $0.83 | $0.11 | $0.61 | |
| Gross margin | 42.4% | 41.7% | 43.3% | 42.4% | 40.2% | 42.3% | |
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 11.8% | 18.4% | 17.9% | 9.2% | 14.0% |
Fiscal years (4-quarter sums)FY21 $3.35B · FY22 $2.36B · FY23 $1.91B · FY24 $1.49B · FY25 $1.66B
Revenue by product · FY25
Revenue by geography · FY25
Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $231.4M · Total debt $1.47B · Total assets $3.60B · Shareholders' equity $1.27B
Dividends
Raised for 2 straight years — most recently to $0.18 from $0.17 in Feb 2026. To collect a payout, hold shares through the close before the ex-date.
History
| Ex-date | Record | Paid | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2026 | May 31 | Jun 10 | $0.18 | |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Feb 28 | Mar 11 | $0.18 | raised from $0.17 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | Nov 28 | Dec 10 | $0.17 | |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Aug 29 | Sep 10 | $0.17 | |
| May 30, 2025 | May 30 | Jun 11 | $0.17 | |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Feb 28 | Mar 12 | $0.17 | raised from $0.16 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Nov 29 | Dec 11 | $0.16 | |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30 | Sep 11 | $0.16 |
Ownership
A 13F quarter can total more than the shares outstanding — sub-advisers file the same block twice, and a filer's own share count can be a quarter stale. No split is drawn from it.
Shares outstanding 57.54M · Float 49.62M · 86.2% free float
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Shares | % outstanding | Form | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIMECAP Management Company | 7.84M | 5.47% | 13D/G | Nov 12, 2024 |
| FMR LLC | 7.59M | 13.20% | 13F | Aug 13, 2026 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6.45M | 11.20% | 13F | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 3.77M | 6.56% | 13F | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP | 3.08M | 5.40% | 13G | Nov 8, 2024 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Christina Cristiano | officer: SVP, Chief Financial Officer | +3,550 | $41.96 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Aaron W. Saak | director, officer: CEO | +24,000 | $42.13 |
Peers
- Mettler-Toledo
Inspection, serialization, and track-and-trace for packaged products
- Nayax
Cashless POS, telemetry, and payment management for unattended commerce
- Cognex
Industrial machine vision for automated quality inspection
CompareAfter-hours close
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crane NXT | $50.13 | −0.03% | $2.88B | 20.7 | 11.2 | 1.6 | +22.0% |
| Mettler-Toledo | $1,398.58 | +0.05% | $28.26B | 31.4 | 28.2 | 6.8 | +4.5% |
| Nayax | $51.05 | −0.62% | $1.87B | 240.2 | 64.7 | 4.1 | +28.3% |
| Cognex | $61.00 | +0.93% | $10.06B | 58.7 | 32.9 | 9.2 | +16.9% |
| Median | 58.7 | 32.9 | 6.8 | +16.9% |