President & CEO of Crane Co. (CR) Eric C Fast sells 73,236 shares of CR on 02/02/2011 at an average price of $45.23 a share.

Crane Co has a market cap of $2.66 billion; its shares were traded at around $45.45 with a P/E ratio of 17.6 and P/S ratio of 1.2. The dividend yield of Crane Co stocks is 2.1%.

Hedge Fund Gurus that owns CR: Tom Russo of Gardner Russo & Gardner, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors, Kenneth Fisher of Fisher Asset Management, LLC, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns CR: Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Pioneer Investments, David Dreman of Dreman Value Management, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.

This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of CR over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of CR.

CEO Recent Trades:

• Sell: President & CEO Eric C Fast sold 67,821 shares of CR stock on 11/19/2010 at the average price of 38.18. Eric C Fast owns at least 467,693 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 19.04% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of CR. For the complete insider trading history of CR, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: VP Corp Strtgy Grp Pres Cntrls Thomas J Perlitz sold 7,000 shares of CR stock on 01/27/2011 at the average price of 44.81. Thomas J Perlitz owns at least 16,519 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.43% since.


• Sell: Director James L L Tullis sold 7,000 shares of CR stock on 01/27/2011 at the average price of 44.94. James L L Tullis owns at least 6,725 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.13% since.


• Sell: President, Electronics Group David E Bender sold 6,838 shares of CR stock on 01/27/2011 at the average price of 45.08. David E Bender owns at least 7,019 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.82% since.


• Sell: Director James L L Tullis sold 4,500 shares of CR stock on 11/30/2010 at the average price of 37.63. James L L Tullis owns at least 11,725 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 20.78% since.


• Sell: V.P. - Human Resources Elise Kopczick sold 20,000 shares of CR stock on 11/22/2010 at the average price of 38.18. Elise Kopczick owns at least 56,682 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 19.04% since.

For the complete insider trading history of CR, click here.

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