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CR (Crane Co) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 43.50 (As of Jun. 01, 2025)


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What is Crane Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-01), Crane Co's current share price is $171.40. Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $3.94. Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 43.50.

The historical rank and industry rank for Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

CR' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.53   Med: 14.52   Max: 45.52
Current: 43.5

During the past years, Crane Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 45.52. The lowest was 6.53. And the median was 14.52.

CR's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
58.31% of 1041 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 33.04 vs CR: 43.50

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Crane Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-1.032. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $3.94 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Crane Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Crane Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Crane Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.76 12.84 16.03 29.95 38.51

Crane Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.40 36.93 39.09 38.51 38.88

Competitive Comparison of Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Crane Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=171.40/3.94
=43.50

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Crane Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Crane Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-1.032/134.9266*134.9266
=-1.032

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Crane Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.811 100.684 1.087
201509 1.048 100.392 1.409
201512 1.738 99.792 2.350
201603 -0.492 100.470 -0.661
201606 0.916 101.688 1.215
201609 1.763 101.861 2.335
201612 2.294 101.863 3.039
201703 -0.101 102.862 -0.132
201706 0.921 103.349 1.202
201709 1.495 104.136 1.937
201712 2.129 104.011 2.762
201803 0.766 105.290 0.982
201806 0.666 106.317 0.845
201809 0.972 106.507 1.231
201812 2.606 105.998 3.317
201903 -1.980 107.251 -2.491
201906 2.247 108.070 2.805
201909 1.706 108.329 2.125
201912 3.488 108.420 4.341
202003 -0.727 108.902 -0.901
202006 1.822 108.767 2.260
202009 2.133 109.815 2.621
202012 1.492 109.897 1.832
202103 0.772 111.754 0.932
202106 2.472 114.631 2.910
202109 1.818 115.734 2.119
202112 2.752 117.630 3.157
202203 -1.183 121.301 -1.316
202206 1.757 125.017 1.896
202209 -7.736 125.227 -8.335
202212 -2.278 125.222 -2.455
202303 -1.391 127.348 -1.474
202306 0.711 128.729 0.745
202309 1.339 129.860 1.391
202312 1.471 129.419 1.534
202403 -1.513 131.776 -1.549
202406 0.918 132.554 0.934
202409 2.341 133.029 2.374
202412 2.032 133.157 2.059
202503 -1.032 134.927 -1.032

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Crane Co  (NYSE:CR) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Crane Co Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
Crane is a diversified industrial firm that manufactures a broad range of products, including valves, pumps, aerospace components, and fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels. Its business is organized into two segments: aerospace and electronics, and process flow technologies. Crane generated approximately $2.1 billion in revenue in 2024.
Executives
Alejandro Alcala officer: Executive Vice President 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Anthony M. D'iorio director, officer: Exec. V.P., Gen. Couns. & Sec. 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Max H Mitchell officer: President & CEO CRANE CO, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Richard A Maue director, officer: Exec. V.P., CFO & PAO C/O PAXAR CORPORATION, 105 CORPORATE PARK DRIVE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Marijane V. Papanikolaou officer: V.P, Controller & CAO 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Jennifer Kartono officer: SVP, CHRO 950 WINTER STREET 4TH FLOOR, WALTHAM MA 02451
Sanjay Kapoor director C/O SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC., 3801 SOUTH OLIVER STREET, WICHITA KS 67210
Paul Gerard Igoe officer: SVP, General Counsel & Sec. LYDALL, INC., ONE COLONIAL ROAD, MANCHESTER CT 06042
Fund Crane 10 percent owner C/O CRANE CO, 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
William K Grogan director 3100 SANDERS ROAD, SUITE 301, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Bianca B. Shardelow officer: VP, Controller & CAO 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Cristen L Kogl director 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Tamara S. Polmanteer officer: Exec. Vice President & CHRO 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902
Tullis James L L director 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06907
Ronald Carter Lindsay director 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902