Crane NXT, Co. (CXT) Key Metrics
CXT valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 17, 2026- Market cap
- $3.15B
- Enterprise value
- $4.02B
- P/E (TTM)
- 22.7 10-yr median 11.7
- Forward P/E
- 10.4
- PEG ratio
- —
- Price / sales
- 1.7 10-yr median 1.1
- Price / book
- 2.2 10-yr median 1.4
- EV / EBITDA
- 10.7 10-yr median 7.1
- Dividend yield
- 1.32% $0.72 a year
- Beta
- 1.08
CXT key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsCXT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
CXT returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
CXT per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
CXT financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
CXT efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
CXT valuation history
CXT returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
CXT debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
CXT cash returned to shareholders
CXT price vs earnings per share
CXT key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $2.73B | $3.37B | $3.27B | $1.98B | $2.00B | $1.53B | $1.70B | $1.53B | $1.87B | $1.49B |
| Enterprise value | $3.64B | $4.01B | $3.74B | $2.63B | $2.47B | $2.31B | $2.41B | $2.14B | $1.91B | $1.72B |
| P/E ratio | 18.8 | 18.3 | 17.4 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 12.1 |
| Price / sales | 1.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Price / book | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Price / free cash flow | 13.8 | 19.9 | 13.3 | — | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 11.3 | 15.7 | 11.8 | — | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| EV / sales | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.5 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 8.6 |
| EV / free cash flow | 18.3 | 23.8 | 15.2 | — | 5.6 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.5 |
| Earnings yield | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 10.4% | 8.9% | 11.8% | 7.8% | 21.9% | 9.2% | 8.3% |
| Free cash flow yield | 7.3% | 5.0% | 7.5% | −3.8% | 22.2% | 18.0% | 19.1% | 19.9% | 14.2% | 17.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 5.4% | 5.0% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 4.2% | 5.2% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 15.6% | 9.8% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 8.7% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $47.07 | $58.22 | $56.87 | $34.89 | $35.34 | $26.97 | $30.00 | $25.07 | $30.99 | $25.05 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $28.56 | $25.72 | $24.20 | $23.62 | $23.72 | $51.80 | $57.90 | $54.84 | $46.13 | $46.34 |
| Earnings per share | $2.50 | $3.19 | $3.27 | $3.61 | $3.14 | $3.19 | $2.35 | $5.50 | $2.84 | $2.07 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $4.16 | $3.70 | $4.81 | −$0.31 | $8.79 | $5.46 | $6.95 | $6.78 | $5.21 | $5.36 |
| Free cash flow per share | $3.42 | $2.92 | $4.26 | −$1.34 | $7.84 | $4.86 | $5.73 | $5.00 | $4.40 | $4.50 |
| Cash per share | $4.03 | $2.87 | $3.95 | $4.07 | $8.44 | $9.72 | $6.95 | $5.63 | $11.69 | $8.60 |
| Book value per share | $21.67 | $18.42 | $16.77 | $13.82 | $32.32 | $26.96 | $25.99 | $24.99 | $22.27 | $19.12 |
| Tangible book value per share | −$8.01 | −$5.38 | −$3.24 | −$7.01 | −$3.86 | −$10.59 | −$8.89 | $1.98 | $2.29 | −$0.26 |
| Dividends per share | $0.67 | $0.63 | $0.41 | $1.87 | $1.77 | $1.77 | $1.64 | $1.37 | $1.30 | $1.30 |
| Capex per share | $0.74 | $0.79 | $0.54 | $1.03 | $0.95 | $0.60 | $1.21 | $1.78 | $0.81 | $0.87 |
| Debt per share | $19.65 | $14.08 | $12.08 | $15.53 | $16.66 | $23.43 | $19.52 | $15.56 | $12.31 | $12.57 |
| Shares outstanding | 58.0M | 57.8M | 57.5M | 56.7M | 56.7M | 56.7M | 56.7M | 61.0M | 60.4M | 59.3M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +0.3% | +0.5% | +1.4% | +0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | −7.0% | +1.0% | +1.9% | +0.9% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.5% | 18.1% | 21.5% | 15.7% | 10.6% | 12.1% | 8.9% | 23.4% | 13.9% | 10.8% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 10.9% | 13.9% | 15.7% | 13.3% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 7.6% | 21.7% | 14.9% | 20.4% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.3% | 8.2% | 8.8% | 6.2% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 8.8% | 4.9% | 3.6% |
| Return on tangible assets | 10.4% | 18.2% | 19.2% | 21.6% | 7.3% | 7.4% | 5.4% | 12.7% | 7.2% | 5.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 12.0% | 11.3% | 17.6% | −5.7% | 33.1% | 9.4% | 9.9% | 9.1% | 9.5% | 9.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 1.66 | 1.16 | 1.47 | −0.09 | 2.80 | 1.71 | 2.95 | 1.23 | 1.83 | 2.59 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.14B | $813.9M | $694.7M | $881.2M | $944.5M | $1.33B | $1.11B | $949.2M | $743.5M | $745.3M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $233.8M | $165.8M | $227.2M | $230.7M | $478.6M | $551.0M | $393.9M | $343.4M | $706.2M | $509.7M |
| Net debt | $905.7M | $648.1M | $467.5M | $650.5M | $465.9M | $777.5M | $713.0M | $605.8M | $37.3M | $235.6M |
| Debt / equity | 0.91 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 1.12 | 0.52 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.66 |
| Debt / assets | 0.37 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.22 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.60 | 1.80 | 1.27 | 1.70 | 1.27 | 1.91 | 2.15 | 1.04 | 0.08 | 1.18 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 1.14 | 1.93 | 0.99 | 1.96 | 1.49 | 1.64 | 1.84 | 1.81 | 2.53 |
| Quick ratio | 1.20 | 0.88 | 1.46 | 0.76 | 1.39 | 1.07 | 1.14 | 1.29 | 1.40 | 1.87 |
| Interest coverage | 4.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 10.9 |
| Working capital | $283.8M | $80.1M | $310.0M | −$8.1M | $753.8M | $517.1M | $583.2M | $622.7M | $681.0M | $794.9M |
| Invested capital | $2.16B | $1.71B | $1.43B | $1.43B | $2.30B | $2.31B | $2.19B | $2.13B | $1.38B | $1.37B |
| Tangible asset value | −$464.4M | −$311.0M | −$186.1M | −$397.7M | −$215.8M | −$598.2M | −$501.2M | $123.4M | $141.6M | −$3.5M |
| Net current asset value | −$1.01B | −$679.1M | −$521.0M | −$722.3M | −$1.11B | −$1.48B | −$1.45B | −$1.15B | −$726.5M | −$966.6M |
| Graham number | $34.92 | $36.34 | $35.15 | $33.51 | $47.78 | $44.01 | $37.08 | $55.62 | $37.75 | $29.85 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$21.86 | −$14.80 | −$12.15 | −$15.66 | −$27.79 | −$34.43 | −$32.74 | −$25.02 | −$17.08 | −$21.76 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $39.0M | $36.6M | $23.7M | $105.9M | $100.6M | $100.4M | $93.2M | $83.5M | $78.4M | $77.2M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $203.7M | $96.3M | $70.0M | $79.9M | $50.1M | $25.0M | — |
| Dividend payout ratio | 26.9% | 19.9% | 12.6% | 51.7% | 56.5% | 55.5% | 69.9% | 24.9% | 45.6% | 62.9% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 19.7% | 21.7% | 9.7% | — | 44.3% | 61.9% | 53.2% | 43.8% | 38.9% | 29.0% |
| Capex / revenue | 2.6% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 1.9% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 17.9% | 21.2% | 11.3% | — | 10.8% | 11.0% | 17.5% | 26.3% | 15.6% | 16.2% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.61 | 0.91 | 0.67 | 0.73 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | — | — | — |
| R&D / revenue | — | 2.7% | 3.1% | 6.2% | 6.1% | 2.5% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| SG&A / revenue | 26.6% | 26.0% | 26.4% | 35.7% | 33.6% | 23.2% | 21.3% | — | — | — |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 73.6 | 63.6 | 55.1 | 95.6 | 128.1 | 66.6 | 67.4 | 56.2 | 56.2 | 55.3 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 60.2 | 67.1 | 74.9 | 152.1 | 217.0 | 84.6 | 75.4 | 64.4 | 71.3 | 74.7 |
| Days payables outstanding | 47.7 | 49.6 | 53.5 | 98.0 | 120.4 | 50.1 | 55.5 | 48.8 | 48.5 | 46.3 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 86.1 | 81.1 | 76.5 | 149.6 | 224.7 | 101.2 | 87.2 | 71.8 | 79.0 | 83.6 |
| Receivables turnover | 4.96 | 5.74 | 6.63 | 3.82 | 2.85 | 5.48 | 5.42 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.60 |
| Payables turnover | 7.66 | 7.37 | 6.82 | 3.72 | 3.03 | 7.29 | 6.57 | 7.48 | 7.53 | 7.88 |
| Inventory turnover | 6.06 | 5.44 | 4.87 | 2.40 | 1.68 | 4.31 | 4.84 | 5.67 | 5.12 | 4.89 |
| Asset turnover | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.41 | 0.30 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.88 | 0.79 | 0.81 |
| Average receivables | $334.1M | $259.2M | $210.0M | $350.9M | $471.9M | $536.0M | $605.9M | $515.0M | $428.9M | $416.2M |
| Average payables | $124.5M | $111.5M | $108.0M | $191.7M | $246.1M | $264.8M | $320.1M | $288.3M | $235.3M | $223.2M |
| Average inventory | $157.2M | $150.9M | $151.3M | $297.4M | $443.6M | $447.8M | $434.4M | $380.4M | $345.9M | $359.7M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 55.2% | 57.7% | 54.0% | 55.5% | 45.7% | 46.4% | 44.7% | 34.7% | 33.6% | 33.5% |
Computed from CXT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 26, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
CXT valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Crane NXT traded at 18.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 11.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 22.7 and the forward P/E is 10.4. Crane NXT earned a return on equity of 12.5% and a return on invested capital of 10.9% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.1 billion of debt and $233.8 million in cash and short-term investments, net debt of $905.7 million. It returned $39.0 million to shareholders: $39.0 million in dividends and $0 in share buybacks, 20% of free cash flow.
See the CXT income statement, the CXT chart for price history, or the CXT stock overview for the latest quote and news.
CXT key metrics FAQ
What is Crane NXT's P/E ratio?
Crane NXT's trailing P/E ratio is 22.7 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 17, 2026), and its forward P/E is 10.4. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 18.8, compared with a 10-year median of 11.7.
What is Crane NXT's EV/EBITDA?
Crane NXT's enterprise value was 10.5 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $3.6 billion, EBITDA $347.9 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 10.7.
What is Crane NXT's return on equity?
Crane NXT's return on equity (ROE) was 12.5% in fiscal 2025: net income of $145.1 million on average shareholders' equity of $1.2 billion.
What is Crane NXT's ROIC?
Crane NXT's return on invested capital was 10.9% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Crane NXT have?
Crane NXT had total debt of $1.1 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91 and $905.7 million of net debt (2.60 times EBITDA).
What is Crane NXT's dividend yield?
Crane NXT's forward dividend yield is 1.32%. Crane NXT paid $39.0 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($0.67 per share), a payout ratio of 26.9%.
What is Crane NXT's free cash flow yield?
Crane NXT generated $198.3 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 7.3% on its market value at year-end ($2.7 billion).
What is Crane NXT's current ratio?
Crane NXT's current ratio was 1.50 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.50 times current liabilities.