Crane Co’s recent filing unveils that its Exec. V.P. & Chief Op. Officer Alcala Alejandro unloaded Company’s shares for reported $4.01 million on Aug 25 ’25. In the deal valued at $192.74 per share,20,791 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Alcala Alejandro now holds 33,526 shares worth roughly $6.1 million.
Then, Alcala Alejandro bought 20,791 shares, generating $4,007,262 in total proceeds.
Before that, Maue Richard A sold 20,240 shares. Crane Co shares valued at $3,850,678 were divested by the Exec. V.P & CFO at a price of $190.25 per share. As a result of the transaction, Maue Richard A now holds 63,083 shares, worth roughly $11.48 million.
UBS upgraded its Crane Co [CR] rating to a Buy from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Stifel’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid November from “a Buy” to “a Hold”. Vertical Research also remained covering CR and has increased its forecast on April 24, 2024 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Hold” rating. Vertical Research started covering the stock on November 20, 2023. It rated CR as “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of CR
On Friday, Crane Co [NYSE:CR] saw its stock fall -1.13% to $182.05. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.51%. Crane Co shares have risen nearly 19.31% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 19.97% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Crane Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Crane Co stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by -0.16 million shares to a total of 0.5 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 0.66 million shares. There was a decline of -32.28%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on October 30, 2023 when CJS Securities began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Market outperform”‘ rating.
