---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-001403"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXT"
cik: "0000025445"
company_name: "Crane NXT, Co."
filed_at: "2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T12:02:21.685452+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crane Q4 GAAP EPS $1.87 (+53% YoY); adjusted EPS record $2.13 (+63%); separation on track for April 2023

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP operating margin 15.7% (+440bps YoY); adjusted operating margin record 18.6% vs 12.0% last year.
- Q4 core sales +11%, core orders +15%, core backlog +28% YoY.
- Full year 2022 GAAP EPS $7.18; adjusted EPS $7.88 (+15% YoY vs $6.88).
- Separation into Crane Company and Crane NXT remains on schedule for early April 2023.
- Initial 2023 guidance issued for both post-separation entities; details in earnings presentation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-001403
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXT
- cik: 0000025445
- company_name: Crane NXT, Co.
- filed_at: 2023-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25445/000162828023001403/0001628280-23-001403-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25445/000162828023001403/cr-20230123.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-001403.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Crane NXT, Co. reported the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: EPS $1.87 per share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - EPS: $1.87 per share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Fourth quarter GAAP earnings per diluted share (EPS) increased 53% to $1.87 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25445/000162828023001403/0001628280-23-001403-index.htm

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