secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Crane Co (CR)
CIK:        0001944013
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001944013-26-000009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Crane Q4 EPS $1.39, record year, CEO succession to Alcala, two acquisitions closed, dividend +11%
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- Q4 GAAP EPS $1.39 (up 16% YoY); adjusted EPS $1.53 (up 21%); sales $581M (+6.8% with 5.4% core growth).
- Completed acquisitions of Druck, Panametrics, Reuter-Stokes and optek-Danulat on Jan 1, 2026; optek adds ~$40M sales.
- CEO succession: Alex Alcala to become President & CEO effective April 27, 2026; Max Mitchell to be Executive Chairman.
- Dividend raised 11% to $1.02 annual; Q1 2026 dividend $0.255 per share.
- 2026 adjusted EPS guidance $6.55-$6.75, ~10% YoY growth; expects total sales up low-to-mid 20% including acquisitions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000009/0001944013-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000009/cr-20260126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001944013-26-000009

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