---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001944013-26-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CR"
cik: "0001944013"
company_name: "Crane Co"
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:04:09.854899+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crane Q1 adjusted EPS $1.65 (+15% YoY); raises FY adjusted EPS guidance to $6.65-$6.85

## Summary
- GAAP EPS from continuing ops $1.14, down 15% YoY; adjusted EPS $1.65, up 15%.
- Revenue $696.4M (+24.9% YoY), with core sales up 3.8% and acquisitions contributing 18.3%.
- Core backlog up 9.1% YoY; Process Flow core orders up 5%, Aero & Tech core backlog up 14%.
- Full-year adjusted EPS guidance raised to $6.65-$6.85 from $6.55-$6.75.
- Q2 2026 dividend of $0.255 per share declared.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001944013-26-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CR
- cik: 0001944013
- company_name: Crane Co
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000125/0001944013-26-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000125/cr-20260427.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001944013-26-000125
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001944013-26-000125.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001944013-26-000125.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Crane Co reported quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $696.4 million, EPS $1.14. Guidance raised.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $696.4 million
  - EPS: $1.14
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Crane Company Reports First Quarter 2026 Results and Raises Full Year EPS Guidance First Quarter 2026 Highlights • Earnings per diluted share (EPS) from continuing operations of $1.14, down 15% compared to a year ago, and adjusted EPS from continuing operations a record $1.65, up 15%.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000125/0001944013-26-000125-index.htm

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