Crane NXT (CXT) Competitors

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) and Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, CXT or EXP?

Crane NXT has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eagle Materials has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CXT or EXP?

Crane NXT presently has a consensus target price of $87.67, suggesting a potential upside of 54.18%. Eagle Materials has a consensus target price of $303.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.17%. Given Crane NXT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Crane NXT is more favorable than Eagle Materials.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane NXT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Eagle Materials	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is CXT or EXP a better dividend stock?

Crane NXT pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Eagle Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Crane NXT pays out 21.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eagle Materials pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CXT or EXP?

77.5% of Crane NXT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Crane NXT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Eagle Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CXT or EXP?

In the previous week, Eagle Materials had 3 more articles in the media than Crane NXT. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eagle Materials and 7 mentions for Crane NXT. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Crane NXT's score of 0.90 indicating that Eagle Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane NXT	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eagle Materials	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, CXT or EXP?

Eagle Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Crane NXT. Crane NXT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Eagle Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crane NXT	$1.39B	2.34	$188.30M	$3.05	18.64
Eagle Materials	$2.26B	4.46	$477.64M	$14.16	21.21

Is CXT or EXP more profitable?

Eagle Materials has a net margin of 21.32% compared to Crane NXT's net margin of 12.18%. Eagle Materials' return on equity of 35.79% beat Crane NXT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane NXT	12.18%	23.46%	10.36%
Eagle Materials	21.32%	35.79%	16.18%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CXT or EXP?

Eagle Materials received 434 more outperform votes than Crane NXT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave Crane NXT an outperform vote while only 64.49% of users gave Eagle Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane NXT	Outperform Votes 11 84.62%	Underperform Votes 2 15.38%
Eagle Materials	Outperform Votes 445 64.49%	Underperform Votes 245 35.51%

Summary

Eagle Materials beats Crane NXT on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.