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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

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 1.2%. 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 analysts recommend CXT or EXP?

Crane NXT presently has a consensus target price of $87.67, suggesting a potential upside of 57.56%. Eagle Materials has a consensus target price of $303.78, suggesting a potential downside of 1.45%. Given Crane NXT's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Which has more volatility & risk, CXT or EXP?

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

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 media prefer CXT or EXP?

In the previous week, Crane NXT had 8 more articles in the media than Eagle Materials. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Crane NXT and 12 mentions for Eagle Materials. Eagle Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Crane NXT's score of 0.57 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eagle Materials	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	2.29	$188.30M	$3.05	18.24
Eagle Materials	$2.26B	4.58	$477.64M	$14.16	21.77

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

77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Eagle Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Crane NXT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Eagle Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in 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 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.