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CR vs HWM

Side-by-side comparison of Crane Company (CR) and Howmet Aerospace Inc. (HWM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CR and HWM operate in Metal Fabrications (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • HWM is the larger of the two at $100.79B, about 9.2x CR ($10.91B).
  • Over the past year, CR is up 1.6% and HWM is up 45.6% - HWM leads by 44.0 points.
  • HWM has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for CR).
  • HWM has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 16 for CR).
PerformanceCR+1.59%HWM+45.63%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricCRHWM
Company
Crane Company
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
Price
$188.91+0.19%
$251.72+0.97%
Market cap
$10.91B
$100.79B
1M return
+3.93%
-1.95%
1Y return
+1.59%
+45.63%
Industry
Metal Fabrications
Metal Fabrications
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2023
News (4w)
1
12
Recent ratings
16
25
CR

Crane Company

Crane Co. manufactures and sells engineered industrial products in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and internationally. The company's Fluid Handling segment offers on/off valves and related products for the chemical, oil and gas, power, and general industrial end markets; valves and related products for the non-residential construction, general industrial, and municipal markets; fluid control instrumentation and sampling solutions; and pumps and related products for water and wastewater applications in industrial, municipal, commercial, and military markets. This segment sells its products under the Crane, Saunders, Jenkins, Pacific, Xomox, Krombach, DEPA, ELRO, REVO, Flowseal, Centerline, Resistoflex, Duochek, Barksdale, Westlock, WTA, HOKE, DOPAK, Stockham, Wask, Viking Johnson, IAT, Hattersley, NABIC, Sperryn, Wade, Deming, Weinman, Burks, and Barnes brands. Its Payment & Merchandising Technologies segment provides technology payment acceptance and dispensing products to original equipment manufacturers and for vertical markets; currency handling and processing systems, cash and cashless payment and merchandising solutions, equipment service solutions, and connected managed service solutions. The company's Aerospace & Electronics segment offers original equipment and aftermarket parts under the Hydro-Aire, ELDEC, Lear Romec, P.L. Porter, Keltec, Interpoint, Signal Technology, Merrimac Industries, and Polyflon brands to commercial and military aerospace, and defense and space markets. Its Engineered Materials segment provides fiberglass-reinforced plastic panels and coils primarily for use in the manufacturing of recreational vehicles, truck bodies, and trailers, as well as used in commercial and industrial building construction. Crane Co. was founded in 1855 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.

HWM

Howmet Aerospace Inc.

Howmet Aerospace Inc. provides advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries in the United States, Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Poland, China, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures, and Forged Wheels. The Engine Products segment offers airfoils and seamless rolled rings primarily for aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines; and rotating parts, as well as structural parts. The Fastening Systems segment produces aerospace fastening systems and commercial transportation fasteners. The Engineered Structures segment provides titanium ingots and mill products for aerospace and defense applications; and aluminum and nickel forgings, and machined components and assemblies. The Forged Wheels segment offers forged aluminum wheels and related products for heavy-duty trucks and commercial transportation markets. The company was formerly known as Arconic Inc. The company was founded in 1888 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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