Crane NXT, Co. CXT

Competitive advantage analysis · industrials

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
54/100
Moderate

Ranked against 81 peers in Specialty Industrial Machinery

About Crane NXT, Co.

Crane NXT, Co. operates as an industrial technology company that provides technology solutions to secure, detect, and authenticate customers' important assets. The company operates through Crane Payment Innovations, and Security and Authentication Technologies segments. The Crane Payment Innovations segment offers electronic equipment and associated software, as well as advanced automation solutions, processing systems, field service solutions, remote diagnostics, and productivity … Full CXT analysis →

Key strengths

  • Operating Expense Control OpEx growth is controlled (score 0.64), demonstrating operating leverage.

Key risks

  • Elevated Debt Risk Debt serviceability is weak (score 0.35), raising refinancing risk.
  • Revenue Volatility Signals Weak Stickiness Revenue volatility is high (stability score 0.32), suggesting weak customer stickiness.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where CXT ranks in Specialty Industrial Machinery

Crane NXT, Co. ranks #38 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score — the top 46%. The widest moat in the group is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
34 Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. THR 59/100 Moderate
35 Cummins Inc. CMI 58/100 Moderate
36 Flowserve Corporation FLS 58/100 Moderate
37 Enpro Inc. NPO 56/100 Moderate
38 Crane NXT, Co. CXT 54/100 Moderate
39 Regal Rexnord Corporation RRX 54/100 Moderate
40 Twin Disc, Incorporated TWIN 51/100 Moderate
41 Graham Corporation GHM 50/100 Moderate
42 Tennant Company TNC 50/100 Developing

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How CXT scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 64 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 53 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 50 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 62 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 40 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 53 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CXT's moat

What is Crane NXT, Co.'s moat score?

Crane NXT, Co. (CXT) scores 54 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #38 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery, the top 46%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. Its strongest defense is Pricing Power (64/100) and its weakest is Resilience (40/100).

How does Crane NXT, Co. compare with other Specialty Industrial Machinery companies?

Crane NXT, Co. ranks #38 of 82 scored companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery by moat score. The widest moat in Specialty Industrial Machinery is Graco Inc. (GGG) at 86/100. The companies ranked closest are Enpro Inc. (NPO) at 56 just above it and Regal Rexnord Corporation (RRX) at 54 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 81 companies in Specialty Industrial Machinery. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Crane NXT, Co. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Crane NXT, Co.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CXT scores: Pricing Power (64), Cost Advantage (53), Customer Stickiness (50), Capital Efficiency (62), Resilience (40), Scale & Market Position (53). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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