Crane NXT (CXT) Earnings: Q3 2026 Results

The quarter ended September 30, 2026 and Crane NXT published the results on November 4, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Crane NXT reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and Adjusted EPS, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Crane NXT took full control of Antares Vision on March 31, 2026, and reports it in the Detection and Traceability Technologies segment, so Q3 2026 includes $50.0 million of acquired sales that Q3 2025 does not.
• Detection and Traceability Technologies is the segment Crane NXT's 2025 Form 10-K called Crane Payment Innovations (CPI).

Source: Crane NXT Q3 2026 results, November 4, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Crane NXT splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 2026 against Q3 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Crane NXT's Security and Authentication Technologies revenue was $244 million in Q3 2026, up 6% from $229 million in Q3 2025, 49% of total revenue.
• Crane NXT's Detection and Traceability Technologies revenue was $254 million in Q3 2026, up 17% from $216 million in Q3 2025, 51% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

Crane NXT's guidance table now calls for 2026 sales growth of about 14% (prior: +15% to +17%), SAT segment sales growth of about 11%, DTT segment sales growth in the high teens (prior: low 20s), an adjusted EBITDA margin of about 24% and adjusted EPS of $4.32 to $4.42 (prior: $4.22 to $4.42). Crane NXT gives no GAAP EPS forecast.

In its Q3 2026 release, Crane NXT said:

“Raised the midpoint of full-year adjusted EPS guidance and narrowed the range, while updating our full-year sales outlook.”

“The Company is updating its full year guidance that was previously provided on August 5, 2026.”

“We are also raising the midpoint of our full-year adjusted EPS guidance.”

Source: Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Nov 4, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the CXT forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

Net sales and GAAP diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release.

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• Q3 2026 (this page), reported Nov 4, 2026

Crane NXT reports two segments. In Q3 2026 Security and Authentication Technologies (SAT) had net sales of $243.5 million and Detection and Traceability Technologies (DTT) $253.6 million, for a total of $497.1 million, up 11.7% from $445.1 million. Organic sales grew 1.1%, acquisitions added $50.0 million and foreign exchange took away $2.9 million. (Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

SAT sells banknotes and security products (Crane Currency) and brand authentication products. Banknotes and Security Products sales rose 5.8% to $177.9 million, which the 10-Q put down to organic growth of $11.2 million from higher volumes in international markets, partly offset by a weaker euro and Swedish krona. Authentication Products and Solutions sales rose 8.3% to $65.6 million. Crane NXT warns that SAT results vary with the timing and size of central bank contract awards, particularly with the U.S. government. (Crane NXT Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026; Crane NXT Form 10-K, 2025, Feb 26, 2026)

DTT sales rose 17.2% to $253.6 million: Antares Vision added $50.0 million, while organic sales fell $11.5 million, or 5.3%. Within DTT, Detection and Inspection Products and Solutions sales rose 13.0% to $204.8 million, with an organic decline of $12.1 million that the 10-Q attributes to lower volumes in CPI hardware and vending. Detection and Inspection Services revenue rose 39.4% to $48.8 million, of which $13.2 million of the increase came from Antares Vision. (Crane NXT Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026; Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Crane NXT acquired De La Rue Authentication Solutions on May 1, 2025, for $391.1 million, and completed a multi-phase purchase of Antares Vision, an Italian maker of inspection systems and track and trace software, on March 31, 2026, for total consideration of $416.9 million. Net sales by destination outside the U.S. were 50% of Crane NXT's total in 2025. (Crane NXT Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026; Crane NXT Form 10-K, 2025, Feb 26, 2026)

Crane NXT's GAAP diluted EPS fell to $0.66 from $0.87 in Q3 2026, while its Adjusted EPS stayed at $1.28 in both years. Adjusted EPS excludes acquired intangible asset amortization of $25.6 million ($0.44 a share), acquisition related adjustments of $9.9 million ($0.17), restructuring and related costs of $6.2 million ($0.11) and transaction related expenses of $5.1 million ($0.09), less tax adjustments of $11.1 million ($0.19). (Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

The GAAP decline sits in DTT, where operating profit fell $25.0 million to $35.7 million because of amortization from the Antares Vision acquisition, lower volumes and unfavorable mix, partly offset by pricing net of inflation and cost savings. Interest expense rose to $19.9 million from $16.2 million. Crane NXT funded the Antares Vision purchase with a Term Loan B. (Crane NXT Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026; Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

Average diluted shares were 58.1 million against 58.0 million a year earlier, and Crane NXT made no open-market share repurchases in the quarter. The effective tax rate was 20.4%, down from 23.6%, which the 10-Q attributes to the mix of non-U.S. earnings. (Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026; Crane NXT Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Nov 4, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Crane NXT updates a full-year guidance table in each release. On November 4, 2026 it lowered 2026 sales growth to about 14% from +15% to +17%, and cut DTT segment sales growth to the high teens from the low 20s, while SAT segment sales growth is now about 11%. It raised the bottom of its Adjusted EPS range, which is now $4.32 to $4.42 against $4.22 to $4.42 before. (Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

The same table keeps an adjusted EBITDA margin of about 24%, an adjusted tax rate of about 21.5% and about 58 million diluted shares, and narrows non-operating expense to about $75-$80 million. Crane NXT gives no GAAP EPS outlook and says a reconciliation of forward-looking adjusted EPS is not available without unreasonable efforts. (Crane NXT Q3 2026 release, Nov 4, 2026)

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