Ratio Examination: Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Carpenter Technology Corp (NYSE: CRS) closed at $310.45 down -0.42% from its previous closing price of $311.75. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.42 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.69 million shares were traded. CRS stock price reached its highest trading level at $314.98 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $306.53.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Carpenter Technology Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 74.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 57.41. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.37 and its Current Ratio is at 4.44. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.

On November 22, 2024, JP Morgan started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $220.JP Morgan initiated its Overweight rating on November 22, 2024, with a $220 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 26 ’25 when SOCCI ELIZABETH A sold 3,900 shares for $321.25 per share. The transaction valued at 1,252,860 led to the insider holds 9,594 shares of the business.

ELIZABETH SOCCI bought 3,900 shares of CRS for $1,252,860 on Nov 26 ’25. On Nov 21 ’25, another insider, Younessi Ramin, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,300 shares for $307.19 each. As a result, the insider received 399,347 and left with 2,924 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CRS now has a Market Capitalization of 15475962880 and an Enterprise Value of 15962452992. As of this moment, Carpenter’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 37.98, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 26.53. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.75. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 8.08. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.517 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.715.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for CRS is 1.29, which has changed by 0.5998666 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12415576 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CRS has reached a high of $342.11, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $138.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.01%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 27.77%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, CRS has traded an average of 909.28K shares per day and 763560 over the past ten days. A total of 49.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 47.39M. Insiders hold about 4.89% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.41% stake in the company. Shares short for CRS as of 1763078400 were 2436797 with a Short Ratio of 2.68, compared to 1760486400 on 3118729. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2436797 and a Short% of Float of 5.04.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CRS is 0.80, from 0.8 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0025661588. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.46. The current Payout Ratio is 10.79% for CRS, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-10-21 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-10-21. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2007-11-16 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

Currently, 5.0 analysts are dedicated to thoroughly evaluating and rating the performance of Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.56, with high estimates of $2.6 and low estimates of $2.46.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $10.3 and $9.85 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $10.12. EPS for the following year is $11.33, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $12.65 and $8.37.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 3 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $733.76M this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $742.7M to a low estimate of $721.57M. As of. The current estimate, Carpenter Technology Corp’s year-ago sales were $676.9MFor the next quarter, 3 analysts are estimating revenue of $794.6M. There is a high estimate of $810.1M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $771.71M.

A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CRS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.15B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.01B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.08B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.88BBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.39B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.54B and the low estimate is $3.26B.