Contrasting Nukkleus (NASDAQ:NUKK) and Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT)

Crane NXT (NYSE:CXT) and Nukkleus (NASDAQ:NUKK) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Crane NXT and Nukkleus”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crane NXT	$1.49 billion	2.24	$184.10 million	$2.68	21.69
Nukkleus	$5.91 million	18.20	$272.89 million	$16.39	0.39

Nukkleus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crane NXT. Nukkleus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crane NXT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Crane NXT and Nukkleus, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane NXT	0	4	2	0	2.33
Nukkleus	1	0	0	0	1.00

Crane NXT currently has a consensus price target of $74.25, indicating a potential upside of 27.74%. Given Crane NXT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Crane NXT is more favorable than Nukkleus.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

77.5% of Crane NXT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.5% of Nukkleus shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Crane NXT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of Nukkleus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Crane NXT and Nukkleus’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane NXT	9.80%	20.24%	8.67%
Nukkleus	N/A	-115.77%	923.75%

Risk and Volatility

Crane NXT has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nukkleus has a beta of -6.75, indicating that its stock price is 775% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Crane NXT beats Nukkleus on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Crane NXT

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 Crane Currency 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 software solutions. The Crane Currency segment provides advanced security solutions based on proprietary technology for securing physical products, including banknotes, consumer goods, and industrial products. Crane NXT, Co. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

About Nukkleus

Nukkleus Inc., a financial technology company, provides blockchain-enabled technology solutions worldwide. It focuses on providing software and technology solutions for retail foreign exchange trading industry. The company provides transactions platform for dealing and risk management services. It also offers cross-border payment and transactions solutions and blockchain-enabled financial services solutions to institutional investors. In addition, the company provides software, technology, customer sales and marketing, and risk management technology hardware and software solutions. Nukkleus Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.