Payment technology company Crane NXT (NYSE: CXT) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Crane NXT beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.9% last quarter, reporting revenues of $330.3 million, up 5.3% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates and a decent beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Crane NXT’s revenue to grow 3% year on year to $381.7 million, slowing from the 5.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.95 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Crane NXT has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates twice over the last two years.

Looking at Crane NXT’s peers in the tech hardware & electronics segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Mirion delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.1%, and Cognex reported revenues up 4.1%, topping estimates by 1.3%. Mirion traded down 11.1% following the results while Cognex was up 20.9%.

Read our full analysis of Mirion’s results here and Cognex’s results here.

Questions about potential tariffs and corporate tax changes have caused much volatility in 2025. While some of the tech hardware & electronics stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.1% on average over the last month. Crane NXT is up 3.4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $72.83 (compared to the current share price of $57.29).

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