Industrial conglomerate Crane (NYSE: CR) will be reporting earnings this Monday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know.

Crane beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $589.2 million, up 7.5% year on year. It was an exceptional quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ adjusted operating income estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Crane’s revenue to grow 4.8% year on year to $570 million, slowing from the 12.3% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.41 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Crane has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Crane’s peers in the industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. GE Aerospace delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 17.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 13.9%, and 3M reported revenues up 3.7%, topping estimates by 1.5%. GE Aerospace traded down 7.7% following the results while 3M was also down 7.1%.

Read our full analysis of GE Aerospace’s results here and 3M’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial machinery segment, with share prices up 8.3% on average over the last month. Crane is up 8.8% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $213.17 (compared to the current share price of $204.00).

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