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Size Craneware (CRW.L) is a United Kingdom Information Technology company (Packaged Software) with a market value of $467M, the 303rd largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £1,020 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.8%, against -16.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 3.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.0%); the operating margin is 13.7% (peer median 7.8%).
Valuation It trades at 17.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 24.5× (5th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +22%, so the hurdle is -19 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 0.1 points above its cost of capital (6.7% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 8 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | £153M | £153M | £159M | £150M | £145M |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | +6% | +4% | — |
| Gross profit | £103M | £103M | £112M | £102M | £96.7M |
| EBITDA | £46.7M | £46.7M | £46.0M | £42.7M | £43.1M |
| Net income | £14.7M | £14.7M | £15.2M | £9.30M | £7.68M |
| Free cash flow | £31.3M | £31.4M | £45.3M | £29.5M | £76.4M |
| Capital expenditure | £12.9M | £12.9M | £11.9M | £13.5M | £12.9M |
| Total debt | n/a | £35.1M | £23.1M | £31.8M | £68.2M |
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| Measure | CRW.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.7% | -1.1% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -31.8% | -16.4% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -54.3% | -36.0% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -3.5% | +9.0% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 7.8% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 17.2× | 24.5× | 5th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 2.9% | 18.9% | 2nd least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +22.2% | +8.4% | highest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -19.4 pp | +0.3 pp | least demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +0.1 pp | -9.1 pp | 6th highest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.3× | 9.4× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.1× | -0.5× | 4th most indebted of 11 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craneware CRW.L | United Kingdom | $467M | -32% | -3% | 14% | 17.2× | 2.9% | +22.2% |
| Gravity Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR GRVY | United States | $467M | +3% | -2% | 16% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| AMTD Digital, Inc. Sponsored ADR HKD | United States | $468M | -15% | +22% | 27% | n/a | 48.8% | +18.5% |
| Equasens EQS.PA | France | $468M | -25% | +9% | 21% | 9.4× | -6.4% | +6.6% |
| Unisound AI Technology 9678.HK | Hong Kong | $470M | -84% | +40% | -18% | 24.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Hennge K.k 4475.T | Japan | $471M | +132% | +19% | 17% | 40.3× | 21.7% | +21.3% |
| Tangel Culture 300148.SZ | China | $472M | -8% | +9% | 9% | n/a | 25.6% | -7.4% |
| GB Group PLC GBG.L | United Kingdom | $472M | -29% | +1% | 11% | 8.7× | 4.6% | +5.5% |
| China Post Technology 688648.SS | China | $474M | -33% | +52% | -7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kaiser (China) Culture 002425.SZ | China | $461M | -10% | -3% | -53% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| GREE Holdings.Inc 3632.T | Japan | $475M | +20% | -10% | 8% | 24.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Japan Business Systems 5036.T | Japan | $477M | +16% | +25% | 4% | 10.6× | n/a | n/a |
| NEXON Games 225570.KS | South Korea | $457M | -18% | -31% | -26% | 24.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Koal Software 603232.SS | China | $479M | -26% | -18% | -33% | 68.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Datamatics Global Services DATAMATICS.NS | India | $453M | -12% | +11% | 16% | 15.5× | 10.8% | +11.6% |
| Nuix NXL.AX | Australia | $452M | +37% | +19% | 12% | 25.6× | 23.0% | +8.4% |
| Beijing ABT Networks 688168.SS | China | $485M | -52% | -73% | -33% | 110.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Dareway Intelligent Technology 688579.SS | China | $450M | -26% | -21% | -2% | 44.1× | 18.9% | +0.9% |
| Braiin BRAI | United States | $447M | -70% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| BOKU BOKU.L | United Kingdom | $490M | -29% | +10% | 9% | 19.3× | 9.1% | +17.3% |
| Zhengzhou Jiean Hi-tech 300845.SZ | China | $444M | +5% | +6% | 7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |