Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II (CRAN) Stock Analysis

Price updated 3 days ago · SEC data refreshed 3 months ago · Not investment advice

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II

CRAN Financial Services SPACs📄 SEC filings ↗
Valuation N/A
▾ What's in the 32/100 risk score? (higher = riskier)
Fundamental health (43%) 20/100 → +8.6
leverage 20/100
Smart money (short interest + insider buying) (31%) 48/100 → +15.1
Macro backdrop (VIX, curve, credit, fear/greed + week-over-week momentum) (26%) 33/100 → +8.5
Total32/100

Contributions (weight × component score) sum to the total. This near-term score now includes fundamental health (leverage, FCF trend). See the Financial Health section for the full balance-sheet read.

💵 Price $10.14 · 3 days ago 📄 Financials SEC EDGAR · refreshed 3 months ago

How to read CRAN (pre-profit growth)

This company is reinvesting instead of generating profit, so a standard DCF cannot price it. The useful question is whether the growth the market is paying for is achievable — and whether the company can fund itself until then.

Where to start — the sections that matter most for this stock
  1. 1 Reverse-DCF — the growth the price demands ↓
    It shows exactly how fast the business must grow to justify today's price. Compare that to what comparable companies have actually achieved.
  2. 2 Cash runway ↓
    Can it reach profitability before it has to raise money and dilute shareholders?
  3. 3 Interactive calculator ↓
    Set your own growth + margin assumptions and see what the business would be worth if you are right.
Or — what are you trying to decide?
A note on process: fear-driven decisions — including fear of missing out — tend to be the expensive ones. A stock up 10% a day for three days is excitement, not evidence. Whichever reader you are, the data below is there to be checked before anything is decided.
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"It's surging — should I chase it?"
The momentum / FOMO trade. Before you chase, see whether the people who know it best are quietly selling into the rally.
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"Is it a cheap bargain?"
The deep-value trade. How far below assets and our value it trades — and whether it's cheap for a reason.
ⓘ CRAN is a thinly-disclosed company trading over-the-counter

It files little or nothing with the SEC — so our cash-flow models, financial statements, and U.S. insider data (Form 4) don't apply. What's still real: the live U.S. price and short positioning. Here's what we could pull from other sources:

📑 Read the real filings: latest SEC 10-Q ↗

Identity, share count and tier from FINRA + OTC Markets; not a substitute for the home-market financial statements. Thin U.S. disclosure + OTC trading is itself a risk factor.

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Riskier than 68% of the stocks we cover

A model trained on every US filing since 2012 — including the 823 companies that went bankrupt or stopped trading under a dollar — ranks each covered stock by its chance of failing in the next year. This is a position among peers, not a prediction about this company alone. Below is what happened to stocks that sat in the same position in past years.

Below average · rank 69 of 100 (band: next 25% (50-75))
Of the stocks in this band in past years, 0.2% went bankrupt within 12 months — 0.3× the average across all covered stocks (0.59%) and 1.4× the Finance average (0.13%). Within Finance it ranks 83 of 100. 0.5% lost 80% or more of their value within a year. 2.1% fell 50% or more within six months.
▾ Every band, and what happened to the stocks in it
Rank band went bankrupt within 12 monthsfell 80% or more (or failed) within 12 monthsfell 50% or more (or failed) within 6 months
All covered stocks (average) 0.59% 4.21% 8.51%
Finance (sector average) 0.13% 1.25% 3.09%
riskiest 1% 16.4% of 1,749 33.0% of 1,998 45.5% of 2,239
next 2% (97-99) 5.9% of 3,360 24.9% of 3,985 38.2% of 4,461
next 2% (95-97) 3.4% of 3,409 21.2% of 3,984 33.8% of 4,462
next 5% (90-95) 1.6% of 8,443 15.1% of 9,965 27.3% of 11,155
next 15% (75-90) 0.8% of 25,328 8.5% of 29,884 17.8% of 33,459
next 25% (50-75) ← this stock 0.2% of 36,310 2.7% of 49,810 6.2% of 55,771
safest half <0.1% of 92,256 0.5% of 99,617 2.1% of 111,538

Counts are stock-quarters 2012–2025, scored each year by a model that had not seen that year. The rank is recomputed from each company's latest filing (this one: 2026-05-13); table generated 2026-09-17. Calibrated one-year odds for this stock alone: bankruptcy 0.2%, 80%+ fall 0.5%, 50%+ fall in six months 1.8% — treat these as rougher than the band counts; the model overstates the middle of the range.

What this is not. It is not a trade. We tested shorting these names and buying puts on them at real option prices (2010–2025): every version lost money, because the market already prices the distress and the survivors squeeze. A high rank is a reason to read the filings and to size a position for the chance of a total loss — not a reason to bet against the company. A low rank says the balance sheet and the market are calm; it says nothing about whether the price is sensible.

Checking filings for failure warnings…

How to read a company this small

This is a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) or blank-check entity. There's no operating business yet — it's a pool of cash looking for a target to merge with.

✅ What actually drives value for this kind of company
  • Cash in trust per share — typically $10.00 at IPO, slowly accrues interest
  • Sponsor reputation and track record
  • Time remaining to find a target (usually 18-24 months)
  • Announced target (if any) and the proposed deal structure
  • Warrant terms — usually 1/2 to 1/4 warrant per share at $11.50 strike
❌ Metrics that DON'T apply (ignore these even if you see them below)

All operating metrics — there are no operations. Revenue, FCF, EBITDA are all near zero or sponsor expenses.

📚 Where to actually look

SEC filings for the S-1 prospectus. Recent 8-K filings for target announcements. SPACInsider for sponsor track records.

Classified as SPAC / Blank-Check Company (confidence 95%). Disagree? An admin can override via the post edit screen.

Quality & solvency checks

Cheap stocks can be cheap for a reason. These screens warn when a low valuation comes paired with structural fragility.

Altman Z-Score?Altman Z-Score — A bankruptcy-risk score combining 5 financial ratios into one number. Predictive of bankruptcy within 2 years.
Why it matters: Cheap-looking stocks (low P/E or P/B) often have low Z-scores because the market knows the company is dying. Z-score warns you before you fall into a value trap.
Reference: > 3.0 = safe zone · 1.81–3.0 = grey zone · < 1.81 = distress zone
Full explanation →
Not available for this filer

The Z-score needs working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, sales and total assets from the latest balance sheet, and at least one of those isn't reported in machine-readable form here — common for foreign private issuers. We leave it blank rather than compute a distress verdict from an estimated input. It doesn't affect the reported figures in the financial tables below.

Piotroski F-Score?Piotroski F-Score — A 9-point quality checklist scoring profitability, leverage, and operating efficiency.
Why it matters: High score = fundamentals improving. Low score = deteriorating. Especially powerful for filtering cheap stocks: cheap + high F-score historically outperforms; cheap + low F-score is often a value trap.
Reference: 7–9 = strong · 4–6 = mediocre · 0–3 = weak
Full explanation →
Not available for this filer

The F-score compares two consecutive years of income, cash-flow and balance-sheet data. We have 0 years of income data for this filer, but no machine-readable cash-flow statement — so several of the nine checks have no input at all. We show nothing rather than score a partial year against itself. The reported figures in the financial tables below are unaffected.

Price$10.14
Model IVNot applicable — DCF couldn't price this stock. The other valuation lenses on this page (reverse-DCF, peers, sector lens — whichever apply to this filer) carry the read instead.

A standard discounted cash flow?DCF — Discounted Cash Flow — sums up all future cash a business will produce, adjusted for the fact that future dollars are worth less than dollars today.
Why it matters: It is the most fundamentally honest valuation method when applicable — but only works for companies with predictable, positive cash flow.
Reference: Best for: mature, profitable businesses. Fails for: pre-profit growth, banks, REITs.
Full explanation →
(DCF) valuation is not meaningful for Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II because it is a SPAC, which typically has no operating history or cash flow, as indicated by the 'FCF?Free Cash Flow (FCF) — Operating cash flow minus capital spending: cash left after a company covers operating costs, taxes and interest and reinvests in the business — but BEFORE repaying debt principal or paying dividends. The cash actually available to investors.
Why it matters: A company can show big profits on paper while burning through cash. FCF is what actually fills the bank account.
Reference: Healthy mature businesses convert 8–15% of revenue into FCF · Growth companies often negative
Full explanation →
negative' health signal. Valuing a SPAC requires assessing the potential target acquisition and its future prospects, rather than current financials. Investors are betting on the management team's ability to identify and successfully merge with a promising private company. The number one quantifiable risk is the 'Franchise/durability score 0/5', indicating no established business or competitive advantage yet.

⚠️ FCF negative: revenue/margin growth model projects future cash flows from revenue trajectory.

As of 3 months ago

Anatomy of a share

What you're buying per share. Bars are at the same scale so you can see the relative size of revenue, costs, cash flow, and debt — not just read them in a table.

Per-share economics aren't reliable for this filer. Its income statement or share count isn't fully reported to SEC EDGAR (common for foreign private issuers and thinly-disclosed OTC names), so we don't break it down per share here — the figures would be misleading. See the financial tables below for what is reported.

What you actually need to decide

Every stock price is a disagreement. Here's the single thing that must go right for the bulls, the single thing that breaks the thesis, and the concrete signposts to watch so you can update your view as real results arrive.

🐻 The Bear Case
The biggest fundamental risk is the failure to complete a suitable business combination within the allotted timeframe, leading to liquidation and return of capital, as implied by the 'Franchise/durability score 0/5' and lack of an operating business.
📌 Signposts to watch — update your view as these print
  • Announcement of a definitive agreement for a business combination
  • Shareholder vote on the proposed merger
  • Completion of the de-SPAC transaction and listing of the combined entity

Management & Leadership

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). As a SPAC, it does not have traditional operating executives in the same way a mature company does. The leadership typically consists of a board and sponsors focused on identifying a target company for acquisition. Limited executive data available.

What They Make

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. It does not currently have any products or services.

End Markets

Target acquisition marketPrivate company M&APublic market access for private companies

Revenue Drivers

Future revenue of acquired company
Investment returns on trust assets
Beta: 0.55

Why Is It Priced Like This?

Why Customers Pay

Provides a path to public markets for private companies
Offers investors exposure to a future, yet-to-be-identified growth company
Managed by experienced sponsors seeking an acquisition target
No discounted-cash-flow value for this filer No machine-readable cash-flow statement in this filer's EDGAR submissions — common for foreign private issuers (20-F/6-K). That makes a discounted-cash-flow valuation impossible: there is no free cash flow to discount. It does not affect the income-statement or balance-sheet figures below.

What we use instead: book value (P/B) — computed from the figures this company does report, shown in the sections below. Those numbers are unaffected by the missing cash-flow data.

The market prices CRAN based on the expectation of a future business combination, rather than current cash flow, as indicated by 'FCF?Free Cash Flow (FCF) — Operating cash flow minus capital spending: cash left after a company covers operating costs, taxes and interest and reinvests in the business — but BEFORE repaying debt principal or paying dividends. The cash actually available to investors.
Why it matters: A company can show big profits on paper while burning through cash. FCF is what actually fills the bank account.
Reference: Healthy mature businesses convert 8–15% of revenue into FCF · Growth companies often negative
Full explanation →
negative' and 'Model implies no positive equity value'. The market may be assigning value to the sponsor team's reputation and ability to identify a high-growth private company for acquisition, which is not in the model. The 'Franchise/durability score 0/5' reflects the lack of an operating business, making future growth prospects the primary focus.

Business Model & Valuation

How They Make Money

Raising capital through an initial public offering (IPO)
Seeking and identifying a suitable private company for acquisition
Completing a business combination with the target company

As a SPAC, it funds itself through its initial public offering and holds proceeds in a trust account, with no dividends or buybacks currently.

Growth / Revenue DCF

No cash flow statement data available - using revenue/margin growth model as fallback.

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Revenue Growth15.0%

What this model does NOT do: this is a consolidated owner-earnings FCF model. Standalone segment assumptions: none. It does not project net interest income and fee-income lines independently; their combined effect is embedded in the historical revenue and cash-flow trend the model extrapolates. The calculator above can only approximate a segment's impact through the single consolidated growth rate — it cannot model any one line separately. For a true segment-level view, build a separate model from the company's segment disclosures.

Maturity & Competitive Position

Growth / re-investment phase

Moat Signals

Sponsor team's experience and network
Access to capital markets for future target
Flexibility in target selection criteria

Geography & Markets

Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II is a US-based SPAC, primarily focused on identifying acquisition targets globally, though exact geographic focus for a potential target is not specified in current filings.

Geographic Risks

Risk of not finding a suitable acquisition target within the specified timeframe
Regulatory changes impacting SPAC transactions

Market Signals

These are timing signals, not value signals — they describe the stock's recent price behavior, not what the business is worth. Use them for the "the thesis looks good, but is now the moment?" question. Each tile below explains what it's saying.

Model neutral, tape neutral - aligned.
RSI?RSI — Relative Strength Index — a 0-100 momentum gauge. Above 70 = overbought; below 30 = oversold.
Why it matters: Short-term contrarian indicator. Extreme readings often precede mean reversion, though not always.
Reference: 30–70 normal · >70 overbought · <30 oversold
Full explanation →
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56.9NeutralMomentum is balanced — neither overbought nor oversold.
MACD?MACD — Moving Average Convergence Divergence — compares a fast and a slow price trend to gauge momentum direction.
Why it matters: When the fast line crosses above the slow line, short-term momentum is turning up; below, turning down. A timing cue, not a value signal.
Reference: Line above signal = bullish momentum · below = bearish
Full explanation →
BearishLine below signalThe fast trend is below the slow trend — short-term momentum is currently downward.
50-Day Average$9.97Price above (+1.7%)Price above its 50-day average = near-term uptrend.

Technicals describe price, not the business. A great company can have a "bearish" tape (a buying chance) and a weak one a "bullish" tape (a trap). Pair these with the valuation and health sections above.

Data Quality & Risk Flags (8 notes — click to expand/collapse)

Guardrail Notes (8)
  • FCF negative: revenue/margin growth model projects future cash flows from revenue trajectory.
  • INVARIANT: weighted IV is non-positive. Model may not be appropriate.
  • Model implies no positive equity value under these assumptions. Valuation is speculative/low-confidence.
  • Shares from unknown — per-share values may be less accurate.
  • Illiquidity discount 25% applied (small/micro-cap — harder to exit, demand a margin).
  • Shares/market cap missing or defaulted; per-share valuation unreliable.
  • Shares defaulted to 1; IV is NOT meaningful — treat as data-unavailable.
  • DATA UNAVAILABLE: per-share values suppressed due to missing/unreliable shares data.

Financial Statements (5-year tables — click to expand)

From Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II's SEC filings (EDGAR).

Balance Sheet

Total Assets347.9M
Total Liabilities14.8M
Equity-12.4M
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Methodology by Pouyan Golshani, MD — founder of Gighz. Savng was built by a physician for busy professionals: every number on this page comes from SEC filings (EDGAR) and FINRA data through transparent, rules-based models — no analyst opinions, no hidden inputs. How we calculate every number →
⚠️ Not investment advice. Automated model outputs, last refreshed May 30, 2026 (the analysis-refresh date, not the latest filing period). All models have blind spots. Full disclaimer →
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