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Graco (GGG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$81.43 +0.93 (+1.16%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$81.31 -0.13 (-0.15%)
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About Graco Stock (NYSE:GGG)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$79.72
$81.48
50-Day Range
$73.92
$87.60
52-Week Range
$72.06
$92.86
Volume
1.23 million shs
Average Volume
903,024 shs
Market Capitalization
$13.69 billion
P/E Ratio
28.88
Dividend Yield
1.35%
Price Target
$93.00
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors. The Industrial segment provides liquid finishing equipment, paint circulating and supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, plural component coating proportioners, and accessories and spare parts; equipment that pumps, meters, mixes and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; and gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions. It also offers powder finishing products to coat powder finishing on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The Process segment provides pumps to move and dispense chemicals, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; pressure valves used in the oil and natural gas industry, other industrial processes, and research facilities; and chemical injection pumping solutions for injection of chemicals into producing oil wells and pipelines. It also supplies pumps, hose reels, meters, valves, and accessories for fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators in industrial and commercial equipment, compressors, turbines, and on- and off-road vehicles. It sells its products through distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and home center channels, as well as to end-users. The company was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Graco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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78th Percentile Overall Score

GGG MarketRank™: 

Graco scored higher than 78% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 58th out of 180 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Graco has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Graco has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Graco's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Graco are expected to grow by 5.88% in the coming year, from $3.06 to $3.24 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Graco is 28.74, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.75.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Graco is 28.74, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 20.54.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Graco has a PEG Ratio of 2.85. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Graco has a P/B Ratio of 5.31. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.26% of the float of Graco has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Graco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Graco has recently increased by 2.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Graco pays a meaningful dividend of 1.40%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Graco has been increasing its dividend for 29 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Graco is 39.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Graco will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.95% next year. This indicates that Graco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Graco's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.26% of the float of Graco has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Graco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Graco has recently increased by 2.96%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    Graco has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 25 news articles for Graco this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for GGG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 2 people have added Graco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Graco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 2.19% of the stock of Graco is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    93.88% of the stock of Graco is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Graco's insider trading history.
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GGG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Graco's stock was trading at $84.29 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, GGG stock has decreased by 3.8% and is now trading at $81.0450.
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Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.68 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $528.28 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $526.98 million. Graco had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.38% and a net margin of 23.00%.
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Shares of Graco split on Thursday, December 28th 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, December 8th 2017. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, December 27th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Graco subsidiaries include Smith Manufacturing, Geotechnical Instruments (U.K.) Limited, Multimaq-Pistolas e Equipamentos Para Pintura Ltda., Graco High Pressure Equipment Inc., White Knight Fluid Handling Inc., GeoBlaster Equipment Sales & Services Inc., Alco Valves Group, and others.

Top institutional shareholders of Graco include Fenimore Asset Management Inc (0.65%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.41%), Canoe Financial LP (0.37%) and Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (0.27%). Insiders that own company stock include David M Lowe, Mark W Sheahan, David M Ahlers, Caroline M Chambers, Timothy R White, Jody H Feragen, Eric Etchart, Jeffrey P Johnson, David J Thompson, Christian E Rothe, Claudio Merengo, J Kevin Gilligan, Peter J O'shea, Angela F Wordell, Kathryn L Schoenrock, Anthony J Gargano and Sant R William Van.
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Shares of GGG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Graco investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Adobe (ADBE) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 2/5 Dividend
1/17/2025
Record date for 2/5 Dividend
1/20/2025
Dividend Payable
2/05/2025
Record date for 5/7 Dividend
4/14/2025
Ex-Dividend for 5/7 Dividend
4/14/2025
Last Earnings
4/23/2025
Today
4/25/2025
Dividend Payable
5/07/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Pumps & pumping equipment
Sub-Industry
Industrial Machinery
Current Symbol
NYSE:GGG
Employees
4,000
Year Founded
1926

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$93.00
High Stock Price Target
$105.00
Low Stock Price Target
$85.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+14.6%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.40
Research Coverage
5 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
28.77
Forward P/E Ratio
26.53
P/E Growth
2.85
Net Income
$486.08 million
Pretax Margin
27.88%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.11 billion
Cash Flow
$3.10 per share
Price / Cash Flow
26.23
Book Value
$15.25 per share
Price / Book
5.32

Miscellaneous

Free Float
165,036,000
Market Cap
$13.65 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.92

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This page (NYSE:GGG) was last updated on 4/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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