Seaport Res Ptn Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Graco

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Graco in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 4th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.84. The consensus estimate for Graco's current full-year earnings is $3.07 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Graco's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.80 EPS.

GGG has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of Graco from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of Graco from $93.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Graco from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $105.00 price target on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Graco presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $91.50.

Graco Stock Down 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE GGG traded down $0.12 during trading on Friday, reaching $85.79. The company had a trading volume of 757,702 shares, compared to its average volume of 812,967. Graco has a 12-month low of $77.49 and a 12-month high of $94.77. The business's 50-day moving average is $85.12 and its 200 day moving average is $84.77. The stock has a market cap of $14.49 billion, a PE ratio of 30.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.84.

Graco (NYSE:GGG - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.77 by ($0.13). Graco had a return on equity of 19.38% and a net margin of 23.00%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in Graco by 38.2% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,063 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $164,000 after purchasing an additional 570 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Graco during the second quarter worth $985,000. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Graco by 19.4% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,861 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $250,000 after acquiring an additional 464 shares during the last quarter. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC grew its stake in Graco by 2.6% during the third quarter. Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers LLC now owns 440,878 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $38,581,000 after acquiring an additional 11,278 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. increased its holdings in Graco by 187.8% in the 3rd quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 495 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 323 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.88% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Graco

In other Graco news, insider Caroline M. Chambers sold 8,280 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.57, for a total transaction of $749,919.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 57,612 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,217,918.84. The trade was a 12.57 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Peter J. O'shea sold 18,075 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.76, for a total value of $1,604,337.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 14,516 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,288,440.16. This trade represents a 55.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 27,882 shares of company stock worth $2,492,145 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.63% of the company's stock.

Graco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 20th were issued a dividend of $0.275 per share. This represents a $1.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.28%. This is a boost from Graco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 17th. Graco's dividend payout ratio is presently 39.01%.

Graco Company Profile

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.