William Blair Forecasts Graco's Q1 Earnings (NYSE:GGG)

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG - Free Report) - Analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Graco in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 29th. William Blair analyst R. Sparenblek forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.71 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Graco's current full-year earnings is $3.06 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Graco's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.80 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.76 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.20 EPS.

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

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on GGG. BNP Paribas raised Graco from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $105.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Graco from $93.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price objective 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. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Graco has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $91.50.

Graco Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:GGG traded down $0.35 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $84.26. 874,155 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 809,856. Graco has a twelve month low of $77.49 and a twelve month high of $94.77. The company has a market cap of $14.23 billion, a PE ratio of 29.88, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.84. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $85.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $84.68.

Graco Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, January 20th were issued a $0.275 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 17th. This is a boost from Graco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. This represents a $1.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.31%. Graco's dividend payout ratio is currently 39.01%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Graco

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Graco

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Graco during the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,553,000. Arizona State Retirement System boosted its holdings in shares of Graco by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Arizona State Retirement System now owns 49,066 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $4,136,000 after acquiring an additional 609 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Graco during the fourth quarter worth about $3,887,000. M&T Bank Corp increased its holdings in shares of Graco by 14.0% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 63,879 shares of the industrial products company's stock worth $5,384,000 after acquiring an additional 7,832 shares during the period. Finally, Atria Investments Inc lifted its position in Graco by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 19,229 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $1,621,000 after purchasing an additional 1,176 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 93.88% of the company's stock.

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.