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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$53.32 +0.2%	$41.05	$32.34 ▼ $64.84	$6.35B	1.3	2.98 million shs	2.78 million shs
FTV Fortive	$62.71 +0.1%	$60.50	$46.34 ▼ $63.40	$19.10B	1.06	2.84 million shs	3.34 million shs
GGG Graco	$75.22 0.0%	$76.31	$73.15 ▼ $95.69	$12.49B	0.93	1.34 million shs	1.28 million shs
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$49.16 0.0%	$49.26	$35.73 ▼ $53.76	$8.20B	1.04	1.04 million shs	1.14 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	0.00%	+15.84%	+37.11%	+43.59%	-1.79%
FTV Fortive	0.00%	+1.64%	+3.55%	+11.83%	+17.65%
GGG Graco	0.00%	-1.55%	+1.81%	-11.08%	-14.95%
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	0.00%	-3.43%	+3.57%	+9.24%	+30.98%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$53.32 +0.2%	$41.05	$32.34 ▼ $64.84	$6.35B	1.3	2.98 million shs	2.78 million shs
FTV Fortive	$62.71 +0.1%	$60.50	$46.34 ▼ $63.40	$19.10B	1.06	2.84 million shs	3.34 million shs
GGG Graco	$75.22 0.0%	$76.31	$73.15 ▼ $95.69	$12.49B	0.93	1.34 million shs	1.28 million shs
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$49.16 0.0%	$49.26	$35.73 ▼ $53.76	$8.20B	1.04	1.04 million shs	1.14 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	0.00%	+15.84%	+37.11%	+43.59%	-1.79%
FTV Fortive	0.00%	+1.64%	+3.55%	+11.83%	+17.65%
GGG Graco	0.00%	-1.55%	+1.81%	-11.08%	-14.95%
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	0.00%	-3.43%	+3.57%	+9.24%	+30.98%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	2.19	Hold	$53.23	-0.16% Downside
FTV Fortive	2.00	Hold	$61.83	-1.39% Downside
GGG Graco	2.33	Hold	$94.25	25.31% Upside
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	2.56	Moderate Buy	$55.33	12.57% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ZWS, FBIN, FTV, and GGG Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/2/2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/2/2026	FTV Fortive	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$61.00 ➝ $67.00
6/30/2026	ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$59.00
6/30/2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$45.00 ➝ $70.00
6/30/2026	ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$59.00
6/16/2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C-) ➝ Sell (D+)
6/5/2026	GGG Graco	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
6/3/2026	FTV Fortive	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $59.00
5/29/2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C-)
5/22/2026	FTV Fortive	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C)
5/15/2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$42.00 ➝ $39.00

(Data available from 7/4/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$4.46B	1.43	$5.27 per share	10.12	$19.88 per share	2.68
FTV Fortive	$4.16B	4.60	$4.23 per share	14.81	$20.34 per share	3.08
GGG Graco	$2.25B	5.55	$3.67 per share	20.52	$16.05 per share	4.69
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$1.70B	4.84	$2.09 per share	23.54	$9.58 per share	5.13

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$298.80M	$2.25	23.70	14.81	3.43	6.12%	17.72%	6.40%	7/30/2026 (Estimated)
FTV Fortive	$579.20M	$1.67	37.55	19.66	N/A	12.84%	12.66%	6.98%	7/29/2026 (Estimated)
GGG Graco	$521.84M	$3.07	24.50	22.32	2.42	22.96%	18.66%	15.22%	7/22/2026 (Estimated)
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$198M	$1.24	39.64	25.87	1.94	12.26%	17.40%	10.35%	8/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ZWS, FBIN, FTV, and GGG Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$0.81	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.16 billion	N/A
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	FTV Fortive	$0.69	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.07 billion	N/A
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	GGG Graco	$0.81	N/A	N/A	N/A	$607.32 million	N/A
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$0.53	$0.53	N/A	$0.20	$1.01 billion	$1.01 billion
4/30/2026	Q1 2026	FTV Fortive	$0.64	$0.70	+$0.06	$0.44	$1.04 billion	$2.14 billion
4/22/2026	Q1 2026	GGG Graco	$0.75	$0.66	-$0.09	$0.70	$561.35 million	$540.14 million
4/21/2026	Q1 2026	ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$0.37	$0.41	+$0.04	$0.35	$418.99 million	$433.00 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	$1.04	1.95%	+0.82%	46.22%	2 Years
FTV Fortive	$0.24	0.38%	+5.57%	14.37%	2 Years
GGG Graco	$1.18	1.57%	+9.46%	38.44%	29 Years
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	$0.44	0.90%	+3.50%	35.48%	3 Years

Latest ZWS, FBIN, FTV, and GGG Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/12/2026	GGG Graco	quarterly	$0.2950	1.58%	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	8/5/2026
6/9/2026	FTV Fortive	quarterly	$0.06	0.39%	6/22/2026	6/22/2026	7/6/2026
5/4/2026	FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	quarterly	$0.26	2.76%	5/22/2026	5/22/2026	6/10/2026
4/30/2026	ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	quarterly	$0.11	0.92%	5/20/2026	5/20/2026	6/5/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	1.15	2.13	1.04
FTV Fortive	0.43	0.71	0.57
GGG Graco	N/A	3.56	2.63
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	0.31	3.24	2.11

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	87.60%
FTV Fortive	94.94%
GGG Graco	93.88%
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	83.33%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	3.32%
FTV Fortive	0.65%
GGG Graco	2.18%
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	2.40%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	10,000	119.29 million	115.33 million	Optionable
FTV Fortive	10,000	304.86 million	302.88 million	Optionable
GGG Graco	4,400	165.97 million	162.35 million	Optionable
ZWS Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor	2,600	166.87 million	162.87 million	Optionable

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Recent News About These Companies

Peregrine Capital Management LLC Sells 60,410 Shares of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

July 1 at 5:51 AM | marketbeat.com

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June 30, 2026 | zacks.com

OP Asset Management Ltd Buys Shares of 45,263 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Buys 100,090 Shares of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (NYSE:ZWS) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Analysts

June 26, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Business Insider Names Zurn Elkay Water Solutions to List of America’s High-Growth Companies 2026

June 23, 2026 | joplinglobe.comJ

Business Insider Names Zurn Elkay Water Solutions to List of America's High-Growth Companies 2026

June 23, 2026 | businesswire.com

Zurn Elkay (ZWS): Buy, sell, or hold post Q1 earnings?

June 19, 2026 | msn.com

Newsweek Names Zurn Elkay Water Solutions to List of World's Greenest Companies 2026

June 15, 2026 | businesswire.com

Brown Advisory Inc. Has $64 Million Holdings in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS Shares Acquired by Fiera Capital Corp

June 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

WINTON GROUP Ltd Buys Shares of 135,627 Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. Trims Holdings in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Norges Bank Takes Position in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Crescent Grove Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor $ZWS

June 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Announces Executive Promotions

May 27, 2026 | businesswire.com

Uvalde CISD and Zurn Elkay Announce Donation for Cleaner, Healthier, Safer Drinking Water

May 26, 2026 | businesswire.com

3 Stocks to Buy From the Growing Waste Removal Services Market

May 15, 2026 | zacks.com

Zurn Elkay Water Solns (NYSE:ZWS) Stock, Dividends

May 13, 2026 | benzinga.com

Zurn Water Solutions Announces Leadership Transition and Governance Votes

May 1, 2026 | tipranks.com

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

April 30, 2026 | businesswire.com

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Fortune Brands Innovations NYSE:FBIN

$53.32 +0.10 (+0.18%)

Closing price 07/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$53.21 -0.10 (-0.19%)

As of 07/2/2026 07:01 PM Eastern

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. provides home and security products for residential home repair, remodeling, new construction, and security applications in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Water, Outdoors, and Security. The Water segment manufactures or assembles, and sells faucets, accessories, kitchen sinks, and waste disposals under the Moen, ROHL, Riobel, Victoria+Albert, Perrin & Rowe, Aqualisa, Shaws, Emtek, and Schaub brands. The Outdoors segment manufactures and sells fiberglass and steel entry door systems under the Therma-Tru brand; storm, screen, and security doors under the Larson brand; composite decking, railing, and cladding under the Fiberon brand; and urethane millwork under the Fypon brand. The Security segment manufactures, sources, and distributes locks, safety and security devices, and electronic security products under the Master Lock, American Lock, Yale, and August brands; and fire-resistant safes, security containers, and commercial cabinets under the SentrySafe brand. The company sells its products through various sales channels, including kitchen and bath dealers, wholesalers oriented toward builders or professional remodelers, industrial and locksmith distributors, do-it-yourself remodeling-oriented home centers, showrooms, e-commerce, and other retail outlets. Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

Fortive NYSE:FTV

$62.70 +0.06 (+0.09%)

Closing price 07/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$62.56 -0.14 (-0.23%)

As of 07/2/2026 05:54 PM Eastern

Fortive Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and services professional and engineered products, software, and services in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Intelligent Operating Solutions, Precision Technologies, and Advanced Healthcare Solutions. The Intelligent Operating Solutions segment provides advanced instrumentation, software, and services, including electrical test and measurement, facility and asset lifecycle software applications, and connected worker safety and compliance solutions for manufacturing, process industries, healthcare, utilities and power, communications and electronics, and other industries. This segment markets its products and services under the ACCRUENT, FLUKE, GORDIAN, INDUSTRIAL SCIENTIFIC, INTELEX, PRUFTECHNIK, and SERVICECHANNEL brands. The Precision Technologies segment offers electrical test and measurement, sensing and material technologies for industrial, power and energy, automotive, medical equipment, food and beverage, aerospace and defense, semiconductor, and other general industries under the ANDERSON-NEGELE, GEMS, SETRA, HENGSTLER-DYNAPAR, QUALITROL, PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC, KEITHLEY, and TEKTRONIX brand names. The Advanced Healthcare Solutions segment provides critical workflow solutions comprising instrument sterilization, instrument tracking, design and manufacture of cell therapy equipment, biomedical test tools, radiation detection and safety monitoring, and end-to-end clinical productivity software and solutions under the ASP, CENSIS, CENSITRAC, EVOTECH, FLUKE BIOMEDICAL, INVETECH, LANDAUER, PROVATION, RAYSAFE, and STERRAD brands. Fortive Corporation was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Everett, Washington.

Graco NYSE:GGG

$75.22 -0.02 (-0.03%)

Closing price 07/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$75.22 +0.01 (+0.01%)

As of 07/2/2026 05:54 PM Eastern

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.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor NYSE:ZWS

$49.16 -0.01 (-0.01%)

Closing price 07/2/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$49.17 +0.02 (+0.03%)

As of 07/2/2026 07:32 PM Eastern

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation engages in design, procurement, manufacture, and marketing of water management solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It offers water safety and control products, such as backflow preventers, fire system valves, pressure reducing valves, thermostatic mixing valves, PEX pipings, fittings, and installation tools under the Zurn and Wilkins brand names. The company also provides flow systems products comprising point drains, hydrants, fixture carrier systems, chemical drainage systems; and interceptors and separators, acid neutralization systems, and remote monitoring systems under the Zurn and Green Turtle brands. In addition, it develops, manufactures, and markets remote tank monitoring devices, alarms, software, and services. Further, the company offers sensor-operated flush valves under the AquaSense, Aquaflush, and AquaVantage brands; heavy-duty commercial faucets under the AquaSpec brand; water conserving fixtures under the EcoVantage and Zurn One brands; stainless steel products under the Just Manufacturing brand name, which include stainless steel sinks and plumbing fixtures, and various types of sinks, as well as drinking water dispensing and filtration products under the Elkay and Halsey Taylor brands. It distributes to institutional, commercial, waterworks, and residential end markets through independent sales representatives, plumbing wholesalers, and industry-specific distributors in the waterworks, foodservice, industrial, janitorial, sanitation, and sitework industries. The company was formerly known as Zurn Water Solutions Corporation and changed its name to Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation in July 2022. Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation was incorporated in 1892 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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