NYSE:GFFGriffon Stock Price, Forecast & News

Griffon's stock was trading at $14.37 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GFF stock has increased by 69.5% and is now trading at $24.36.
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2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Griffon in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Griffon is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 11th 2020.
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Griffon Co. (NYSE:GFF) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The conglomerate reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.46. The conglomerate earned $632.06 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $548.10 million. Griffon had a net margin of 2.13% and a return on equity of 14.05%.
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Griffon announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.075 per share on Thursday, September 17th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.23%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Griffon's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Griffon's share price to reach $24.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.5%.
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News headlines about GFF stock have trended neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Griffon earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.
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Griffon saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,200,000 shares, an increase of 20.8% from the January 15th total of 2,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 251,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 12.7 days. Approximately 8.1% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Griffon trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GFF."

Griffon's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.70%), Strs Ohio (0.33%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.22%), Swiss National Bank (0.15%), Comerica Bank (0.10%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.08%). Company insiders that own Griffon stock include Brian G Harris, Kevin F Sullivan, Ronald J Kramer, Seth L Kaplan and W Christopher Durborow.
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GFF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Russell Investments Group Ltd., State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Texas Permanent School Fund, and PNC Financial Services Group Inc..
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GFF stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Strs Ohio, First Trust Advisors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Comerica Bank, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have bought Griffon stock in the last two years include Brian G Harris, Kevin F Sullivan, Ronald J Kramer, Seth L Kaplan, and W Christopher Durborow.
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Shares of GFF can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GFF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $24.36.

Griffon has a market capitalization of $1.16 billion and generates $2.21 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $37.29 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.08 on an earnings per share basis. Griffon employs 3,700 workers across the globe.

The official website for Griffon is www.griffon.com.

Griffon's mailing address is 712 FIFTH AVENUE 18th Floor, NEW YORK NY, 10019. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 212-957-5000.