NYSE:GGG - Graco Stock Price, Forecast & News

Graco trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GGG."

Graco declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 10th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Wednesday, February 5th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. This is a boost from Graco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. View Graco's Dividend History.

Shares of Graco split on the morning of Thursday, December 28th 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, December 8th 2017. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, December 27th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Graco stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $400.60 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $418.93 million. Graco had a net margin of 20.29% and a return on equity of 36.17%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.50 EPS. View Graco's Earnings History.

Graco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Graco.

Graco will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

4 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Graco's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Graco's stock price to reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Graco.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Graco.

Media coverage about GGG stock has trended extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Graco earned a daily sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Graco.

Graco saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,130,000 shares, an increase of 9.1% from the December 15th total of 2,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 562,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Graco's Current Options Chain.

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Graco's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Cadinha & Co. LLC (0.09%), Selz Capital LLC (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Graco stock include Angela F Wordell, Bernard J Moreau, Caroline M Chambers, Dale D Johnson, Eric Etchart, J Kevin Gilligan, Jack W Eugster, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Mark W Sheahan, Patrick J Mchale, Sant R William Van, Timothy R White and William J Carroll. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Graco.

GGG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, Somerset Trust Co, Cardinal Capital Management and Arden Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold Graco company stock in the last year include Angela F Wordell, Bernard J Moreau, Caroline M Chambers, Dale D Johnson, J Kevin Gilligan, Jack W Eugster, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Mark W Sheahan, Patrick J Mchale, Timothy R White and William J Carroll. View Insider Buying and Selling for Graco.

GGG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Selz Capital LLC, Cadinha & Co. LLC, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID, Strs Ohio, Modus Advisors LLC and Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Graco.

Shares of GGG 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 GGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.98.

Graco has a market capitalization of $8.67 billion and generates $1.65 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $341.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.88 on an earnings per share basis. Graco employs 3,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Graco.

The official website for Graco is http://www.graco.com/.

Graco's mailing address is 88 - 11TH AVENUE N.E., MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55413. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 612-623-6000 or via email at [email protected]