NYSE:GGG - Graco Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Graco declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Wednesday, February 6th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 18th. This is an increase from Graco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. View Graco's Dividend History.

Graco shares split before market open on Thursday, December 28th 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, December 8th 2017. The newly minted shares were issued 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, 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.04. The industrial products company had revenue of $415.94 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $403.62 million. Graco had a return on equity of 42.19% and a net margin of 18.73%. View Graco's Earnings History.

Graco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Graco.

Graco will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 29th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Graco's stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Graco's share price to reach $49.2778 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Graco.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Graco.

News coverage about GGG stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Graco earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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Graco's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.18%), Vanguard Group Inc (10.18%), BlackRock Inc. (8.80%), Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C (2.33%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.56%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%). Company insiders that own Graco stock include Brian J Zumbolo, Caroline M Chambers, Charles L Rescorla, Christian E Rothe, Dale D Johnson, Daniel Stolyarov, David M Ahlers, David M Lowe, Elena Polyakova, Eric Etchart, Jack W Eugster, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Lee R Mitau, Mark D Eberlein, Mark W Sheahan, Martha A M Morfitt, Patrick J Mchale, Peter J O'shea, Sant R William Van 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 Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Capital World Investors, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Vanguard Group Inc., Vanguard Group Inc, Renaissance Technologies LLC, First Quadrant L P CA and Schroder Investment Management Group. Company insiders that have sold Graco company stock in the last year include Caroline M Chambers, Christian E Rothe, Eric Etchart, Jack W Eugster, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Patrick J Mchale, Sant R William Van and William J Carroll. View Insider Buying and Selling for Graco.

GGG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WCM Investment Management CA, Capital International Investors, JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Morgan Stanley and Marshall Wace LLP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.60.

Graco has a market capitalization of $6.96 billion and generates $1.47 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $252.41 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.43 on an earnings per share basis. Graco employs 3,500 workers across the globe.

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]