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

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

Graco announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Sunday, July 15th will be given a dividend of $0.1325 per share on Wednesday, August 1st. This represents a $0.53 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 12th. View Graco's Dividend History.

Graco's stock split on Thursday, December 28th 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, December 8th 2017. The newly issued 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The industrial products company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.02. The industrial products company earned $424.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $421.19 million. Graco had a return on equity of 40.67% and a net margin of 18.07%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.38 earnings per share. View Graco's Earnings History.

Graco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Graco.

9 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Graco's shares. Their predictions range from $45.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Graco's stock price to reach $48.7619 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Graco.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Graco.

Some companies that are related to Graco include Xylem (XYL), IDEX (IEX), Flowserve (FLS), ITT (ITT), Colfax (CFX), Gorman-Rupp (GRC) and Ampco-Pittsburgh (AP).

News headlines about GGG stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Graco earned a coverage optimism score of 0.23 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 48.16 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Graco.

Graco's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.80%), Fiera Capital Corp (5.95%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.59%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.38%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (1.34%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.23%). 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 FMR LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, First Trust Advisors LP, Capital Fund Management S.A., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Graco company stock in the last year include Caroline M Chambers, Charles L Rescorla, Christian E Rothe, Daniel Stolyarov, David M Ahlers, David M Lowe, Elena Polyakova, Eric Etchart, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Lee R Mitau, Mark D Eberlein, Mark W Sheahan, 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 Fiera Capital Corp, BlackRock Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Citadel Advisors LLC, Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC, Schroder Investment Management Group and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS. 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 $46.48.

Graco has a market capitalization of $7.80 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.

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]