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. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 21st will be given 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 of this dividend is Friday, January 17th. This is an increase from Graco's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. View Graco's Dividend History.

Shares of Graco 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 payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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 earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.06. The industrial products company earned $400.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $418.93 million. Graco had a net margin of 20.29% and a return on equity of 36.17%. Graco's quarterly revenue was down 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.50 earnings per share. 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 price targets for Graco's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Graco's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. 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.

News coverage about GGG stock has trended extremely negative on Sunday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Graco earned a coverage optimism score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Graco.

Graco saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 562,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.6 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Graco's Current Options Chain.

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Graco's stock is owned by many different 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]