Graco - GGG Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" GGG shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GGG, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Graco's shares. Their GGG share price forecasts range from $70.00 to $77.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $73.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% from the stock's current price.
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Graco's stock was trading at $67.26 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GGG shares have increased by 5.7% and is now trading at $71.08.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 31st. The industrial products company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.04. The industrial products company had revenue of $555.05 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $556.72 million. Graco had a net margin of 21.49% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.67%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.66 EPS.

Graco declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 2nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.235 per share on Wednesday, February 1st. This represents a $0.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 17th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Graco (NYSE:GGG) pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 25 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.21%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GGG will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.44% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Graco shares split before market open on Thursday, December 28th 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, December 8th 2017. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, December 27th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

85 employees have rated Graco Chief Executive Officer Patrick J. McHale on Glassdoor.com. Patrick J. McHale has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts Patrick J. McHale in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Graco's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.63%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.61%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.33%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.31%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.26%) and M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.22%). Insiders that own company stock include Angela F Wordell, Brian J Zumbolo, Caroline M Chambers, Christian E Rothe, Dale D Johnson, David M Ahlers, David M Lowe, Eric Etchart, J Kevin Gilligan, 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, Sant R William Van, Timothy R White, Timothy R White and William J Carroll.
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One share of GGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $71.08.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) has a market capitalization of $11.98 billion and generates $2.14 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $460.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,800 workers across the globe.

Graco's mailing address is 88 - 11TH AVENUE N.E., MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55413. The official website for the company is www.graco.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (612) 623-6000, via email at msheahan@graco.com, or via fax at 651-450-4033.