NYSE:GGG - Graco Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Graco announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, April 20th will be given a dividend of $0.175 per share on Wednesday, May 6th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 17th. 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 Monday, January, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.09. The industrial products company earned $412.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $392.61 million. Graco had a return on equity of 34.45% and a net margin of 20.89%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.43 EPS. View Graco's Earnings History.

Graco is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Graco.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Graco's shares. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect Graco's stock price to reach $53.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price. 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 headlines about GGG stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog 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 -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Graco.

Graco saw a drop in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,900,000 shares, a drop of 8.2% from the January 30th total of 3,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 708,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Graco's Current Options Chain.

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Graco's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fiera Capital Corp (6.86%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.37%), Mairs & Power INC (3.05%), State Street Corp (2.41%), WCM Investment Management LLC (1.85%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.44%). Company insiders that own Graco stock include Angela F Wordell, Bernard J Moreau, Caroline M Chambers, Dale D Johnson, David M Ahlers, Eric Etchart, J Kevin Gilligan, Jack W Eugster, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Lee R Mitau, Mark D Eberlein, Mark W Sheahan, Patrick J Mchale, Peter J O'shea, 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 Schroder Investment Management Group, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Barclays PLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Nuance Investments LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Citigroup Inc. and Baird Financial Group Inc.. 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, David M Ahlers, Jack W Eugster, Jeffrey P Johnson, Karen Park Gallivan, Lee R Mitau, Mark D Eberlein, Patrick J Mchale, Peter J O'shea, Timothy R White 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 LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Fiera Capital Corp, UBS Group AG, Jackson Square Partners LLC, Selz Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Cadinha & Co. 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 $50.91.

Graco has a market capitalization of $8.55 billion and generates $1.65 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $343.85 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.90 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]