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 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 yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date 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 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 Graco stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.06. The industrial products company earned $400.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $418.93 million. Graco had a return on equity of 36.17% and a net margin of 20.29%. The business's revenue was down 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.50 EPS. 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.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Graco's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Graco's share price to reach $48.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Graco.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Graco.

Media headlines about GGG stock have been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Graco earned a news impact score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Graco.

Graco saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 daily volume of 562,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.6 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View Graco's Current Options Chain.

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Graco's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Selz Capital LLC (0.09%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), AE Wealth Management LLC (0.01%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.01%). 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, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Curbstone Financial Management Corp, Somerset Trust Co 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, Modus Advisors LLC, Huntington National Bank, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., AE Wealth Management LLC, Wedbush Securities Inc., Raymond James Trust N.A. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $53.20.

Graco has a market capitalization of $8.87 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]