Graco - GGG Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 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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6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Graco's shares. Their GGG share price forecasts range from $61.00 to $83.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $71.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.3% from the stock's current price.
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Graco's stock was trading at $80.62 at the start of the year. Since then, GGG shares have decreased by 26.2% and is now trading at $59.52.
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Graco saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,100,000 shares, an increase of 14.8% from the August 31st total of 1,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 559,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.01. The industrial products company earned $548.55 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $533.49 million. Graco had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.73% and a net margin of 21.38%. The firm's revenue was up 8.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.62 EPS.

Graco declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, October 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, November 2nd. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 14th.
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Graco (NYSE:GGG) pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.40%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 24 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 33.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GGG will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Graco split 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 market closes 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."

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One share of GGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.52.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) has a market capitalization of $10.07 billion and generates $1.99 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $439.87 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.54 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.