Graco - GGG Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Graco in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Graco's stock. Their GGG share price forecasts range from $61.00 to $77.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $69.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price.
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Graco's stock was trading at $67.26 at the start of the year. Since then, GGG shares have decreased by 0.1% and is now trading at $67.20.
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Graco saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,300,000 shares, a decrease of 12.9% from the November 30th total of 2,640,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 851,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 30th 2023.
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Graco will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 31st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 19th. The industrial products company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.06. The industrial products company earned $486.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $490.27 million. Graco had a net margin of 21.37% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.74%. The firm's revenue was up 10.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.59 EPS.

Graco announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 18th will be given a dividend of $0.235 per share on Wednesday, February 1st. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 1.40%. 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 35.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GGG will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.18% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Graco shares 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 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.63%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.61%), Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.33%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.22%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.17%) and National Bank of Canada FI (0.15%). 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, Peter J O'shea, Sant R William Van, Timothy R White, Timothy R White and William J Carroll.
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Shares of GGG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GGG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.20.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) has a market capitalization of $11.33 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 $2.62 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.