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GGG vs. FELE, LECO, NDSN, DCI, DOV, IR, ITT, ITW, PNR, and XYL

Should you be buying Graco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graco include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Nordson (NDSN), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Ingersoll Rand (IR), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Pentair (PNR), and Xylem (XYL).

Graco vs. Its Competitors

Graco (NYSE:GGG) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and dividends.

Graco has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Graco pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Graco pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Graco has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years.

Graco has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graco$2.11B6.63$486.08M$2.8329.87
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.10$180.31M$3.8224.32

In the previous week, Graco had 20 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Graco and 2 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat Graco's score of 0.46 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graco
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Franklin Electric
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Graco presently has a consensus target price of $94.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.78%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.19%. Given Graco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Graco is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Graco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

93.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Graco has a net margin of 22.26% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Graco's return on equity of 19.05% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graco22.26% 19.05% 15.77%
Franklin Electric 8.85%14.08%9.72%

Summary

Graco beats Franklin Electric on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GGG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GGG vs. The Competition

MetricGracoMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.06B$14.58B$7.88B$21.11B
Dividend Yield1.30%23.74%4.55%3.60%
P/E Ratio29.9830.4725.5628.44
Price / Sales6.635.17101.4358.68
Price / Cash25.5016.6327.9222.92
Price / Book5.603.954.464.69
Net Income$486.08M$520.95M$795.63M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-2.63%2.29%1.40%1.65%
1 Month Performance-2.04%6.52%5.68%4.54%
1 Year Performance0.13%26.16%31.97%9.99%

Graco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GGG
Graco
4.4499 of 5 stars
$84.54
-0.4%
$94.50
+11.8%
+0.9%$14.06B$2.11B29.984,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3614 of 5 stars
$90.32
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.1%
-10.5%$4.12B$2.02B23.646,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
LECO
Lincoln Electric
3.8398 of 5 stars
$218.22
-1.7%
$222.60
+2.0%
+10.3%$12.18B$4.01B26.9112,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
NDSN
Nordson
4.6558 of 5 stars
$214.30
-1.3%
$254.86
+18.9%
-8.2%$12.11B$2.69B27.558,000Positive News
DCI
Donaldson
4.0023 of 5 stars
$70.06
-0.5%
$70.00
-0.1%
-1.7%$8.16B$3.59B23.5114,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DOV
Dover
4.829 of 5 stars
$186.99
-0.7%
$208.58
+11.5%
+0.1%$25.64B$7.73B11.2624,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.2813 of 5 stars
$83.95
-1.9%
$100.92
+20.2%
-9.0%$33.87B$7.28B41.5621,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ITT
ITT
4.5864 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+16.3%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5348 of 5 stars
$254.59
-0.2%
$255.67
+0.4%
+7.4%$74.60B$15.90B22.3944,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PNR
Pentair
4.8188 of 5 stars
$105.01
-1.0%
$111.00
+5.7%
+19.9%$17.28B$4.08B27.139,750Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
XYL
Xylem
4.7538 of 5 stars
$131.89
-0.6%
$149.29
+13.2%
-3.3%$32.10B$8.60B35.4523,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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