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NYSE:GGG

Graco - GGG Competitors

$69.05
+0.01 (+0.01%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$67.98
$69.12
50-Day Range
$66.50
$72.47
52-Week Range
$56.48
$72.87
Volume
757,993 shs
Average Volume
999,505 shs
Market Capitalization
$11.60 billion
P/E Ratio
25.86
Dividend Yield
1.36%
Price Target
$73.00

GGG vs. IEX, XYL, FLS, SWK, PKG, NDSN, HUBB, AOS, LECO, and AVY

Should you be buying Graco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Graco include IDEX (IEX), Xylem (XYL), Flowserve (FLS), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Nordson (NDSN), Hubbell (HUBB), A. O. Smith (AOS), Lincoln Electric (LECO), and Avery Dennison (AVY). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Graco vs.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) and IDEX (NYSE:IEX) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

IDEX received 72 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.88% of users gave Graco an outperform vote while only 59.21% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GracoOutperform Votes
375
61.88%
Underperform Votes
231
38.12%
IDEXOutperform Votes
447
59.21%
Underperform Votes
308
40.79%

Graco has a net margin of 21.49% compared to IDEX's net margin of 18.44%. Graco's return on equity of 25.67% beat IDEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graco 21.49% 25.67% 18.98%
IDEX 18.44% 21.44% 12.17%

Graco presently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.72%. IDEX has a consensus price target of $239.91, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Graco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Graco
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
IDEX
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Graco had 1 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Graco and 6 mentions for IDEX. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat IDEX's score of 0.44 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graco
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IDEX
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Graco pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Graco pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 31.1% 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.

85.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.5% of Graco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graco$2.14 billion5.41$460.64 million$2.6725.86
IDEX$3.18 billion5.21$586.90 million$7.7128.46

Graco has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

IDEX beats Graco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

MetricGracoPumps & pumping equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$11.60B$8.20B$7.05B$14.09B
Dividend Yield1.35%1.77%2.05%3.85%
P/E Ratio25.8631.2317.8322.27
Price / Sales5.412.654.0810.36
Price / Cash22.3516.7769.5424.58
Price / Book6.233.473.426.79
Net Income$460.64M$279.53M$366.43M$870.97M
7 Day Performance2.68%0.71%0.95%0.71%
1 Month Performance-0.88%-9.36%-7.40%-7.20%
1 Year Performance0.32%-10.97%-7.93%-15.15%

Graco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IEX
IDEX
2.2714 of 5 stars
$218.85
-1.6%
$239.91
+9.6%
+12.7%$16.53B$3.18B28.398,868Analyst Upgrade
XYL
Xylem
2.7428 of 5 stars
$97.57
-1.0%
$114.80
+17.7%
+12.4%$17.59B$5.52B49.7817,800
FLS
Flowserve
2.9857 of 5 stars
$31.50
flat
$35.00
+11.1%
-8.4%$4.13B$3.62B22.0316,000
SWK
Stanley Black & Decker
3.1805 of 5 stars
$76.55
-3.9%
$98.75
+29.0%
-46.6%$11.72B$16.95B11.2754,200Analyst Upgrade
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PKG
Packaging Co. of America
2.0369 of 5 stars
$130.72
-1.7%
$131.88
+0.9%
-14.2%$11.72B$8.48B11.8715,100News Coverage
NDSN
Nordson
2.4451 of 5 stars
$207.74
-0.5%
$255.20
+22.8%
-9.5%$11.90B$2.59B24.217,331Analyst Report
HUBB
Hubbell
1.8713 of 5 stars
$236.26
-2.4%
$230.00
-2.6%
+28.4%$12.66B$4.95B22.7016,300
AOS
A. O. Smith
2.3206 of 5 stars
$66.49
-0.6%
$64.00
-3.7%
+1.4%$10.03B$3.75B44.3312,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
LECO
Lincoln Electric
1.9767 of 5 stars
$163.06
-2.4%
$164.25
+0.7%
+22.8%$9.62B$3.76B20.2612,000Analyst Revision
AVY
Avery Dennison
2.5768 of 5 stars
$170.66
-1.0%
$207.10
+21.4%
+3.1%$13.84B$9.04B18.5336,000
This page (NYSE:GGG) was last updated on 3/24/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff