Garmin (GRMN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Garmin Ltd. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes a range of wireless devices worldwide. Its Fitness segment offers running and multi-sport watches; cycling products; smartwatch devices; scales and monitors; and fitness accessories. This segment also provides Garmin Connect and Garmin Connect Mobile, which are web and mobile platforms where users can track and analyze their fitness, activities and workouts, and wellness data; and Connect IQ, an application development platform. The company's Outdoor segment offers adventure watches, outdoor handhelds and satellite communicators, golf devices, consumer automotive devices, and dog devices, as well as InReach and Gramin response communication device. Its Aviation segment designs, manufactures, and markets various aircraft avionics solutions, including integrated flight decks, electronic flight displays and instrumentation, navigation and communication products, automatic flight control systems and safety-enhancing technologies, audio control systems, engine indication systems, traffic awareness and avoidance solutions, ADS-B and transponders, weather information and avoidance solutions, datalink and connectivity solutions, and various services. The company's Marine segment provides chartplotters and multi-function displays, cartography products, fishfinders, sonar products, autopilot systems, radars, compliant instrument displays and sensors, VHF communication radios, handhelds and wearable devices, sailing products, audio products and accessories, digital switching products, and trolling motors. Its Auto segment offers embedded domain controllers and infotainment units; and software, map database, cameras, wearables, and automotive solutions. The company sells its products through independent retailers, dealers, distributors, installation and repair shops, and original equipment manufacturers, as well as online webshop. Garmin Ltd. was founded in 1989 and is based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $229.83 to $236.55
• 50-Day Range: $197.80 to $239.28
• 52-Week Range: $160.94 to $246.50
• Volume: 498,805 shs
• Average Volume: 886,126 shs
• Market Capitalization: $45.39 billion
• P/E Ratio: 29.07
• Dividend Yield: 1.53%
• Price Target: $222.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Garmin Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Garmin scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 192nd out of 660 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Garmin has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 2 sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Garmin has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.31%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Garmin are expected to grow by 2.31% in the coming year, from $7.80 to $7.98 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Garmin is 29.07, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.43.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Garmin is 29.07, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Computer and Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 54.61.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Garmin has a PEG Ratio of 2.52. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Garmin has a P/B Ratio of 5.59. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.68% of the float of Garmin has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Garmin has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Garmin pays a meaningful dividend of 1.57%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Garmin has been increasing its dividend for 8 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Garmin is 44.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Garmin will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.11% next year. This indicates that Garmin will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -2.39

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.68% of the float of Garmin has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Garmin has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.46

News Sentiment

Garmin has a news sentiment score of 1.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 29 news articles for Garmin this week, compared to 25 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for GRMN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Garmin to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Garmin insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,005,157.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

15.38% of the stock of Garmin is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.60% of the stock of Garmin is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

GRMN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GRMN shares performed this year?

Garmin's stock was trading at $206.26 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, GRMN shares have increased by 14.3% and is now trading at $235.7960.

How were Garmin's earnings last quarter?

Garmin Ltd. (NYSE:GRMN) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 30th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $2.17 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.90 by $0.27. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Garmin have any subsidiaries?

Garmin subsidiaries include Firstbeat Analytics, Flight Plan, EmpirBus, Navionics, Alphamantis Technologies, ActiveCaptain, Iiyonet, and others.

Who are Garmin's major shareholders?

Garmin's top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.23%), State Street Corp (3.70%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (3.06%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.39%). Insiders that own company stock include Jonathan Burrell, Clifton A Pemble, Philip Straub, Patrick Desbois, Cheng-Wei Wang, Douglas G Boessen, Matthew Munn, Susan Lyman, Sean Biddlecombe and Laurie A Minard.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Garmin?

Shares of GRMN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Garmin own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Garmin investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), TotalEnergies (TTE), NVIDIA (NVDA) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/27 Dividend: 6/16/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/27/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 8/23/2025
• Record date for 9/26 Dividend: 9/12/2025
• Dividend Payable: 9/26/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: ELEC PRODS - MISC
• Sub-Industry: Consumer Electronics
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GRMN
• CIK: 1121788
• Web: www.garmin.com
• Phone: (152) 630-1600
• Fax: 1-345-945-3390
• Employees: 21,800
• Year Founded: 1989

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Garmin: $222.00
• High Price Target: $285.00
• Low Price Target: $167.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -5.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $8.11
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.07
• Forward P/E Ratio: 30.23
• P/E Growth: 2.52
• Net Income: $1.41 billion
• Net Margins: 23.21%
• Pretax Margin: 27.69%
• Return on Equity: 20.00%
• Return on Assets: 16.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.01
• Quick Ratio: 2.09

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.30 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.21
• Cash Flow: $8.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 27.41
• Book Value: $42.21 per share
• Price / Book: 5.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 192,490,000
• Free Float: 162,888,000
• Market Cap: $45.39 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.99