FY2025 Earnings Forecast for Graco Issued By Zacks Research

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Graco in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 22nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $3.05 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $3.06. The consensus estimate for Graco’s current full-year earnings is $2.89 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Graco’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by ($0.05). Graco had a net margin of 22.87% and a return on equity of 21.24%. The company had revenue of $519.21 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $538.19 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.76 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Graco from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Graco from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $105.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $79.00 price objective on shares of Graco in a research note on Friday, September 27th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Graco from $93.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Graco has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $91.50.

Graco Trading Down 0.5 %

NYSE:GGG opened at $85.62 on Friday. Graco has a twelve month low of $77.49 and a twelve month high of $94.77. The company has a 50-day moving average of $86.55 and a 200-day moving average of $84.52. The firm has a market cap of $14.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.84.

Graco Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 20th will be given a $0.275 dividend. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.28%. This is a positive change from Graco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. Graco’s dividend payout ratio is 38.87%.

Insider Transactions at Graco

In other news, insider Peter J. O’shea sold 18,075 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $88.76, for a total value of $1,604,337.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 14,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,288,440.16. This represents a 55.46 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Kathryn L. Schoenrock sold 1,527 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.30, for a total transaction of $137,888.10. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 6,374 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $575,572.20. This trade represents a 19.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 31,098 shares of company stock valued at $2,776,150 over the last three months. 2.63% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Graco

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. grew its holdings in Graco by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. now owns 4,860 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $410,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares during the last quarter. Albert D Mason Inc. grew its holdings in Graco by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Albert D Mason Inc. now owns 27,923 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,354,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC grew its holdings in Graco by 3.1% during the third quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 4,222 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $369,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Optas LLC grew its holdings in Graco by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Optas LLC now owns 3,360 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $283,000 after purchasing an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group grew its holdings in Graco by 39.1% during the fourth quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 484 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. 93.88% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Graco Company Profile

Graco Inc designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors.