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The price of Graco Inc (NYSE: GGG) closed at $81.18 in the last session, down -1.64% from day before closing price of $82.53. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.64 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.37 million shares were traded. GGG stock price reached its highest trading level at $83.445 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $81.065.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at GGG’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.76 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 21.60. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.27 and its Current Ratio is at 3.18. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.01.
On October 05, 2023, Exane BNP Paribas started tracking the stock assigning a Neutral rating and target price of $73.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 22 ’25 when Merengo Claudio sold 9,132 shares for $87.11 per share. The transaction valued at 795,492 led to the insider holds 19,633 shares of the business.
Merengo Claudio bought 9,132 shares of GGG for $795,492 on Aug 22 ’25. On Aug 14 ’25, another insider, Etchart Eric, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 6,000 shares for $85.80 each. As a result, the insider received 514,811 and left with 45,979 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GGG now has a Market Capitalization of 13459166208 and an Enterprise Value of 12903681024. As of this moment, Graco’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 27.74, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 25.54. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.64. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.14 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.16. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.886 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.896.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GGG is 1.09, which has changed by -0.0941754 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1476624 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GGG has reached a high of $92.86, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $72.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.40%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.43%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, GGG traded on average about 749.51K shares per day over the past 3-months and 996760 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 165.79M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 164.31M. Insiders hold about 0.88% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.91% stake in the company. Shares short for GGG as of 1761868800 were 4297383 with a Short Ratio of 5.73, compared to 1759190400 on 3503087. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4297383 and a Short% of Float of 3.42.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for GGG is 1.10, which was 1.1 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.013328487. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.15. The current Payout Ratio is 36.89% for GGG, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-10-20 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-10-20. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2017-12-28 when the company split stock in a 3:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are keenly observing as 11.0 analysts analyze and rate. The current performance of Graco Inc (GGG) in the stock market.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.74, with high estimates of $0.75 and low estimates of $0.71.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.06 and $2.91 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.96. EPS for the following year is $3.18, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $3.25 and $3.12.
Revenue Estimates
According to 10 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $590.49M. It ranges from a high estimate of $610.1M to a low estimate of $581.5M. As of. The current estimate, Graco Inc’s year-ago sales were $548.67MFor the next quarter, 10 analysts are estimating revenue of $550.85M. There is a high estimate of $560M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $539.31M.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GGG’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.25B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.23B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.23B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.11BBased on 12 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.34B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.37B and the low estimate is $2.3B.
