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Griffon Corp (NYSE: GFF) closed the day trading at $66.03 up 2.01% from the previous closing price of $64.73. In other words, the price has increased by $2.01 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.62 million shares were traded. GFF stock price reached its highest trading level at $66.52 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $64.87.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GFF, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 20.65 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.28. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.34 and its Current Ratio is at 2.51. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 7.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 7.09.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Deutsche Bank on April 01, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $91.
On February 14, 2025, Loop Capital started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $95.
On October 27, 2023, Deutsche Bank started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $65.Deutsche Bank initiated its Buy rating on October 27, 2023, with a $65 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 07 ’25 when Hegedus Samanta sold 1,236 shares for $79.47 per share. The transaction valued at 98,225 led to the insider holds 23,121 shares of the business.
TURNBULL CHERYL L sold 3,000 shares of GFF for $242,400 on Feb 06 ’25. The Director now owns 30,730 shares after completing the transaction at $80.80 per share. On Feb 06 ’25, another insider, SIGHT JAMES W, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,360 shares for $81.00 each. As a result, the insider received 110,160 and left with 15,348 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, GFF now has a Market Capitalization of 3240124928 and an Enterprise Value of 4642883584. As of this moment, Griffon’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.46, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.26. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.87. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.20 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 13.95. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.777 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.962.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GFF is 1.17, which has changed by -0.026249826 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.042615533 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GFF has reached a high of $86.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $55.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.72%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GFF traded about 405.70K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GFF traded about 472590 shares per day. A total of 48.12M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 39.63M. Insiders hold about 16.63% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 79.20% stake in the company. Shares short for GFF as of 1743379200 were 1964359 with a Short Ratio of 4.84, compared to 1740700800 on 1891325. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1964359 and a Short% of Float of 6.54.
Dividends & Splits
GFF’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.66, up from 0.63 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.009732735The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.17. The current Payout Ratio is 14.20% for GFF, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-25 with an ex-dividend date of 1740441600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-08-16 when the company split stock in a 11:10 ratio.
