The Most Important Facts About Graco

By Harris Dyer • Monday, January 23 15:19 • Permanent Link

Graco logged a -0.7% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $66.55 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.1%. GGG's trading volume is 577,007 compared to the stock's average volume of 829,963.

Graco trades -7.75% away from its average analyst target price of $72.14 per share. The 7 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $66 to $80, and on average have given Graco a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying GGG should be aware of the facts below:

Graco's current price is 193.7% above its Graham number of $22.66, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Graco has moved -8.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -9.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.62, Graco has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.4 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
GGG has a forward P/E ratio of 24.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.75 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.46 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Graco is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.3 compared to its sector average of 3.7
Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide.
Based in Minneapolis, the company has 3,800 full time employees and a market cap of $11,215,604,736. Graco currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.3%.

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