Graco Inc (NYSE: GGG) is 6.37% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $72.06 and a high of $92.86 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The GGG stock was last observed hovering at around $87.2 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.02%.
Currently trading at $87.18, the stock is -0.02% and 1.53% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.98 million and changing -0.02% at the moment leaves the stock 2.62% off its SMA200. GGG registered 3.43% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 1.18%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $85.868 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $84.9553.
The stock witnessed a 2.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.38%, and is 0.82% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.54% over the week and 1.66% over the month.
Graco Inc (GGG) has around 4300 employees, a market worth around $14.57B and $2.15B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.76 and Fwd P/E is 27.23. Profit margin for the company is 22.70%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.98% and -6.12% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.58%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 7.12% this year
927.0 institutions hold shares in Graco Inc (GGG), with institutional investors hold 91.10% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 167.13M, and float is at 165.47M with Short Float at 1.85%. Institutions hold 90.32% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 19.09 million shares valued at $1.51 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2896 of the GGG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 17.13 million shares valued at $1.36 billion to account for 10.1315 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 7.02 million shares representing 4.1489 and valued at over $556.22 million, while FIERA CAPITAL CORP holds 3.6943 of the shares totaling 6.25 million with a market value of $495.26 million.
Graco Inc (GGG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Thompson David J, the company’s Pres, Global Contractor Divis. SEC filings show that Thompson David J sold 3,588 shares of the company’s common stock on May 13 ’25 at a price of $86.23 per share for a total of $0.31 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 27520.0 shares.
