Graco Inc. (GGG)
Industrials · Industrial machinery and fluid management equipment · NYSE
A global leader in sophisticated fluid handling systems and components designed for precise dispensing, spraying, and mixing applications across diverse industrial markets.
What Graco Inc. does
Graco Inc. manufactures systems and equipment designed to move, measure, mix, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials. The company serves a wide range of industrial and commercial applications globally, operating in multiple business segments that supply equipment and systems to manufacturing, construction, and other end-user markets.
Themes: Industrial fluid handling, Manufacturing equipment, Application engineering, Global industrial infrastructure, Commercial and industrial activity dependent
Fundamentals
- Price$80.64 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$13.1B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-4.8% 2025-08-21 close $84.68 → 2026-08-21 close $80.64
- P/E25.05 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+23.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+53.0% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+20.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.01 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+4.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+1.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.89 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-01-26 most recent in our data — SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02); no newer announcement filed
Dividend: yield +1.2%; at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How GGG compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 357 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 10% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 426 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 267 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
GGG is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
55.6 #309 of 987 scored · #43 of 197 in Industrials
Financial health 90th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 27.8%) and profitability 72nd (operating margin 28.1%, return on equity 20.3%); weakest is growth (32nd, 3-year revenue CAGR 1.4%, revenue growth year over year 4.6%).
Short-term score
62.5 #110 of 1,704 scored · #14 of 283 in Industrials
Volume and participation 88th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; setup 80th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; weakest is catalysts 41st: analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, GGG's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 35%, free-cash-flow payout 29%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout35% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout29% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Graco Inc. looks technically
Graco Inc. (GGG) is trading 2.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 68 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 30, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago. It is 15.7% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -2.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $77.73 | $77.73 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $82.55 | $82.55 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 10 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 10 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 68 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 68 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 30, with buyers in control | 29.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 51.1 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($79.53 to $84.24) — its "stochastic" reading is 24 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 23.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 5 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 5 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $95.69 | $95.69 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 15.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -15.7% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 11.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +11.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 15.7% below its highest point of the past year | 15.7% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $95.69 (set on 2026-02-12) | $95.69 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($73.13 to $94.82), and it has recovered roughly a third of its fall from last year’s high — 35% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $86.53 to $87.23. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 34.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 15.7% below its all-time high | -15.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $80.36 — a price it turned at 13 times since 2024-09-06, most recently on 2026-08-13. Since 2024-08-21 it has 3 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.3% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $4.72 (set on 2009-03-06) | $4.72 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1607.3% above its all-time low | +1,607% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 75% of it) | 25th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.60 between its high and its low — about 2.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.60 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $79.44 and $84.18 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $79.44 – $81.81 – $84.18 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.0% in a typical session — among the calmest in the catalog. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (2.3% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.2 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.31× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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| Since a hammer | 5 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 5 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 3 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 3 sessions ago |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.6% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.6% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -2.48% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 7.9 percentage points (the stock gained 10.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | +7.9% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 4.0 percentage points (the stock gained 7.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | +4.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 24.4 percentage points (the stock lost 13.4% while the market gained 11.1%) | -24.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 25.3 percentage points (the stock lost 4.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | -25.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 4.9% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.9% of the share price. | +4.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 1% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $81.86 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is sitting right on the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-22 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $81.01 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 23 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
GGG last closed at $80.64 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 3 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $80.36 | Support | 0.3% below the last close | turned there 13 times · 2024-09-06 to 2026-08-13 |
| $82.91 | Resistance | 2.8% above the last close | turned there 15 times · 2024-08-30 to 2026-07-28 |
| $77.19 | Support | 4.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-27 to 2026-06-17 |
| $84.98 | Resistance | 5.4% above the last close | turned there 9 times · 2024-10-10 to 2026-08-11 |
| $87.69 | Resistance | 8.7% above the last close | turned there 11 times · 2024-09-27 to 2026-01-16 |
| $72.80 | Support | 9.7% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-04-07 to 2026-07-21 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · lagging the market · Least volatile (2% or less typical daily range) · Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.64 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 7 analysts
- Mean price target$91.29 range $84.00 – $100.00; median $94.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for GGG
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.8363 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-21
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Economic downturn or recession could depress demand for products across major geographies and industries where customers operate","Currency exchange rate volatility could negatively impact revenue, earnings, and asset valuations, particularly given significant foreign operations","Global supply chain disruptions, including long lead times, supply interruptions, and raw material shortages, could reduce production flexibility and profitability"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of GGG's 10-Q filed 2026-04-22 against the prior one filed 2025-10-22.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Reworded:
- Item 2 MD&A page number changed from 16 (filed 2025-10-22) to 14 (filed 2026-04-22)
- Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk page number changed from 22 (filed 2025-10-22) to 20 (filed 2026-04-22)
- Item 4 Controls and Procedures page number changed from 22 (filed 2025-10-22) to 20 (filed 2026-04-22)
- Notes:
- Page number changes may reflect document reformatting or content length changes rather than substantive MD&A modifications
- Only the table of contents/section headers are provided; full MD&A text content comparison is not possible from the source materials
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 1 open-market sale by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 1 sell ($257487) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days0 buys · 1 sell ($257487) — 1 selling insider
- Last 180 days1 buy ($99857) · 1 sell ($257487) — 1 buying, 1 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-03. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about GGG's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 2 matched disclosures for GGG from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding GGG as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 27,250,535
- Reported value $2,306,757,847
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
GGG had 6,870,460 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
GGG had 4.24% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.03 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,870,460
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 4.24%
- Prior settlement (shares) 6,551,718
- Reported change 4.87%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.03
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Nordson (NDSN)
- IDEX Corporation (IEX)
- Lincoln Industrial (SKF)
- Titan Tool (Wagner)
- Ingersoll Rand (IR)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Graco Inc. (GGG) do?
Graco Inc. manufactures systems and equipment designed to move, measure, mix, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials. The company serves a wide range of industrial and commercial applications globally, operating in multiple business segments that supply equipment and systems to manufacturing, construction, and other end-user markets.
What sector is Graco Inc. (GGG) in?
Graco Inc. (GGG) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Industrial machinery and fluid management equipment. It trades on NYSE.
Does GGG pay a dividend?
Yes — Graco Inc. (GGG) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.15% and at least 5 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Graco Inc.'s (GGG) competitors?
Notable peers of Graco Inc. (GGG) include Nordson, IDEX Corporation, Lincoln Industrial, Titan Tool (Wagner) and Ingersoll Rand. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in GGG?
Yes — we hold 2 matched STOCK Act disclosures for GGG from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Graco Inc. (GGG) overbought or oversold right now?
Graco Inc. (GGG) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 51, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on GGG come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.