Garmin (GRMN)
Consumer Discretionary · Consumer Electronics / Navigational Equipment · NYSE
Garmin is a global leader in GPS-enabled technology, providing specialized, high-performance electronics for aviation, marine, outdoor, fitness, and automotive applications.
What Garmin does
Garmin designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a diverse range of wireless devices and applications, including GPS-enabled products for the automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and fitness markets. The company provides integrated navigation and communications systems for aircraft, marine electronics, wearable fitness trackers, and specialized outdoor adventure tools. Garmin manages its operations across several segments focused on both consumer-grade electronics and professional systems.
Themes: wearable technology, fitness trackers, aviation electronics / avionics, marine navigation systems, outdoor sports technology
Fundamentals
- Price$294.85 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$56.9B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+28.4% 2025-08-21 close $229.59 → 2026-08-21 close $294.85
- P/E32.24 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+24.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+60.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+21.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+13.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+14.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.85 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +2.4%; 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 GRMN compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 266 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 10% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross margintop 25% 331 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 334 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 325 covered Consumer Discretionary peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 162 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 311 covered Consumer Discretionary peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Consumer Discretionary 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
GRMN is in 2 of our published Top 10 lists.
Consumer Discretionary Long-term Top 10 — since 18 Aug 2026Consumer Discretionary Short-term Top 10 — since 18 Aug 2026
Long-term score
68.9 #45 of 987 scored · #1 of 115 in Consumer Discretionary
Financial health 87th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 20.9%) and growth 78th (3-year revenue CAGR 14.2%, revenue growth year over year 13.5%); weakest is valuation (21st, price to earnings 30.4, price to book 6.1).
Short-term score
59.9 #216 of 1,704 scored · #21 of 186 in Consumer Discretionary
Trend 72nd: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control; momentum 67th: over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 19.9 percentage points; weakest is setup 49th: day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 75% of it).
Consumer Discretionary Long-term Top 10
In this list since 18 Aug 2026 — currently 1st in the list (3 days)
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 1, score 67.3.
Consumer Discretionary Short-term Top 10
In this list since 18 Aug 2026 — currently 8th in the list (3 days)
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 6, score 65.4.
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, GRMN's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 40%, free-cash-flow payout 49%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout40% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout49% 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 Garmin looks technically
Garmin (GRMN) is trading 26.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 108 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 40, with buyers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 10 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 26.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +26.1% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $263.06 | $263.06 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $233.84 | $233.84 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | higher highs and higher lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that upward direction; the labelling fails if price closes below 253.49. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 108 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 108 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong uptrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 40, with buyers in control | 40.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 57.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($290.94 to $314.28) — its "stochastic" reading is 17 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. | 16.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $314.28 | $314.28 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 6.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -6.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 57.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +57.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 6.2% below its highest point of the past year | 6.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $314.28 (set on 2026-08-10) | $314.28 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($187.10 to $313.16), and it has given back only a small part of its rise from last year’s low — 15% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $231.22 to $235.25. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 14.5% |
| From the all-time high | it is 6.2% below its all-time high | -6.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 13.5% above a support level at $255.02 — a price it turned at four times since 2025-10-27, most recently on 2026-07-17. Since 2024-08-21 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -13.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $14.40 (set on 2008-11-21) | $14.40 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1947.6% above its all-time low | +1,948% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 75% of it) | 75th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $8.17 between its high and its low — about 2.8% 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 | $8.17 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $261.90 and $333.42 — 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 | $261.90 – $297.66 – $333.42 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.8% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. 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 | 2.8% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (26.1% above 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 | 7.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.78× |
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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 | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a doji | today 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 | today |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.5% 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 | +0.5% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 3.2% above the previous close 17 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 253.65 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +3.2% |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 22.3 percentage points (the stock gained 24.6% while the market gained 2.3%) | +22.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 19.9 percentage points (the stock gained 23.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | +19.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 7.4 percentage points (the stock gained 18.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | +7.4% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 7.9 percentage points (the stock gained 28.4% while the market gained 20.5%) | +7.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 6 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a strong uptrend, with buyers in control, a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold), trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 6 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 22% 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 thin, spanning 0.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | +21.6% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 21% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $244.26 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +20.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 2% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $300.94 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 18 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -2.0% |
Price levels it has turned at before
GRMN last closed at $294.85 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $255.02 | Support | 13.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-10-27 to 2026-07-17 |
| $249.63 | Support | 15.3% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-24 to 2026-07-07 |
| $243.79 | Support | 17.3% below the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-02-19 to 2026-06-04 |
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
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $253.49.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $275.02 and $295.75 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close above $314.28.
This reading has stood for 5 trading days, since 2026-08-17.
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 above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a strong, established uptrend (ADX) · beating the market · Printed a doji candle · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.75 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 7 analysts
- Mean price target$290.29 range $220.00 – $370.00; median $295.00
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 GRMN
- Consensus EPS estimate$2.38 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)
["Dependence on the successful development and market acceptance of new products and technologies in highly competitive, rapidly evolving markets.","Exposure to risks related to international operations, including foreign currency fluctuations and global supply chain disruptions."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of GRMN's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2025-10-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- 2026 filing added new Business Environment Update disclosure: 'On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") were unauthorized. As of March 28, 2026, we had not recognized a benefit or receivable related to any potential refund related to previously paid IEEPA tariffs.'
- 2026 filing changed fiscal year reference in forward-looking statements from 'December 28, 2024' to 'December 27, 2025'
- 2026 filing changed Company Overview language from first-person plural pronouns ('We are organized', 'We design', 'Our products') to third-person language ('Garmin is organized', 'Garmin designs', 'Garmin products')
- 2026 filing added reference to 'and services' in Company Overview: 'GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communications, sensor-based and information products and services'
- Removed:
- 2025 filing Business Environment Update contained language 'could significantly harm our business' which was changed in 2026 filing to 'could significantly impact our business'
- 2026 filing removed the phrase 'and notes thereto in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K' from the second sentence of the MD&A introductory section for the fiscal year ended 2024
- Reworded:
- Business Environment Update: 'could significantly harm our business' (2025) changed to 'could significantly impact our business' (2026)
- Company Overview: Changed from first-person collective ('We are organized', 'We design', 'Our products', 'We also sell', 'our online webshop', 'our own retail stores') to third-person ('Garmin is organized', 'Garmin designs', 'Garmin products', 'Garmin also sells', 'the Garmin online webshop', 'Garmin retail stores')
- Company Overview: 'GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communications, sensor-based and information products' (2025) changed to 'GPS-enabled products and other navigation, communications, sensor-based and information products and services' (2026)
- Notes:
- The two filings cover different quarters (Q1 2026 vs Q3 2025) and compare to different prior-year periods, making direct operational comparisons less relevant to form changes
- The MD&A sections provided are truncated and do not include complete Operating Expense discussion in the 2026 filing
- Fiscal year-end date changed from December 28, 2024 to December 27, 2025, reflecting normal annual progression
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 11 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 5 sells ($2M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 90 days0 buys · 11 sells ($3M) — 5 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 13 sells ($3M) — 6 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-31. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about GRMN'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.
Short interest (FINRA)
GRMN had 3,609,370 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
GRMN had 1.87% 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 2.79 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,609,370
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 1.87%
- Prior settlement (shares) 3,921,882
- Reported change -7.97%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.79
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
- Apple (AAPL)
- Fitbit (owned by Google/Alphabet) (GOOGL)
- Polar Electro
- Suunto
- TomTom
- Honeywell (HON)
- Raymarine
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Frequently asked questions
What does Garmin (GRMN) do?
Garmin designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a diverse range of wireless devices and applications, including GPS-enabled products for the automotive, aviation, marine, outdoor, and fitness markets. The company provides integrated navigation and communications systems for aircraft, marine electronics, wearable fitness trackers, and specialized outdoor adventure tools. Garmin manages its operations across several segments focused on both consumer-grade electronics and professional systems.
What sector is Garmin (GRMN) in?
Garmin (GRMN) is classified in the Consumer Discretionary sector. Its industry is Consumer Electronics / Navigational Equipment. It trades on NYSE.
Does GRMN pay a dividend?
Yes — Garmin (GRMN) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 2.41% 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 Garmin's (GRMN) competitors?
Notable peers of Garmin (GRMN) include Apple, Fitbit (owned by Google/Alphabet), Polar Electro, Suunto and TomTom. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Garmin (GRMN) overbought or oversold right now?
Garmin (GRMN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, 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 GRMN 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.