Seaport Res Ptn Has Pessimistic Outlook of Graco Q2 Earnings

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn decreased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Graco in a research note issued on Tuesday, February 4th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.84. The consensus estimate for Graco’s current full-year earnings is $3.06 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Graco’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.80 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Robert W. Baird reduced their price objective on shares of Graco from $88.00 to $85.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of Graco from $93.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Graco from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $105.00 price objective for the company in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $91.50.

Graco Price Performance

Shares of NYSE GGG opened at $84.88 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.10, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $85.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $84.70. Graco has a 1 year low of $77.49 and a 1 year high of $94.77.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77 by ($0.13). Graco had a return on equity of 19.38% and a net margin of 23.00%.

Institutional Trading of Graco

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI bought a new stake in Graco in the fourth quarter worth about $232,000. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. raised its position in Graco by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 13,100 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,104,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares during the period. Simplicity Wealth LLC raised its position in Graco by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC now owns 10,013 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $844,000 after acquiring an additional 258 shares during the period. Dundas Partners LLP raised its position in Graco by 16.9% in the fourth quarter. Dundas Partners LLP now owns 7,208 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $608,000 after acquiring an additional 1,041 shares during the period. Finally, Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. bought a new stake in shares of Graco in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $248,000. Institutional investors own 93.88% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Graco news, EVP Kathryn L. Schoenrock sold 1,527 shares of Graco stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.30, for a total value of $137,888.10. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 6,374 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $575,572.20. The trade was a 19.33 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Caroline M. Chambers sold 8,280 shares of Graco stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.57, for a total transaction of $749,919.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 57,612 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,217,918.84. This represents a 12.57 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 27,882 shares of company stock worth $2,492,145. 2.63% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Graco Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, January 20th were issued a dividend of $0.275 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, January 17th. This is a boost from Graco’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. This represents a $1.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.30%. Graco’s payout ratio is 39.01%.

Graco Company Profile

Graco Inc designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. The Contractor segment offers sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems that are used to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; and viscous coatings to roofs, as well as markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors.