Graco is part of the industrials sector and is in the industrial products industry. The company CEO is Patrick J. McHale. Graco Inc is engaged in the equipment manufacturing business. Its products include systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense and spray fluid and powder materials.
Previous Intraday Trading Performance:
The GGG stock showed a previous change of 2.22% with an open at 48.12 and a close of 48.72. It reached an intraday high of 48.72 and a low of 47.90.
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Liquidity:
The stock has a market cap of $8.1b with 166.5m shares outstanding, of which the float is 164.5m shares. Trading volume reached 379,778 shares compared to its average volume of 588,713 shares. Based on the current average volume and close price, the trading liquidity is good.
Historical Trading Performance:
Over the last five trading days, Graco shares returned 2.63% and in the past 30 trading days it returned -8.66%. Over three months, it changed 2.69%. In one year it has changed 6.68% and within that year its 52-week high was 53.91 and its 52-week low was 37.36. GGG stock is 30.41% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations show a 200 day moving average of 45.47 and a 50 day moving average of 50.34. Currently GGG stock is trading 7.15% above its 200 day moving average.
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Earnings:
The last annual fiscal EPS for the company was reported at 1.97 that ended on 31st of December 2018, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 24.73. Based on 8 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.49. The TTM EPS is 1.89, which comes to a TTM PE of 25.78. Historically, the PE high was 197.20 and the PE low was 10.80. If the stock reached its PE low, that would represent a price of 20.41, which is a decrease of -58.11%.
Below was the last reported quarterly diluted earnings per share:
| 1st | Qtr of 2019 | (Reported on 04/24/2019): | 0.51 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 01/28/2019): | 0.43 |
| 3rd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 10/24/2018): | 0.54 |
| 2nd | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 07/25/2018): | 0.51 |
| 1st | Qtr of 2018 | (Reported on 04/25/2018): | 0.49 |
The dividend per share is currently 0.64, which is a dividend yield of 1.31%. Also, the payout ratio is 33.86%, therefore the dividend is safe according to our calculations.
Base on our calculations, the intrinsic value per share is 39.45, which means it may be overvalued by -23.50%.
Indicators to Watch:
Short-interest was 3,208,844, which was 1.93% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 6.90. This stock has some short interest, but it may be normal and no cause for concern if long the position.
The current calculated beta is 0.99.
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Fundamental Indicators:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 45.43%, return on assets is 23.54%, profit margin is 20.90%, price-to-sales is 4.80 and price-to-book is 9.40.
Company Scores:
All scores are out of six:
0 :Valuation Score
5 :Past Performance Score
6 :Financial Strength Score
1 :Future Growth Score
4 :Dividend Score
3 :Overall Score
