Analysts Offer Predictions for Graco Inc.’s Q3 2025 Earnings (NYSE:GGG)

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) – Zacks Research boosted their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Graco in a report issued on Monday, September 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.77 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.76. The consensus estimate for Graco’s current full-year earnings is $2.98 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Graco’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.85 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.13 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently weighed in on GGG. DA Davidson dropped their price target on shares of Graco from $82.00 to $79.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, July 26th. StockNews.com lowered Graco from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 12th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their target price on Graco from $99.00 to $96.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Graco from $87.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, July 26th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $86.80.

Graco Trading Down 0.1 %

Graco stock opened at $80.04 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $81.18 and a 200 day moving average price of $84.46. Graco has a 12-month low of $69.78 and a 12-month high of $94.77. The stock has a market cap of $13.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.60, a PEG ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.82.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.76 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $553.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $562.27 million. Graco had a return on equity of 22.40% and a net margin of 23.16%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.75 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Graco

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of GGG. PineStone Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Graco by 134.4% in the second quarter. PineStone Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,169,176 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $330,532,000 after purchasing an additional 2,390,602 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Graco in the fourth quarter worth $152,941,000. Flossbach Von Storch AG purchased a new stake in shares of Graco during the first quarter worth $111,428,000. TD Asset Management Inc raised its stake in shares of Graco by 213.3% in the fourth quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 1,257,908 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $109,136,000 after acquiring an additional 856,460 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Confluence Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Graco in the first quarter valued at $70,891,000. 93.88% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Graco Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 22nd were given a dividend of $0.255 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 22nd. This represents a $1.02 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.27%. Graco’s dividend payout ratio is currently 35.17%.

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.