Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, mix, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The Contractor segment provides sprayers to apply paint to walls and other structures; two-component proportioning systems to spray polyurethane foam and polyurea coatings; viscous coatings to roofs, markings on roads, parking lots, athletic fields, and floors; and high-performance volumetric and gravimetric dispense, mixing, and shaking equipment. The Industrial segment offers paint circulating and supply pumps, paint circulating advanced control systems, and plural component coating proportioners; various accessories to filter, transport, agitate, and regulate fluid; spare parts, including spray tips, seals and filter screens; equipment for industrial customers that pumps, meters, mixes, and dispenses sealant, adhesive, and composite materials; gel-coat equipment, chop and wet-out systems, resin transfer molding systems and applicators, and precision dispensing solutions; and powder finishing products and systems that coat powder on metals under the Gema and SAT brands. The Process segment provides pumps, valves, meters, and accessories to move and dispense chemicals, oil and natural gas, water, wastewater, petroleum, food, lubricants, and other fluids; and systems, components, and accessories for the automatic lubrication of bearings, gears, and generators. This segment also offers pumps, hose reels, meters, valves and accessories for use by fast oil change facilities, service garages, fleet service centers, automobile dealerships, auto parts stores, truck builders, and heavy equipment service centers; high pressure and ultra-high pressure valves; and chemical injection pumping solutions for precise injection of chemicals. Graco Inc. was incorporated in 1926 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Innovation Resilience | Graco's product innovation strategy drives growth amid market volatility, with new launches bolstering performance in key segments like Contracto |
Financial Headwinds | Explore Graco's response to macroeconomic challenges, including revised revenue guidance and strategies to maintain profitability despite sector-specific issues |
Global Market Dynamics | Delve into Graco's regional performance, with a focus on China's impact and the effects of project delays across various geographies on the company's outlook |
Analyst Perspectives | RBC Capital Markets maintains an Outperform rating with a $96 price target, while KeyBanc Capital Markets assigns a Sector Weight, reflecting mixed market sentiment |
Metrics to compare | GGG | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Industrials sector companies | Relationship RelationshipGGGPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 29.4x | 28.0x | 11.8x | |
PEG Ratio | −7.16 | −0.88 | 0.03 | |
Price/Book | 5.5x | 4.0x | 1.4x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 6.8x | 2.9x | 1.2x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 4.9% | 27.0% | 23.8% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | −4.9% | 8.8% | Unlock |