Zacks Research Has Negative Forecast for Graco Q2 Earnings

Graco Inc. (NYSE:GGG) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Graco in a research note issued on Wednesday, May 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will earn $0.77 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.79. The consensus estimate for Graco’s current full-year earnings is $3.06 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Graco’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.73 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.71 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.92 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.71 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.85 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.77 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.44 EPS.

Separately, DA Davidson set a $85.00 price target on Graco in a research note on Friday, January 31st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Graco has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $93.00.

Graco Price Performance

Shares of GGG stock opened at $85.91 on Thursday. Graco has a fifty-two week low of $72.06 and a fifty-two week high of $92.86. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $81.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $84.53. The firm has a market cap of $14.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.46, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 1.09.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The industrial products company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $528.28 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $526.98 million. Graco had a return on equity of 19.38% and a net margin of 23.00%. Graco’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share.

Insider Activity

In other Graco news, insider David J. Thompson sold 3,588 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.23, for a total value of $309,393.24. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 27,520 shares in the company, valued at $2,373,049.60. This represents a 11.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 2.19% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in Graco by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 199,229 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $16,793,000 after purchasing an additional 8,352 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC acquired a new position in Graco during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $254,000. Outlook Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in Graco by 19.2% during the fourth quarter. Outlook Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,783 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $403,000 after purchasing an additional 769 shares during the last quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in Graco by 24.2% during the fourth quarter. Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,939 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,006,000 after purchasing an additional 2,328 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Graco during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $372,000. 93.88% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Graco

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.