GGG Industrials

Graco Inc.

$69.16+0.23%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 8, 2026

Basics

Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery
Country: United States
Market cap: 11.2B USD
Enterprise value: 10.7B USD
Full-time employees: 4,400

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquidity and less debt relative to equitylower risk: more liquidity and less debt vs equity
Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.88 vs a peer median of 0.64), though less than the overall marketbigger price swings (beta 0.88 vs peers 0.64)
About average: growth and valuation

Ranks #303 of 2,308 industrials companies (top 14%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 118% of reported profit.
Graco's free cash flow is 118% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.
Wide margins. Operating margin 28% (12 months to Jun 2026) vs a peer median of 7.7%.Operating margin 28% vs peers 7.7%.
Graco keeps 28% of revenue as operating profit, more than 95% of peers (median 7.7%).

StockQuotient Score

70/ 100

Oct 5 68 → Nov 4 70 (+2)

Valuation

Is the price right?

54/100

Moderate▼ 2 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Share count down 2.4%

Valuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 56 → 54

Share price +4.1%-2

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Helped by:

▲ FCF yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield4.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score 0.34Sector median: 0.0377 · MAD: 0.0294

EBITDA yield6.8%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score -0.03Sector median: 0.0695 · MAD: 0.0425

Free cash flow yield5.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.52Sector median: 0.0370 · MAD: 0.0370

Other data (not scored)

Book yield22.5%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5027 · MAD: 0.2823

Growth

Is it growing?

46/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Held back by:

▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth13.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.24Sector median: 0.0709 · MAD: 0.2481

3-year revenue growth1.2%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.49Sector median: 0.0421 · MAD: 0.0625

Revenue growth4.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.02Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0766

Profitability

Does it earn well?

99/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Operating margin
▲ ROA
▲ ROIC

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin28.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 4.01Sector median: 0.0773 · MAD: 0.0507

Return on assets17.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score 3.33Sector median: 0.0311 · MAD: 0.0241

Return on invested capital24.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 3.19Sector median: 0.0715 · MAD: 0.0558

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin52.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.2573 · MAD: 0.1038

Return on equity21.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0802 · MAD: 0.0639

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Lower

Lower relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Debt / equity
▲ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.88

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.87Sector median: 0.6440 · MAD: 0.2745

Current ratio2.99×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.56Sector median: 1.6180 · MAD: 0.5360

Debt / equity0.02×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagReported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.13Sector median: 0.4019 · MAD: 0.3378

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Graco

Is Graco getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Jul 22, 2026) got stronger: share count down 2.4%. Its overall score is unchanged at 70/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Graco valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 54/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Free cash flow yield 5.6% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).Free cash flow yield 5.6% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).
Is Graco growing?: At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 46/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. 3-year revenue growth 1.2% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 63% of peers).3-year revenue growth 1.2% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 63% of peers).
How profitable is Graco?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 99/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Operating margin 28.1% vs a peer median of 7.7% (stronger than 95% of peers).Operating margin 28.1% vs peers 7.7% (stronger than 95% of peers).
How risky is Graco?: Lower risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity 0.02× vs a peer median of 0.40× (stronger than 90% of peers).Debt / equity 0.02× vs peers 0.40× (stronger than 90% of peers). Beta 0.88 vs a peer median of 0.64 (weaker than 68% of peers).Beta 0.88 vs peers 0.64 (weaker than 68% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 26, 2026 · filed Jul 22, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 27, 2026

Got stronger

Share count down 2.4%

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	2.2B USD	2.3B USD	+0.8%
Net income (12 months)	516.2M USD	533.5M USD	+3.4%
Operating margin	27.5%	28.1%	+0.5 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	631.2M USD	629.5M USD	−0.3%
Cash	712.2M USD	507.6M USD	−28.7%
Shares outstanding	166.0M	162.0M	−2.4%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Industry: Specialty Industrial Machinery · 42 companies

Valuations in Specialty Industrial Machinery are above their usual range since 2016.

75% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
46% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +21% and earnings +11% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is +32% vs the whole market, against a usual −5%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	52.0%	49.3%	52.9%	53.1%	52.5%	▼ 0.7 pts
Operating margin	26.7%	26.7%	29.5%	27.0%	27.9%	▲ 1.0 pts
Net margin	22.1%	21.5%	23.1%	23.0%	23.3%	▲ 0.3 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	18.0%	18.9%	18.6%	15.5%	15.9%	▲ 0.5 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	25.7%	24.8%	22.8%	18.8%	19.7%	▲ 0.9 pts
Free cash flow margin	16.3%	8.2%	21.2%	24.4%	28.5%	▲ 4.2 pts
Current ratio	2.69×	3.01×	3.46×	3.69×	3.15×	▼ 15%
Quick ratio	1.94×	1.82×	2.35×	2.69×	2.29×	▼ 15%
Debt to equity	0.09×	0.04×	0.00×	0.00×	0.00×	—
Interest coverage	52.01×	57.87×	124.61×	201.59×	215.97×	▲ 7.1%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: lower risk than most peers: more short-term liquidity and less debt relative to equitylower risk: more liquidity and less debt vs equity

Drawback: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 0.88 vs a peer median of 0.64), though less than the overall marketbigger price swings (beta 0.88 vs peers 0.64)

About average: growth and valuation

Ranks #303 of 2,308 industrials companies (top 14%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 118% of reported profit.

Graco's free cash flow is 118% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

Wide margins. Operating margin 28% (12 months to Jun 2026) vs a peer median of 7.7%.Operating margin 28% vs peers 7.7%.

Graco keeps 28% of revenue as operating profit, more than 95% of peers (median 7.7%).

Questions investors ask about Graco

Is Graco getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Jul 22, 2026) got stronger: share count down 2.4%. Its overall score is unchanged at 70/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Graco valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 54/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Free cash flow yield 5.6% vs a peer median of 3.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).Free cash flow yield 5.6% vs peers 3.7% (stronger than 65% of peers).

Is Graco growing?

At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 46/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. 3-year revenue growth 1.2% vs a peer median of 4.2% (weaker than 63% of peers).3-year revenue growth 1.2% vs peers 4.2% (weaker than 63% of peers).

How profitable is Graco?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 99/100 against 2,459 industrials peers. Operating margin 28.1% vs a peer median of 7.7% (stronger than 95% of peers).Operating margin 28.1% vs peers 7.7% (stronger than 95% of peers).

How risky is Graco?

Lower risk relative to 2,459 industrials peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Debt / equity 0.02× vs a peer median of 0.40× (stronger than 90% of peers).Debt / equity 0.02× vs peers 0.40× (stronger than 90% of peers). Beta 0.88 vs a peer median of 0.64 (weaker than 68% of peers).Beta 0.88 vs peers 0.64 (weaker than 68% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

2.2B USD

2.3B USD

+0.8%

Net income (12 months)

516.2M USD

533.5M USD

+3.4%

Operating margin

27.5%

28.1%

+0.5 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

631.2M USD

629.5M USD

−0.3%

Cash

712.2M USD

507.6M USD

−28.7%

Shares outstanding

166.0M

162.0M

−2.4%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

52.0%

49.3%

52.9%

53.1%

52.5%

▼ 0.7 pts

Operating margin

26.7%

29.5%

27.0%

27.9%

▲ 1.0 pts

Net margin

22.1%

21.5%

23.1%

23.0%

23.3%

▲ 0.3 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

18.0%

18.9%

18.6%

15.5%

15.9%

▲ 0.5 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

25.7%

24.8%

22.8%

18.8%

19.7%

▲ 0.9 pts

Free cash flow margin

16.3%

8.2%

21.2%

24.4%

28.5%

▲ 4.2 pts

Current ratio

2.69×

3.01×

3.46×

3.69×

3.15×

▼ 15%

Quick ratio

1.94×

1.82×

2.35×

2.69×

2.29×

▼ 15%

Debt to equity

0.09×

0.04×

0.00×

—

Interest coverage

52.01×

57.87×

124.61×

201.59×

215.97×

▲ 7.1%