Graco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
  • ISIN: US3841091040
USD
76.03
0.76 (1.01%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Comparison

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Why is Graco, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 23.89%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 8.89% of over the last 5 years
4
Flat results in Jun 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 19.62%
  • DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 5.88 times
5
With ROE of 19.69%, it has a expensive valuation with a 5.74 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -7.12%, its profits have fallen by -2.2%
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -7.12% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Graco, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Industrial Manufacturing should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Industrial Manufacturing)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Graco, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Graco, Inc.
-10.14%
0.25
21.59%
S&P 500
25.41%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
6.27%
EBIT Growth (5y)
7.42%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.20
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.87
Tax Ratio
18.73%
Dividend Payout Ratio
36.32%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
95.98%
ROCE (avg)
36.17%
ROE (avg)
23.89%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
27
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.22
EV to EBIT
21.71
EV to EBITDA
18.46
EV to Capital Employed
6.43
EV to Sales
5.93
PEG Ratio
3.92
Dividend Yield
1.36%
ROCE (Latest)
29.60%
ROE (Latest)
19.23%
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Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Sideways
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

7What is working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 2.62 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.89

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 41.9%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.18% (YoY

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Highest at USD 1,336.25 MM

-7What is not working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 19,901.56

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 166.38 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 30.8 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 140.09 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 118.51 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 0.7

Here's what is working for Graco, Inc.

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 2.62 times and Grown
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.89 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Cash and Eqv
Highest at USD 1,336.25 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 41.9%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.18% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Graco, Inc.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 19,901.56
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 166.38 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 30.8 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 140.09 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 118.51 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 0.7
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)