Graco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Industrial Manufacturing
  • ISIN: US3841091040
USD
86.34
-1.28 (-1.46%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Graco, Inc.
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Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
Carrier Global Corp.

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 buy?

  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.
2.92%
0.25
21.59%
S&P 500
18.81%
0.70
20.15%
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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
95.05%
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
28
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
5.38
EV to EBIT
22.41
EV to EBITDA
19.06
EV to Capital Employed
6.63
EV to Sales
6.12
PEG Ratio
4.04
Dividend Yield
1.32%
ROCE (Latest)
29.60%
ROE (Latest)
19.23%
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Technical key factors

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

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Financial Trend scale:

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

10What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 683.6 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 5.91

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -1.62% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 2.64 times

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 593.16 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 190.27 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 163.06 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 132.49 MM

0What is not working for the Company
NO KEY NEGATIVE TRIGGERS

Here's what is working for Graco, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 5.91 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 683.6 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 593.16 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 190.27 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 163.06 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 132.49 MM
in the last five periods
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Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 2.64 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -1.62% (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

Depreciation
Highest at USD 31.69 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Depreciation
At USD 31.69 MM has Grown at 32.59%
period on period (QoQ)
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The expenditure on assets done by the company has gone into productive use which should positively reflect in the future sales

Depreciation (USD MM)