profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Graco
$72.42-0.03% today
-10.8% in 1 year
1-year low $66.071-year high $94.82
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $22.26 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Graco sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.14 billion in 2022 to $2.24 billion in 2025, with $522 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Graco handed back 95% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $423M$183M
Free cash flow 2025$638M
Bought back its own shares$423M
Paid as dividends$183M
Cash vs. debt$624M vs. $52M
Graco vs. similar companies
Graco grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graco | 22.3× · Fair price | ||
 Everpure | 191.2× · Very expensive | ||
 Ingersoll Rand | 56.2× · Expensive | ||
 Otis Worldwide | 21.3× · Fair price | ||
 Dover | 25.5× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Graco's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,650 | 1,988 | 2,144 | 2,196 | 2,113 | 2,237 | |
| 855 | 1,034 | 1,057 | 1,161 | 1,122 | 1,173 | |
| 392 | 531 | 573 | 646 | 570 | 611 | |
| 441 | 578 | 642 | 688 | 679 | 752 | |
| 330 | 440 | 461 | 507 | 486 | 522 | |
| 1.92 | 2.52 | 2.66 | 2.94 | 2.82 | 3.08 | |
| 51.8% | 52.0% | 49.3% | 52.9% | 53.1% | 52.5% | |
| 23.7% | 26.7% | 26.7% | 29.4% | 27.0% | 27.3% | |
| 20.0% | 22.1% | 21.5% | 23.1% | 23.0% | 23.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,988 | 2,443 | 2,439 | 2,722 | 3,139 | 3,274 |
| Cash | 379 | 624 | 339 | 538 | 675 | 624 |
| Total debt | – | – | 127 | 50 | 49 | 52 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 579 | 498 | 555 | 620 |
| – | – | 1,860 | 2,224 | 2,584 | 2,654 | |
| 172 | 175 | 173 | 172 | 172 | 169 | |
| – | – | 22.9% | 21.3% | 17.8% | 18.8% | |
| – | – | 24.8% | 22.8% | 18.8% | 19.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394 | 457 | 377 | 651 | 622 | 684 | |
| 71 | 134 | 201 | 185 | 107 | 46 | |
| 323 | 323 | 176 | 466 | 515 | 638 | |
| Dividends paid | 117 | 127 | 142 | 158 | 172 | 183 |
| 102 | 0 | 233 | 102 | 31 | 423 | |
| 25 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
Valuation
- 22.3×
- 23.2×
- 2.25
- 4.7×
- 5.2×
- 18.2×
- 14.7×
- 5.5%
- 4.5%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 52.5%
- 27.3%
- 23.3%
- 31.8%
- 17.0%
- 21.2%
- 19.7%
- 15.5%
- 20.9%
- 3.7%
Growth
- +6.3%
- +9.9%
- +23.9%
- +9.5%
- −0.5%
Financial health
- -0.9×
- 0.02
- 1.3%
- 200.4×
- 3.56
- 2.63
- 0.67
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 12%of 985
Top 5%of 988
Bottom 49%of 874
Bottom 48%of 989
Top 36%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $95.67
- Range
- $92.00 – $100.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 0.66 | 0.75 | −12.0% |
| Jan 26, 2026 | 0.77 | 0.77 | +0.0% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 0.73 | 0.74 | −1.1% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 0.75 | 0.79 | −5.3% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 0.70 | 0.67 | +4.6% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 0.64 | 0.77 | −16.9% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 0.71 | 0.76 | −6.6% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 0.76 | 0.76 | +0.0% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
+9.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.40 in 2015 → $1.10 in 2025
How safe it looks
35.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 28.7%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
86Pass
Benjamin Graham
71Pass
Philip Fisher
84Pass
Peter Lynch
54No pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
89Pass
Terry Smith
83Pass
Questions about Graco
Is Graco a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Graco AI analysis
What does Graco do?
Graco Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense, and spray fluid and powder materials worldwide. It is in Industrial - Machinery, based in Minneapolis, MN, United States, with 4,400 employees.
Does Graco pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 35% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $183 million in dividends.
Is Graco stock halal?
Yes. Graco passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 0.4% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Graco stock done over the past year?
Down 10.8% over the past twelve months, to $72.42. It traded between $66.07 and $94.82 and is 23.6% below its high.
Who are Graco's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Everpure, Ingersoll Rand, Otis Worldwide and Dover. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Graco's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.