Graco (GGG) Q3 Earnings: What To Expect

Fluid and coating equipment company Graco (NYSE:GGG) will be reporting results tomorrow afternoon. Here’s what investors should know.

Graco missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $553.2 million, down 1.1% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with a miss of analysts’ sales estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting Graco’s revenue to be flat year on year at $537.7 million, in line with the 1.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.75 per share.

The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Graco has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.

Looking at Graco’s peers in the industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Snap-on posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 7.8%, and Worthington reported a revenue decline of 17.5%, falling short of estimates by 13.1%. Snap-on traded up 9.4% following the results while Worthington was down 5.5%.

Read our full analysis of Snap-on’s results here and Worthington’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the industrial machinery segment, with share prices up 2.3% on average over the last month. Graco’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $87 (compared to the current share price of $85.03).

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