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Graco vs Gorman Rupp

GGG and GRC side by side, both in general industrial machinery and equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How GGG and GRC compare

Graco is the larger company, worth 5.7 times as much as Gorman Rupp ($10.9B against $1.9B).

On earnings, Graco is cheaper: it trades at 21.2× trailing earnings, against 30.4× for Gorman Rupp.

Graco grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (4.6% versus 4.2% for Gorman Rupp).

Graco keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 23.5% compared with 8.9% at Gorman Rupp.

Both pay dividends: Graco yields 1.7% and Gorman Rupp 1.1%.

Graco scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 13 for Gorman Rupp), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricGGGGRC
Size and price
Market cap$10.9B$1.9B
Share price$67.44$71.93
Change, 1 year−16.5%61.2%
Change, 5 years−13.4%54.8%
Beta (5Y)0.890.79
Employees4,4001,415
StockData Score
Total score19 (better)13
Valuation score4 (better)0
Growth score23 (better)
Performance score6 (better)5
Health score34 (better)
Dividend score4 (better)1
Valuation
P/E21.2× (better)30.4×
P/S4.8×2.7× (better)
P/B4.3×4.3× (better)
EV/EBITDA14.0× (better)17.1×
P/FCF17.4× (better)18.9×
PEG4.23–
FCF yield5.8% (better)5.3%
Fair value$80.17$61.18
Margin of safety15.9% (better)−17.6%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)4.6% (better)4.2%
Revenue growth, 5Y average6.3%14.4% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)10.6%20.3% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)12.8%20.3% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average9.9%–
Profitability
Gross margin52.6% (better)31.4%
Operating margin28.1% (better)14.8%
Net margin23.5% (better)8.9%
FCF margin27.8% (better)14.3%
Return on equity21.2% (better)14.9%
Return on invested capital26.1% (better)11.6%
Financial health
Debt / equity–0.62
Net debt / EBITDA–1.86
Interest coverage199× (better)5.0×
Current ratio2.99 (better)2.81
Altman Z-score13.12 (better)4.83
Piotroski F-score56 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield1.7% (better)1.1%
Payout ratio35.4%–
Years of dividend growth16–
Dividend growth, 5Y average9.5%–
Buyback yield3.0% (better)0.14%
Shareholder yield4.8% (better)1.2%
Ownership
Held by institutions92.2%66.0%
Held by insiders0.99%14.8%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$3.9M−$400K (better)
Short interest, % of float3.1%2.9%

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