Design, manufacture, and market fluid handling systems and equipment. Offer solutions for moving, measuring, controlling, dispensing, and spraying fluids and powders. Now — the numbers.
The biggest line carries real weight, but it doesn’t decide everything on its own.
This is an established company with proven profits.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
Debt is low and cash is strong; the finances stand solid.
Clearly below the class average.
There is growth, but not at top-of-the-class tempo.
The price is looking for direction — no strong breakout, no collapse.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
angles, checked one by one.
The 6 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
R&D Investment: Spending on future research is low.
The stock trades 19% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
The net profit margin is 23% — still a thick cushion, though costs have been eating into it lately.
There is $624.1M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $563.1M would remain.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 63 buys and 22 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew only 3% a year on average. At this size, speeding back up is not easy.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 47/100.
The share set aside for the future is small; the pace of new ideas may slow. Council score: 2/10.
On our five-subject report card, GGG sits near the top of the class. A high grade doesn’t mean “guaranteed win” — it means “the evidence looks strong for now.”
The takeaway: GGG is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate isn’t the quality of the business — it’s whether the price paid for the stock is too high.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (47/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.