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Company snapshot — Graco Inc

GGG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Graco designs and builds equipment that moves, measures, mixes, controls, dispenses and sprays fluids and powders. Its Contractor segment sells sprayers and coating systems used on walls, roofs and roads. Its Industrial segment makes finishing and dispensing equipment, pumps for chemicals and food, and lubrication systems for bearings and gears. Its Expansion Markets segment covers pumps for chip manufacturing, high-pressure valves for oil and gas, and equipment for groundwater monitoring. It sells across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific from its base in Minneapolis.
Where it sits in the stack
Graco has no seat in our index for the AI build-out; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the Specialty Industrial Machinery group, and is a member of the Russell 1000. Its Expansion Markets unit touches chip-fab supply chains through semiconductor pumps, but the diary tracks Graco as a general industrial equipment maker rather than a build-out constituent.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not set a peer group for Graco; the comparison the market draws is with Nordson, another maker of dispensing and fluid-handling equipment for industrial customers.
Why Closelook tracks it
Graco carries no Closelook score and has not yet been quoted in the diary. Its only listed seat is in the Russell 1000, a broad gauge of large US companies, rather than in any of our thematic indices.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the Expansion Markets segment, which supplies chip-fab and energy customers, grows enough to shift the mix away from the Contractor and Industrial segments that still account for most of sales.

Graco Inc (GGG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for GGG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Industrial Machinery · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GGG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.51%, quarterly · last 0.30 USD on 2026-07-20

Dividends and capital return

What GGG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.16 USD per share · a 1.51% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +7.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.08 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.30 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.24 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.02 USD · 2025: 1.10 USD · 2026: 0.89 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-13

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Graco Inc (GGG)?

Graco Inc trades as GGG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is GGG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Graco Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does GGG trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -2.5% vs the 50-day and -6.5% vs the 200-day average, 19.7% below the 52-week high and +5.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Graco Inc do?

Graco designs and builds equipment that moves, measures, mixes, controls, dispenses and sprays fluids and powders. Its Contractor segment sells sprayers and coating systems used on walls, roofs and roads. Its Industrial segment makes finishing and dispensing equipment, pumps for chemicals and food, and lubrication systems for bearings and gears. Closelook has not set a peer group for Graco; the comparison the market draws is with Nordson, another maker of dispensing and fluid-handling equipment for industrial customers.

Where does Graco Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Graco has no seat in our index for the AI build-out; it belongs to the Industrials sector, in the Specialty Industrial Machinery group, and is a member of the Russell 1000. Its Expansion Markets unit touches chip-fab supply chains through semiconductor pumps, but the diary tracks Graco as a general industrial equipment maker rather than a build-out constituent. Graco carries no Closelook score and has not yet been quoted in the diary. Its only listed seat is in the Russell 1000, a broad gauge of large US companies, rather than in any of our thematic indices.

Does Graco Inc pay a dividend?

Graco Inc has paid 1.16 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.51% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.30 USD on 2026-07-20. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GGG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Industrial Machinery. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.