Initiating Coverage of Graco With Wide Moat Rating and $47 FVE
We are launching coverage of industrial firm Graco with a wide moat rating and a $47 fair value estimate. We also assign the company Standard stewardship, medium uncertainty, and stable moat trend ratings. Our fair value implies a multiple of approximately 23 times our 2019 EPS estimate, and we view the stock as fairly valued at current levels.Graco has consistently generated lucrative returns on invested capital, averaging 25% over the last decade. We believe the company has established a wide...
Graco is a manufacturing company. The company designs, manufactures and markets systems and equipment used to move, measure, control, dispense and spray fluid and powder materials. The company classifies its business into three segments: Industrial, which includes its Industrial Products and Applied Fluid Technologies divisions and markets equipment and solutions for moving and applying paints, coatings, sealants, adhesives and other fluids; Process, which includes its Process, Oil and Natural Gas, and Lubrication divisions and markets pumps, valves, meters and accessories; and Contractor, which markets sprayers for architectural coatings for painting, corrosion control, texture and line striping.
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