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Griffon (GFF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$84.30 +0.79 (+0.95%)
(As of 11/29/2024 ET)

About Griffon Stock (NYSE:GFF)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$83.83
$84.83
50-Day Range
$62.84
$85.22
52-Week Range
$45.70
$86.73
Volume
205,642 shs
Average Volume
557,066 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.03 billion
P/E Ratio
19.93
Dividend Yield
0.85%
Price Target
$89.25
Consensus Rating
Buy

Company Overview

Griffon Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides consumer and professional, and home and building products in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Home and Building Products, and Consumer and Professional Products. The Home and Building Products segment manufactures and markets residential and commercial sectional garage doors, rolling steel service doors, fire doors, shutters, steel security grilles, and room dividers for the use in commercial construction and repair, and home remodeling applications. The segment also sells related products, such as garage door openers. The Consumer and Professional Products segment manufactures and markets long-handled engineered tools, including spades, hoes, cultivators, weeders, post hole diggers, scrapers, edgers and forks; wheelbarrows and lawn carts; snow tools comprising pushers, roof rakes, sled sleigh shovels, scoops, and ice scrapers; and pruning products, such as pruners, loppers, shears, and other tools. The segment also offers striking tools, including axes, picks, mattocks, mauls, wood splitters, sledgehammers, pry bars, and repair handles; traditional and gardening hand tools comprising hammers, screwdrivers, pliers, adjustable wrenches, handsaws, tape measures, levels, clamps, trowels, cultivators, weeders, and other hand tools; indoor and outdoor planters and lawn accessories; and garden hoses and hose reels. In addition, the segment provides home organization products, including wire and wood shelving, containers, storage cabinets, and other closet and home organization accessories; residential, industrial, and commercial fans; and cleaning products, such as brooms, brushes, squeegees, and other cleaning products. The company was formerly known as Instrument Systems Corporation and changed its name to Griffon Corporation in June 1992. Griffon Corporation was founded in 1774 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Griffon Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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90th Percentile Overall Score

GFF MarketRank™: 

Griffon scored higher than 90% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 3rd out of 26 stocks in the multi-sector conglomerates sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Griffon has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.25, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Griffon has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Griffon's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Griffon are expected to grow by 15.44% in the coming year, from $5.57 to $6.43 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Griffon is 19.93, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 121.08.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Griffon is 19.93, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Multi-Sector Conglomerates sector average P/E ratio of about 12.61.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Griffon has a P/B Ratio of 17.94. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Griffon's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.78% of the float of Griffon has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Griffon has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Griffon has recently decreased by 13.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Griffon has a dividend yield of 0.86%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Griffon has been increasing its dividend for 12 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Griffon is 17.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Griffon will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.20% next year. This indicates that Griffon will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Griffon's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.78% of the float of Griffon has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Griffon has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Griffon has recently decreased by 13.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Griffon has a news sentiment score of 0.57. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.80 average news sentiment score of Multi-Sector Conglomerates companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Griffon this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    7 people have searched for GFF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 600% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    8 people have added Griffon to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 700% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Griffon insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $43,198,576.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    16.10% of the stock of Griffon is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    73.22% of the stock of Griffon is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Griffon's insider trading history.
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GFF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Griffon's stock was trading at $60.95 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, GFF stock has increased by 38.3% and is now trading at $84.30.
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Griffon Co. (NYSE:GFF) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 13th. The conglomerate reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.29. The firm's revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Griffon's Board of Directors authorized a stock buyback program on Wednesday, November 13th 2024, which authorizes the company to repurchase $400,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 10.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Griffon subsidiaries include these companies: Hunter Fan Company, Quatro, Apta, CornellCookson, Kelkay, Harper Brush Works Inc, Tuscan Path, and more.

Top institutional investors of Griffon include State Street Corp (3.16%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.78%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.14%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.06%). Insiders that own company stock include Ronald J Kramer, Robert F Mehmel, Brian G Harris, Seth L Kaplan, W Christopher Durborow, Kevin F Sullivan, Victor Eugene Renuart, James W Sight and Louis J Grabowsky.
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Shares of GFF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Griffon investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Humana (HUM), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 9/19 Dividend
8/28/2024
Dividend Payable
9/19/2024
Last Earnings
11/13/2024
Ex-Dividend for 12/18 Dividend
11/25/2024
Today
11/30/2024
Dividend Payable
12/18/2024
Next Earnings (Confirmed)
12/31/2024
Fiscal Year End
9/30/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Metal doors, sash, & trim
Sub-Industry
Building Products
CUSIP
39843310
Employees
5,300
Year Founded
1959

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$89.25
High Stock Price Target
$100.00
Low Stock Price Target
$75.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+5.9%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.25
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$209.90 million
Pretax Margin
11.31%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.62 billion
Cash Flow
$6.54 per share
Book Value
$4.70 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
40,123,000
Market Cap
$4.03 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.31

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This page (NYSE:GFF) was last updated on 12/1/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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