Graham Corporation (NYSE:GHM – Get Free Report) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the five research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $132.50.
A number of research firms have recently commented on GHM. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Graham to $130.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 25th. Zacks Research cut Graham from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 10th. Wall Street Zen raised Graham from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Graham from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Finally, Northland Securities upped their price target on shares of Graham from $111.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 23rd.
Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on GHM
Key Stories Impacting Graham
- Positive Sentiment: Earnings and revenue exceeded expectations. Graham reported quarterly EPS of $0.49, above the $0.27 consensus estimate, while revenue reached $71.34 million versus expectations of $65.60 million. Revenue increased 28.6% year over year. Graham Q1 earnings and revenues surpass estimates
- Positive Sentiment: Orders and backlog support future growth. First-quarter orders totaled $95.9 million, producing a 1.3x book-to-bill ratio, and backlog reached a record $557.2 million. Management reaffirmed fiscal 2027 revenue guidance of $285 million to $295 million, broadly in line with the $289 million analyst consensus. Graham fiscal Q1 net sales and backlog update
- Positive Sentiment: Defense contract wins reinforce demand. Graham was awarded more than $43 million in contracts for mission-critical submarine and turbomachinery products, supporting its defense-focused growth outlook. Graham awarded more than $43 million in defense contracts
- Positive Sentiment: An investor letter cited Graham’s strong execution and improving sentiment toward small-cap stocks as factors supporting the company’s recent performance. Strong execution drove Graham higher
- Neutral Sentiment: News about a Russia sanctions bill sponsored by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham is unrelated to Graham Corporation (NYSE: GHM) and should not be interpreted as a company-specific catalyst. Russia sanctions bill advances in Senate
- Negative Sentiment: Despite strong sales, net income declined to $3.9 million from $4.6 million a year earlier, and diluted EPS fell to $0.33 from $0.42 in the prior-year period. The company also issued $50 million of stock during the quarter, creating potential dilution.
Graham Trading Up 6.6%
Graham stock opened at $111.89 on Tuesday. Graham has a 12-month low of $46.58 and a 12-month high of $125.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.00 and a quick ratio of 0.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.31 billion, a PE ratio of 107.59 and a beta of 1.04. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $107.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $93.58.
Graham (NYSE:GHM – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.27 by $0.22. The firm had revenue of $71.34 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.60 million. Graham had a return on equity of 12.32% and a net margin of 4.53%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 28.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.45 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Graham will post 1.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Trading of Graham
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GHM. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI acquired a new position in Graham in the second quarter worth approximately $1,456,000. Focused Alpha LLC bought a new position in shares of Graham in the second quarter valued at $312,000. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Graham during the 2nd quarter valued at $110,235,000. Deutsche Bank AG acquired a new stake in shares of Graham during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,338,000. Finally, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Graham during the 2nd quarter worth $2,163,000. 69.46% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Graham
Graham Corporation (NYSE: GHM) is a U.S.-based industrial engineering company that designs, manufactures and services vacuum and heat transfer equipment. Its core offerings include liquid ring vacuum pumps, surface condensers, heat exchangers and custom-engineered vacuum systems. These products play a critical role in energy-intensive industries, where reliable removal of non-condensable gases and efficient heat exchange are vital to process performance.
The company’s technologies find application across a range of end markets, including power generation, petrochemical, oil and gas, LNG, and semiconductor manufacturing.
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