---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000042888-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GGG"
cik: "0000042888"
company_name: "GRACO INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T08:10:59.494655+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graco finishes year with record quarterly and annual sales; Q4 EPS $0.79 (+25%)

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $593.2M (+8% YoY); full-year net sales $2.24B (+6%).
- Q4 operating earnings $158.6M (+22%); full-year operating earnings $624.8M (+10%).
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.79 (+25%); adjusted diluted EPS $0.77 (+20%).
- Full-year net earnings $521.8M (+7%); adjusted net earnings $498.8M (+5%).
- No explicit forward guidance provided in the release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000042888-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GGG
- cik: 0000042888
- company_name: GRACO INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288826000019/0000042888-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288826000019/ggg-20260126.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-26-000019
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-26-000019.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-26-000019.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.