Graham (NYSE:GHM) Lowered to “Sell” Rating by Wall Street Zen

Graham (NYSE:GHM) was downgraded by equities research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report released on Saturday.

GHM has been the topic of a number of other reports. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Graham from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Northland Securities set a $111.00 target price on Graham in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings raised Graham from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Zacks Research cut Graham from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $95.33.

Graham Trading Up 0.7%

NYSE GHM opened at $103.70 on Friday. Graham has a 12 month low of $45.00 and a 12 month high of $110.01. The stock has a market cap of $1.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 91.77 and a beta of 1.04. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $95.75 and its 200-day moving average price is $81.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09.

Graham (NYSE:GHM) last released its earnings results on Monday, June 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.03. Graham had a return on equity of 11.94% and a net margin of 5.10%.The firm had revenue of $67.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $59.95 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.40 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Graham will post 1.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Royce & Associates LP boosted its position in Graham by 24.0% in the third quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 459,698 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $25,237,000 after purchasing an additional 89,014 shares during the last quarter. Roubaix Capital LLC boosted its position in Graham by 56.9% in the third quarter. Roubaix Capital LLC now owns 69,364 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,808,000 after purchasing an additional 25,168 shares during the last quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL purchased a new position in Graham in the third quarter worth about $1,142,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its position in Graham by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 134,480 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $8,638,000 after purchasing an additional 18,634 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Teton Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Graham in the third quarter worth about $1,900,000. 69.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Graham

Here are the key news stories impacting Graham this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Graham’s recent quarterly results beat expectations, with earnings of $0.33 per share versus the $0.30 consensus and revenue of $67.08 million versus $59.95 million expected, showing the business is still growing year over year.
• Neutral Sentiment: Northland Securities and Noble Financial updated their 2027 earnings models, with Noble starting Q3 2027 EPS at $0.38 and Northland lowering several forecasts, but these changes are primarily forward-looking and do not change the company’s current operations.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research downgraded Graham from strong-buy to hold, which can weigh on investor sentiment by signaling less upside than before. Zacks.com
• Negative Sentiment: Northland Securities cut its FY2027 EPS estimate to $1.75 from $2.38 and also reduced its Q3 2027 outlook, suggesting analysts see slower earnings growth ahead.

Graham Company Profile

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.