How to buy The Gorman-Rupp Company stock

The Gorman-Rupp Company is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. The Gorman-Rupp Company shares (GRC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. The Gorman-Rupp Company employs 1,150 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

The Gorman-Rupp Company share price

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The Gorman-Rupp Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-30.

52-week range	$24.67 - $36.42
50-day moving average	$33.81
200-day moving average	$33.27
Wall St. target price	$40.00
PE ratio	33.7921
Dividend yield	$0.6 (1.75%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$1.04

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Is The Gorman-Rupp Company under- or over-valued?

Valuing The Gorman-Rupp Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of The Gorman-Rupp Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

The Gorman-Rupp Company's P/E ratio

The Gorman-Rupp Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, The Gorman-Rupp Company shares trade at around 34x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

The Gorman-Rupp Company's PEG ratio

The Gorman-Rupp Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.06. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into The Gorman-Rupp Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

The Gorman-Rupp Company's EBITDA

The Gorman-Rupp Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $45.4 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a The Gorman-Rupp Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

The Gorman-Rupp Company financials

Revenue TTM	$346.3 million
Operating margin TTM	9.5%
Gross profit TTM	$89.6 million
Return on assets TTM	5.25%
Return on equity TTM	8.66%
Profit margin	7.83%
Book value	$12.20
Market capitalisation	$916.9 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting The Gorman-Rupp Company shares

There are currently 294,165 The Gorman-Rupp Company shares held short by investors – that's known as The Gorman-Rupp Company's "short interest". This figure is 0.1% down from 294,313 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting The Gorman-Rupp Company shares can be evaluated.

The Gorman-Rupp Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

The Gorman-Rupp Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of The Gorman-Rupp Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of The Gorman-Rupp Company shares traded daily (recently around 84047.142857143). The Gorman-Rupp Company's SIR currently stands at 3.5. In other words for every 100,000 The Gorman-Rupp Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3500 shares are currently held short.

However The Gorman-Rupp Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of The Gorman-Rupp Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable The Gorman-Rupp Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case The Gorman-Rupp Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 The Gorman-Rupp Company shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0113% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable The Gorman-Rupp Company shares, roughly 11 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against The Gorman-Rupp Company.

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The Gorman-Rupp Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 43.88% of net profits

Recently The Gorman-Rupp Company has paid out, on average, around 43.88% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.81% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), The Gorman-Rupp Company shareholders could enjoy a 1.81% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In The Gorman-Rupp Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.6 per share.

While The Gorman-Rupp Company's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that The Gorman-Rupp Company may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

The Gorman-Rupp Company's most recent dividend payout was on 9 June 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have The Gorman-Rupp Company's shares ever split?

The Gorman-Rupp Company's shares were split on a 5:4 basis on 10 December 2013. So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 5 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your The Gorman-Rupp Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 20% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for The Gorman-Rupp Company shares which in turn could have impacted The Gorman-Rupp Company's share price.

The Gorman-Rupp Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, The Gorman-Rupp Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $24.6708 up to $36.4176. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while The Gorman-Rupp Company's is 0.5427. This would suggest that The Gorman-Rupp Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

The Gorman-Rupp Company overview

The Gorman-Rupp Company designs, manufactures, and sells pumps and pump systems worldwide. The company's products include self-priming centrifugal, standard centrifugal, magnetic drive centrifugal, axial and mixed flow, vertical turbine line shaft, submersible, high pressure booster, rotary gear, diaphragm, bellows, and oscillating pumps. Its products are used in water, wastewater, construction, dewatering, industrial, petroleum, original equipment, agriculture, fire protection, military, and other liquid-handling applications, as well as in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning applications. The company markets its products through a network of distributors, manufacturers' representatives, third-party distributor catalogs, direct sales, and commerce. The Gorman-Rupp Company was founded in 1933 and is headquartered in Mansfield, Ohio. .

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of The Gorman-Rupp Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 17.722% of The Gorman-Rupp Company shares are held by insiders and 57.659% by institutions.

• How many people work for The Gorman-Rupp Company?

  Latest data suggests 1,150 work at The Gorman-Rupp Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for The Gorman-Rupp Company?

  The Gorman-Rupp Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is The Gorman-Rupp Company based?

  The Gorman-Rupp Company's address is: 600 South Airport Road, Mansfield, OH, United States, 44903

• What is The Gorman-Rupp Company's ISIN number?

  The Gorman-Rupp Company's international securities identification number is: US3830821043

• What is The Gorman-Rupp Company's CUSIP number?

  The Gorman-Rupp Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 383082104