Griffon Corp (NYSE: GFF) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

Griffon Corp (NYSE:GFF) currently has a daily average trading volume of 402.37K but it saw 1814101 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.97B USD, the company’s current market price of $80.52 came rising about 18.20 while comparing to the previous closing price of $68.12. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $77.99 and as low as $43.45. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $71.2 while lowest mark touched by it was $80.85.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Griffon Corp (GFF) gives us an average price of $66.36, while its current price level is 3.24% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 85.32% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $67.01 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $67.30. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 5.08% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.25%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 78.19 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Deutsche Bank which initiated the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on October 27, 2023, recommending a price target of $65 for it. Raymond James upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Strong Buy” from “Outperform” on May 02, 2022 while assigning a price target range of $33-$40. Stephens also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $30.

Over the week, GFF’s stock price is moving 19.73% up while it is 17.87% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 32.11% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 81.97%.

Currently, Griffon Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 53.06M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.17% and return on equity (ROE) at 67.73%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 21.56 while having a 12.38 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.32. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 17.78 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.52. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.65% on average.