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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-18 · Built: 2026-10-18 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

GRACO INC

GGG · NYSE · CIK 0000042888 · Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

INSIDER SIGNAL

No active buy signal

1 qualifying P purchase group
in the current 180-day scoring window

3 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
1 sales · 1 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines

Last qualifying purchase2026-04-27 · Simon Andrea Helen · $99.9K

WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?

Purchase activityPresent
Recent buying1 qualifying line group(s)
Recent salesLow
Buy signal statusInactive
Score anatomy

No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.

ClusterNot calculated
Purchase sizeNot calculated
RoleNot calculated
RecencyNot calculated
ConvictionNot calculated

Why is there no score?

  • No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
  • Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.

Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
Etchart EricDirector
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Simon Andrea HelenDirector
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

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Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS1
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION100%Largest buyer: Simon Andrea Helen · $99.9K
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D1 insiderPeak activity: 2026-04-27–2026-04-27

Roles in the peak window: Director. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

SIGNAL HISTORY

No recorded active-signal snapshot

Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-04-27 · Simon Andrea Helen.

Recent Form 4 activity

1Purchases
7Sales
16Other Form 4 lines
14SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING1 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING1 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER1 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
4,940,967
Previous report
5,443,852
Avg daily volume
1,632,752
Days to cover
3.0

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-04-27Simon Andrea HelenPurchase (P)Common Stock1,240USD 80.53USD 99,857SEC filing ↗
2023-07-31SHEAHAN MARK WPurchase (P)Common Stock1,263USD 79.04USD 99,828SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

24 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 363 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-08-03Etchart EricSale (S)Common Stock3,218USD 80.01USD 257,472SEC filing ↗
2026-08-03Etchart EricOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,218USD 36.09USD 116,138SEC filing ↗
2026-04-27Simon Andrea HelenPurchase (P)Common Stock1,240USD 80.53USD 99,857SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (24 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-08-03Etchart EricSale (S)Common Stock3,218USD 80.01USD 257,472SEC filing ↗
2026-08-03Etchart EricOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,218USD 36.09USD 116,138SEC filing ↗
2026-04-27Simon Andrea HelenPurchase (P)Common Stock1,240USD 80.53USD 99,857SEC filing ↗
2026-02-09LOWE DAVID MOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,000USD 23.85USD 71,550SEC filing ↗
2026-02-06Wordell Angela FSale (S)Common Stock2,832USD 93.22USD 263,999SEC filing ↗
2026-02-06Wordell Angela FOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,832USD 30.35USD 85,951SEC filing ↗
2026-02-04White Timothy RSale (S)Common Stock1,469USD 90.70USD 133,238SEC filing ↗
2026-02-04White Timothy ROption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock1,469USD 23.85USD 35,036SEC filing ↗
2026-02-03GILLIGAN J KEVINSale (S)Common Stock12,870USD 89.07USD 1,146,331SEC filing ↗
2026-02-03GILLIGAN J KEVINOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock12,870USD 36.09USD 464,478SEC filing ↗
2026-02-02Schoenrock Kathryn LSale (S)Common Stock2,223USD 88.06USD 195,757SEC filing ↗
2026-02-02Schoenrock Kathryn LOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock3,336USD 23.85USD 79,564SEC filing ↗
2026-02-02O'Shea Peter JSale (S)Common Stock8,820USD 88.10USD 777,042SEC filing ↗
2026-02-02O'Shea Peter JOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock8,820USD 23.85USD 210,357SEC filing ↗
2026-01-30Merengo ClaudioSale (S)Common Stock14,410USD 87.03USD 1,254,102SEC filing ↗
2026-01-30Merengo ClaudioOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock14,410USD 30.35USD 437,344SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29SHEAHAN MARK WOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock63,510USD 23.85USD 1,514,714SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29SHEAHAN MARK WTax withholding (F)Common Stock40,219USD 86.83USD 3,492,216SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29MORFITT MARTHA A MOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock18,000USD 26.68USD 480,240SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29MORFITT MARTHA A MTax withholding (F)Common Stock5,531USD 86.83USD 480,257SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29LOWE DAVID MOption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock60,510USD 23.85USD 1,443,164SEC filing ↗
2026-01-29LOWE DAVID MTax withholding (F)Common Stock38,325USD 86.83USD 3,327,760SEC filing ↗
2026-01-01Carter Brett CAward / grant (A)Common Stock76USD 81.97USD 6,230SEC filing ↗
2025-12-24White Timothy ROption exercise / conversion (M)Common Stock2,500USD 23.85USD 59,625SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-18
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerGGG
CIK0000042888
SectorIndustrials
IndustrySpecialty Industrial Machinery Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC3561 Pumps & Pumping Equipment
ExchangeNYSE

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history363 transaction lines from 2020-01-01 to 2026-08-03
2 P purchase lines · 157 S sale lines · 204 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.