Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Graco Common Stock
Graco common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GGG.” As of January 11, 2023, the share price was $70.36 and there were 167,776,564 shares outstanding and 1,686 common shareholders of record, which includes nominees or broker dealers holding stock on behalf of an estimated 128,202 beneficial owners.
The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the common stock of the Company for the last five fiscal years with the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Machinery Index over the same period (assuming the value of the investment in Graco common stock and each index was $100 on December 31, 2017, and all dividends were reinvested).
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Machinery 100 86 117 136 168 147
S&P 500 100 96 126 149 192 157
Graco Inc. 100 92 118 167 187 158
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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On April 24, 2015, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase up to 18 million shares of its outstanding common stock, primarily through open-market transactions. There were approximately 3.3 million shares remaining under the authorization on December 7, 2018, when the Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to an additional 18 million shares. The authorizations are for an indefinite period of time or until terminated by the Board. Shares available for purchase under the April 2015 authorization were exhausted in the first quarter of 2022. Therefore, all remaining purchases during 2022 were made under the December 2018 authorization.
In addition to shares purchased under the Board authorization, the Company purchases shares of common stock held by employees who wish to tender owned shares to satisfy the exercise price or tax due upon exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock.
Information on issuer purchases of equity securities follows:
Period Total
Number
of Shares
Purchased Average Price
Paid per
Share Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans
or Programs Maximum Number
of Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
(at end of period)
Oct 01, 2022 - Oct 28, 2022 1,078,199 $ 61.34 — 14,971,377
Oct 29, 2022 - Nov 25, 2022 — $ — — 14,971,377
Nov 26, 2022 - Dec 30, 2022 — $ — — 14,971,377
Item 6. [Reserved]
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