Graham Corporation
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About the company
Graham Corporation, founded in 1936 and based in Batavia, New York, is an engineering and manufacturing company that, along with its subsidiaries, specializes in creating advanced fluid, power, heat transfer, and vacuum equipment. This specialized machinery serves a broad spectrum of critical industries, including chemical and petrochemical processing, defense, aerospace, petroleum refining, cryogenic applications, and energy. The company's diverse product range includes: Power Generation Solutions: Such as ejectors and surface condensers for power plants, as well as turbines, generators, compressors, and pumps.
- CEO
- Matthew J. Malone
- IPO
- 1980
- Employees
- 732
- HQ
- Batavia, NY, US
Price Chart
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Six angles, distilled from the data.
The stock is in a strong multi-month uptrend and remains well above its 200-day average, signaling a constructive secular setup. It is still below the 52-week high of 125.82, so the chart favors a continued advance but not a clean breakout yet.
Street sentiment is constructive: consensus sits at Buy with a 132.5 target, above the current share price. Recent action has been positive, with Oppenheimer and Northland both lifting targets in June, while the latest grade change was only a reaffirmed Outperform.
The earnings profile has been resilient, with 6 of the last 7 quarters beating EPS estimates. Next quarter is set against a 0.36 EPS estimate, and shareholders should watch whether revenue growth and margin discipline keep the beat streak intact.
No discretionary insider buying or selling stands out. Recent filings are dominated by awards, exempt exercises, and in-kind tax-related activity for the executive chairman, CFO, and CEO, which reads as routine compensation flow rather than a directional signal.
Profitability is solid but not elite, with a 23.6% gross margin, 1.34% operating margin, and 5.1% net margin. Growth remains healthy at 13% revenue growth year over year, while EPS growth is still negative at -57.4%, showing earnings are recovering unevenly.
GHM’s niche exposure to defense, space, and industrial vacuum systems supports a differentiated position versus broader machinery peers. The valuation is rich at 87.99x earnings, so the setup favors execution over multiple expansion from here.
- Market Cap
- $1.23B
- P/E
- 92.21
- P/S
- 5.01
- P/B
- 8.23
- EV/EBITDA
- 54.78
- Div Yield
- 0.00%
- Gross Margin
- 23.54%
- Op Margin
- 5.87%
- Net Margin
- 5.10%
- ROE
- 9.57%
- ROIC
- 7.55%
- Revenue
- $245.29M · 16.86%
- Net Income
- $12.50M · 2.21%
- EPS
- $1.14 · 1.79%
- Op Income
- $14.40M
- FCF YoY
- -102.26%
- 52W High
- $125.82
- 52W Low
- $46.08
- 50D MA
- $105.34
- 200D MA
- $80.83
- Beta
- 1.01
- Avg Volume
- 260.56K
Recent insider transactions
Who's buying, who's selling, and how much.
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 26 | Thoren Daniel J. | other | 22,101 |
| Jun 8, 26 | Thoren Daniel J. | other | 8,095 |
| Jun 8, 26 | Thome Christopher J. | other | 8,619 |
| Jun 8, 26 | Thome Christopher J. | other | 3,193 |
| Jun 8, 26 | Malone Matthew | other | 8,619 |
| Jun 8, 26 | Malone Matthew | other | 2,477 |
| Jun 4, 26 | Thoren Daniel J. | other | 5,543 |
| Jun 4, 26 | Thoren Daniel J. | other | 1,593 |
| Jun 4, 26 | Thoren Daniel J. | other | 5,543 |
| Jun 4, 26 | Thome Christopher J. | other | 1,643 |
Our GHM coverage
Recent articles, reports, and earnings notes.

Graham Corporation (GHM): Defense Backlog Drives Growth, Valuation Limits Upside
Graham has moved into a more durable growth phase, powered by record backlog, defense-heavy demand, and improving margins. But the stock already prices in much of that progress, leaving a Hold case despite strong operating momentum.

Graham Corporation (GHM) falls on EPS miss in deep earnings analysis
Graham Corporation (GHM) fell after a deeper look at earnings showed an EPS miss despite a revenue beat. The analysis weighs margin pressure, defense and space momentum, record backlog, and fiscal 2027 guidance against a stock that had already run up into the print.

Graham Corporation (GHM) Slumps on Earnings Misses
Graham Corporation (GHM) slumps 16.0% after reporting earnings misses, as investors react to weaker-than-expected results and pressure on the stock.
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