Graco holds the cleaner structural position, with the lead spread across valuation and stability. VAT still has the edge on growth, which keeps the comparison from looking entirely one-sided. In the market, VAT carries the stronger setup — intact trend against Graco's broken trend. That leaves a split case: the structural lead stays with Graco, but the market is not currently confirming it.
The comparison is based on similar long-term financial trajectories, not sector labels. Peer scores are normalised within each company's primary universe (GGG: Russell 1000, VACN.SW: STOXX 600).
The result is anchored in valuation, but stability also reinforces the same direction. Graco Inc. leads by 16 points on the overall comparison score.
Both operate in: Specialty Industrial Machinery
This comparison is based on industry proximity, not on functional trajectory similarity. GGG and VACN.SW share the same industry classification.
For a similarity-based comparison, see how Graco and VAT each position within their functional peer groups in AssetNext.
Scores reflect position relative to comparable companies with similar long-term financial trajectories.
The largest gaps do not all point in the same direction.
Left means cheaper relative valuation. Higher means stronger structure.
Structure stays fairly close here, while current pricing still looks more supportive for Graco Inc..
Valuation position uses peer-relative PE percentile (idx_pct_pe) where available.
Where GGG and VACN.SW each sit in their own 5-year price and valuation history.
Describes historical entry positioning only. Descriptive — not investment advice.
The multiple-based pricing edge comes from a forward P/E that is 19.9 turns lower.
On the market side, VAT carries the stronger trend while Graco's trend has broken — the market setup does not confirm the structural advantage.
The lead is built on both valuation and stability — though growth still provides a counterweight.
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AssetNext scores reflect each company's structural position within its functional peer group — not a ranking against all stocks simultaneously. Peers are identified by similarity across eight financial dimensions, including revenue growth trajectory, margin structure, capital intensity, and earnings stability. A score of 75 means the company ranks in the top quartile within its own peer group, not the entire market.
Four dimension scores drive the overall peer score: Growth (revenue trajectory and expansion dynamics), Quality (margin structure and capital efficiency), Valuation (peer-relative pricing on standard multiples), and Stability (earnings consistency and financial predictability). Each dimension is scored 0–100 relative to the peer group, then combined into an overall peer score using equal weighting.
Because scores are peer-relative, the same company can have slightly different scores in different index universes. On comparison pages, both companies are shown within their shared peer universe wherever possible — so the scores are directly comparable. The peer basis is stated on each score card.
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