GFF Stock — Griffon Corporation

Griffon Corporation (GFF)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GFF is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.95%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.95%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 95/100 (Safe). Total return is 7817.6% over the past 41.9 years.

Griffon Corporation manufactures and sells home and building products—including garage doors, rolling steel doors, and fire doors—as well as consumer and professional products such as long-handled tools, wheelbarrows, hand tools, lawn accessories, and home organization systems, serving retailers, distributors, and e-commerce platforms across the United States and internationally. The company pays a modest distribution rate on a quarterly basis. This business appeals to investors seeking income from an established manufacturer serving the residential and commercial construction and consumer products markets.

GFF performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 7817.6% over the past 41.9 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 25.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 27.9%.

GFF key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

95 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.90%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/05/1984

Distribution rate

0.95%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.95%

5-year average yield

0.99

Last close

$92.85 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$4,205,614,381

Average volume

220182.0

Dividend

$0.22

Ex-dividend date

08/31/2026

Payment date

09/16/2026

Beta

1.437

Payout ratio

15.9%

P/E ratio

20.36

Forward P/E

10.2145

EPS

$4.56

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.95%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.95%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

GFF risks and drawbacks

GFF's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 27.9%.

Who may consider GFF — and who may not

GFF may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (GFF pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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