W.W. Grainger Stock Forecast, Price & News

W.W. Grainger's stock was trading at $274.61 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GWW shares have increased by 42.4% and is now trading at $391.16.
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17 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W.W. Grainger in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" W.W. Grainger stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GWW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated W.W. Grainger CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among W.W. Grainger's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

W.W. Grainger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021.
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W.W. Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The industrial products company reported $4.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.13 by $0.39. The industrial products company earned $3.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.98 billion. W.W. Grainger had a net margin of 5.37% and a return on equity of 41.31%. The firm's revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.26 EPS.
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W.W. Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 28th. Investors of record on Monday, November 9th will be given a dividend of $1.53 per share on Tuesday, December 1st. This represents a $6.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 6th.
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W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $6.12 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.55%. W.W. Grainger has been increasing its dividend for 48 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of W.W. Grainger is 35.40%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, W.W. Grainger will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.28% next year. This indicates that W.W. Grainger will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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W.W. Grainger declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for W.W. Grainger's shares. Their forecasts range from $241.00 to $465.00. On average, they anticipate W.W. Grainger's share price to reach $368.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.8%.
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W.W. Grainger saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 725,400 shares, a drop of 15.6% from the December 15th total of 859,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 303,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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W.W. Grainger trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GWW."

W.W. Grainger's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.22%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.21%), Darrell & King LLC (0.15%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Hexavest Inc. (0.04%) and Fruth Investment Management (0.04%). Company insiders that own W.W. Grainger stock include Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, Paige K Robbins and Susan Slavik Williams.
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GWW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Darrell & King LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CX Institutional, North Star Investment Management Corp., DNB Asset Management AS, and Granite Investment Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold W.W. Grainger company stock in the last year include Donald G Macpherson, John L Howard, Paige K Robbins, and Susan Slavik Williams.
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GWW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Trust Walden Corp, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, Fulton Bank N.A., JustInvest LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Mission Wealth Management LP, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System.
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Shares of GWW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $391.16.

W.W. Grainger has a market capitalization of $20.99 billion and generates $11.49 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $849 million in net income (profit) each year or $17.29 on an earnings per share basis. W.W. Grainger employs 25,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for W.W. Grainger is www.grainger.com.

W.W. Grainger's mailing address is 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 847-535-1000 or via email at [email protected]