W.W. Grainger - GWW Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W.W. Grainger in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" GWW shares. 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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9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for W.W. Grainger's stock. Their GWW share price forecasts range from $400.00 to $600.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $518.57 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.6%.
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W.W. Grainger's stock was trading at $518.24 at the start of the year. Since then, GWW stock has increased by 11.9% and is now trading at $579.88.
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W.W. Grainger saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,130,000 shares, a drop of 6.6% from the July 15th total of 1,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 310,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 4th 2022.
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W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 29th. The industrial products company reported $7.19 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $6.65 by $0.54. The industrial products company earned $3.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.69 billion. W.W. Grainger had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.59% and a net margin of 9.23%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.27 EPS.
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W.W. Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 27th. Investors of record on Monday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $1.72 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $6.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 5th.
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W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) pays an annual dividend of $6.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.21%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 27.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GWW will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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W.W. Grainger updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $27.25-$28.75 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $26.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.00 billion-$15.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $14.74 billion.

543 employees have rated W.W. Grainger Chief Executive Officer DG Macpherson on Glassdoor.com. DG Macpherson has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Clearbridge Investments LLC (3.53%), Northern Trust Corp (1.62%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.36%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.98%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.87%) and Deutsche Bank AG (0.85%). Insiders that own company stock include Deidra C Merriwether, Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, Laurie R Thomson, Paige K Robbins and Susan Slavik Williams.
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One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $579.88.

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $29.50 billion and generates $13.02 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $1.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $25.35 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 24,200 workers across the globe.

W.W. Grainger was founded in 1927.

W.W. Grainger's mailing address is 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045. The official website for the company is www.grainger.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (847) 535-1000, via email at estorrelations@grainger.com, or via fax at 847-535-0878.