W W Grainger Stock Forecast, Price & News

W W Grainger's stock was trading at $274.61 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GWW stock has increased by 29.9% and is now trading at $356.77.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W W Grainger in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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W W Grainger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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W W Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 22nd 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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $3.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.39 by $0.36. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.84 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.77 billion. W W Grainger had a net margin of 5.34% and a return on equity of 42.19%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.64 EPS.
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W W Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $1.53 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $6.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 7th. This is a boost from W W Grainger's previous quarterly dividend of $1.44.
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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 allows the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

17 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for W W Grainger's shares. Their forecasts range from $241.00 to $416.00. On average, they anticipate W W Grainger's share price to reach $345.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.1%.
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W W Grainger saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 995,800 shares, a decrease of 11.1% from the August 31st total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 318,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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W W Grainger trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GWW."

Shares of GWW can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $356.77.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $19.11 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]