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 (WHO). Since then, GWW shares have increased by 51.0% and is now trading at $414.58.
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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, 8 hold ratings and 8 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, February 4th 2021.
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W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 22nd. The industrial products company reported $4.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $4.13 by $0.39. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.98 billion. W.W. Grainger had a return on equity of 41.31% and a net margin of 5.37%. The business's revenue was up 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $4.26 earnings per share.
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W.W. Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 28th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.48%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 6th.
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W.W. Grainger announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

17 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for W.W. Grainger's shares. Their forecasts range from $241.00 to $465.00. On average, they expect W.W. Grainger's share price to reach $359.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.4%.
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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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.34%), State Street Corp (4.30%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.26%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.98%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.88%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.69%). 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 AJO LP, State Street Corp, ProShare Advisors LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Federated Hermes Inc., and Nuveen Asset Management 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., PGGM Investments, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $414.58.

W.W. Grainger has a market capitalization of $22.25 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]