NYSE:GWW - W W Grainger Stock Price, Price Target & More

W W Grainger trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GWW."

W W Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 25th. Investors of record on Monday, May 14th will be given a dividend of $1.36 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $5.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. This is an increase from W W Grainger's previous quarterly dividend of $1.28. View W W Grainger's Dividend History.

W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 19th. The industrial products company reported $4.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.44 by $0.74. The industrial products company earned $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.72 billion. W W Grainger had a return on equity of 39.23% and a net margin of 6.03%. W W Grainger's revenue was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.88 earnings per share. View W W Grainger's Earnings History.

W W Grainger is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for W W Grainger.

W W Grainger issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 19th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $14.30-15.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $13.86. The company issued revenue guidance of +5-8% to ~$10.95-11.26 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.09 billion.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $320.00. On average, they expect W W Grainger's stock price to reach $254.7273 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 15.9%. View Analyst Ratings for W W Grainger.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W W Grainger in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Media coverage about GWW stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the industrial products company an impact score of 45.62 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

W W Grainger's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.72%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Investment House LLC (0.04%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.04%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%) and Capital One National Association (0.03%). Company insiders that own W W Grainger stock include Eric R Tapia, James T Ryan, John L Howard, Joseph C High, Laura D Brown, Lucas E Watson, Paige K Robbins and Ronald L Jadin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for W W Grainger.

GWW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Acropolis Investment Management LLC, Pensionfund Sabic, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd and Scout Investments Inc.. Company insiders that have sold W W Grainger company stock in the last year include Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, Laura D Brown, Paige K Robbins and Ronald L Jadin. View Insider Buying and Selling for W W Grainger.

GWW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Capital One National Association, Bremer Trust National Association, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pennsylvania Trust Co and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for W W Grainger.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $302.92.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $17.39 billion and generates $10.42 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $585.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.46 on an earnings per share basis. W W Grainger employs 25,700 workers across the globe.

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]