NYSE:GWWW W Grainger Stock Price, Forecast & 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 (WHO). Since then, GWW stock has increased by 25.6% and is now trading at $345.00.
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15 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 7 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 Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $3.75 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 42.19% and a net margin of 5.34%. The company's revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.64 earnings per share.
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W W Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Investors of record on Monday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.53 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $6.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 7th. This is an increase 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 share buyback plan on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which permits the company to buyback 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for W W Grainger's shares. Their forecasts range from $241.00 to $390.00. On average, they anticipate W W Grainger's share price to reach $329.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%.
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Media stories about GWW stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Coho Partners Ltd. (0.88%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.58%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.58%), Swiss National Bank (0.34%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.31%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.28%). Company insiders that own W W Grainger stock include Brian P Anderson, Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard and Paige K Robbins.
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GWW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, ProShare Advisors LLC, Unigestion Holding SA, Optimal Asset Management Inc., UBS Group AG, MU Investments Co. Ltd., and Boston Trust Walden Corp. Company insiders that have sold W W Grainger company stock in the last year include Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, and Paige K Robbins.
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GWW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Coho Partners Ltd., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..
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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 $345.00.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $18.48 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]