W W Grainger Stock Forecast, Price & News

W W Grainger's stock was trading at $274.61 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GWW stock has increased by 27.9% and is now trading at $351.09.
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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 Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $3.75 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.39 by $0.36. The industrial products company earned $2.84 billion during 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 business's revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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 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 1.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 7th. This is a positive change 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 approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

17 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $241.00 to $416.00. On average, they expect W W Grainger's share price to reach $340.21 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 increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,170,000 shares, an increase of 8.3% from the July 30th total of 1,080,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 352,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.3 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.46%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.30%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.28%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.88%) and State of Wisconsin Investment Board (0.73%). 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 Vanguard Group Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, FIL Ltd, Bank of Montreal Can, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold W W Grainger company stock in the last year include Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, Paige K Robbins, and Susan Slavik Williams.
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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., AJO LP, Hexavest Inc., Dana Investment Advisors Inc., Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., and Victory Capital 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 $351.09.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $18.81 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]