W.W. Grainger - GWW Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W.W. Grainger in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" GWW shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GWW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for W.W. Grainger's shares. Their GWW share price forecasts range from $422.00 to $695.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $592.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price.
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W.W. Grainger's stock was trading at $556.25 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, GWW stock has increased by 4.3% and is now trading at $579.99.
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W.W. Grainger saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,240,000 shares, an increase of 6.9% from the November 30th total of 1,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 319,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 2.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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W.W. Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 2nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $5.65 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.31 by $0.34. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.32 billion. W.W. Grainger had a net margin of 9.75% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 60.31%. W.W. Grainger's revenue for the quarter was up 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $4.52 earnings per share.
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W.W. Grainger announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $1.72 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $6.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 10th.
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W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) pays an annual dividend of $6.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.20%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 52 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GWW will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.41% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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W.W. Grainger issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Sunday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $29.10-$29.70 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $28.10. The company issued revenue guidance of $15.10 billion-$15.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $15.09 billion.

543 employees have rated W.W. Grainger Chief Executive Officer DG Macpherson on Glassdoor.com. DG Macpherson has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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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. (0.92%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.41%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.21%), Suncoast Equity Management (0.07%), Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.05%) and Fruth Investment Management (0.04%). Insiders that own company stock include Deidra C Merriwether, Donald G Macpherson, John L Howard, Laurie R Thomson, Paige K Robbins and Susan Slavik Williams.
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One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $579.99.

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $29.31 billion and generates $13.02 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $1.04 billion in net income (profit) each year or $27.97 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 24,200 workers across the globe.

W.W. Grainger's mailing address is 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045. The official website for the company is www.grainger.com. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at (847) 535-1000, via email at estorrelations@grainger.com, or via fax at 847-535-0878.