NYSE:GWW - W W Grainger Stock Price, Forecast & News

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, October 30th. Investors of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a dividend of $1.44 per share on Sunday, December 1st. This represents a $5.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 7th. View W W Grainger's Dividend History.

W W Grainger announced that its board has approved a stock buyback program on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $4.26 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.40 by $0.14. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.94 billion. W W Grainger had a net margin of 8.38% and a return on equity of 46.07%. The business's revenue was up 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $4.19 earnings per share. View W W Grainger's Earnings History.

W W Grainger is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for W W Grainger.

W W Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

W W Grainger issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $17.10-18.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $17.58. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.45-11.78 billion (+2-5%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.51 billion.

11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $240.00 to $338.00. On average, they expect W W Grainger's share price to reach $297.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for W W Grainger.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W W Grainger in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for W W Grainger.

News articles about GWW stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a coverage optimism score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for W W Grainger.

W W Grainger saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,810,000 shares, a decrease of 7.7% from the December 15th total of 1,960,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 349,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.2 days. Currently, 4.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View W W Grainger's Current Options Chain.

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W W Grainger's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.22%), Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Fruth Investment Management (0.04%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). Company insiders that own W W Grainger stock include Brian P Anderson, Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, 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, Scout Investments Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Ridgewood Investments LLC, Fruth Investment Management and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. Company insiders that have sold W W Grainger company stock in the last year include Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard and Paige K Robbins. View Insider Buying and Selling for W W Grainger.

GWW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Hawaiian Bank, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Tuttle Tactical Management, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., DNB Asset Management AS, JGP Wealth Management LLC, FormulaFolio Investments LLC and Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $340.15.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $18.32 billion and generates $11.22 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $782 million in net income (profit) each year or $16.70 on an earnings per share basis. W W Grainger employs 24,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About W W Grainger.

The official website for W W Grainger is http://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]