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

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W.W. Grainger in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 4 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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8 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for W.W. Grainger's shares. Their GWW share price forecasts range from $422.00 to $600.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $538.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.8% from the stock's current price.
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W.W. Grainger's stock was trading at $518.24 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, GWW stock has decreased by 4.5% and is now trading at $494.85.
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W.W. Grainger saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the August 15th total of 1,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 299,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 28th 2022.
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W.W. Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 28th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 29th. The industrial products company reported $7.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $6.72 by $0.47. The industrial products company earned $3.84 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.69 billion. W.W. Grainger had a net margin of 9.23% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 57.59%. W.W. Grainger's quarterly revenue was up 19.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.27 EPS.
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W.W. Grainger announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $1.72 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $6.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 5th.
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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 1.39%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 51 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 27.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GWW will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.97% 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 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday, September, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $40.00-$40.00 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $19.00 billion-$20.00 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (4.15%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (3.53%), Northern Trust Corp (1.62%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.36%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.98%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.94%). Insiders that own company stock include Deidra C Merriwether, Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, 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 $494.85.

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $25.17 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 $25.35 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.