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

9 Wall Street 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 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for W.W. Grainger's stock. Their GWW share price forecasts range from $422.00 to $695.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $590.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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W.W. Grainger's stock was trading at $518.24 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GWW shares have increased by 13.2% and is now trading at $586.45.
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W.W. Grainger saw a decrease in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,260,000 shares, a decrease of 7.4% from the October 31st total of 1,360,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 336,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.8% of the company's shares are short sold.
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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, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 28th. The industrial products company reported $8.27 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $7.19 by $1.08. The industrial products company had revenue of $3.94 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.88 billion. W.W. Grainger had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 60.31% and a net margin of 9.75%.

W.W. Grainger announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 26th. Investors of record on Monday, November 14th will be given a dividend of $1.72 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $6.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 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 1.14%. 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 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 22.50% 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 (EPS) guidance of $29.10-$29.70 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.00%), BlackRock Inc. (7.85%), State Street Corp (4.34%), Longview Partners Guernsey LTD (1.93%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.09%) and Coho Partners Ltd. (0.91%). 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 $586.45.

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) has a market capitalization of $29.63 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.