NYSE:GWW - W W Grainger Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, April 25th. Investors of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.36 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $5.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. This is a positive change from W W Grainger's previous quarterly dividend of $1.28. View W W Grainger's Dividend History.

W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The industrial products company reported $4.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.78 by $0.59. The industrial products company earned $2.86 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.82 billion. W W Grainger had a return on equity of 39.23% and a net margin of 6.03%. W W Grainger's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.67 earnings per share. View W W Grainger's Earnings History.

W W Grainger is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 16th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for W W Grainger.

W W Grainger issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 18th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $15.05-16.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $15.00. The company issued revenue guidance of $11.0-11.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $11.19 billion.

18 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $386.00. On average, they expect W W Grainger's stock price to reach $288.3077 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.2%. View Analyst Ratings for W W Grainger.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W W Grainger in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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News headlines about GWW stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a news sentiment score of -0.02 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company an impact score of 44.75 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

W W Grainger's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.72%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.18%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), Investment House LLC (0.04%) and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.04%). Company insiders that own W W Grainger stock include Eric R Tapia, James T Ryan, John L Howard, Joseph C High, Laura D Brown, 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, Westpac Banking Corp, Calamos Advisors LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Acropolis Investment Management LLC, Pensionfund Sabic and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL. Company insiders that have sold W W Grainger company stock in the last year include Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, Laura D Brown, Paige K Robbins and Ronald L Jadin. View Insider Buying and Selling for W W Grainger.

GWW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Capital One National Association, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Bremer Trust National Association, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware and Pendal Group Ltd. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $343.86.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $17.08 billion and generates $10.42 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $585.73 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.46 on an earnings per share basis. W W Grainger employs 25,700 workers across the globe.

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]