NYSE:GWWW W Grainger Stock Price, Forecast & News

W W Grainger's stock was trading at $274.61 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GWW stock has increased by 17.9% and is now trading at $323.69. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W W Grainger in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for W W Grainger.

W W Grainger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for W W Grainger.

W W Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd 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 Inc (NYSE:GWW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $4.24 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.42 by $0.18. The industrial products company earned $3 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.87 billion. W W Grainger had a net margin of 6.56% and a return on equity of 45.00%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $4.51 EPS. View W W Grainger's earnings history.

W W Grainger announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of $1.44 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $5.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View W W Grainger's dividend history.

W W Grainger declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which permits the company to buyback 5,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

14 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $191.00 to $380.00. On average, they anticipate W W Grainger's share price to reach $305.36 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%. View analysts' price targets for W W Grainger.

News coverage about GWW stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about W W Grainger.

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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 investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Birch Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Hummer Financial Advisory Services Inc (0.01%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.01%). Company insiders that own W W Grainger stock include Brian P Anderson, Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard and Paige K Robbins. View institutional ownership trends for W W Grainger.

GWW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Birch Capital Management LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Hummer Financial Advisory Services Inc. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $323.69.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $17.31 billion and generates $11.49 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $849 million in net income (profit) each year or $17.29 on an earnings per share basis. W W Grainger employs 25,300 workers across the globe.

The official website for W W Grainger is 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]