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. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 18th. The industrial products company reported $4.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.78 by $0.59. The industrial products company had revenue of $2.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.82 billion. W W Grainger had a return on equity of 42.66% and a net margin of 7.16%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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 EPS 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 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $386.00. On average, they anticipate W W Grainger's share price to reach $292.9231 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.9%. 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 stories about GWW stock have been trending very positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a news impact score of 0.51 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company an impact score of 48.24 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

W W Grainger's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.80%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.72%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.18%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%) and Investment House LLC (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, Hartford Investment Management Co., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Acropolis Investment Management LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. 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 Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Whittier Trust Co., Capital One National Association, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. and Bremer Trust National Association. 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 $340.25.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $19.06 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]