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. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be given 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 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) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 18th. The industrial products company reported $4.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.78 by $0.59. The industrial products company earned $2.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.82 billion. W W Grainger had a net margin of 7.16% and a return on equity of 42.66%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 EPS. 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 updated 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets 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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Media stories about GWW stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a media sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

W W Grainger's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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]