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 shares have increased by 13.3% and is now trading at $311.02. 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 1 sell rating, 7 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $4.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.42 by $0.18. The industrial products company had revenue of $3 billion for 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 company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $4.51 earnings per share. View W W Grainger's earnings history.

W W Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 29th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $1.44 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $5.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View W W Grainger's dividend history.

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

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $191.00 to $380.00. On average, they expect W W Grainger's share price to reach $306.91 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%. View analysts' price targets for W W Grainger.

News coverage about GWW stock has been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. W W Grainger earned a news sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.15%), Hexavest Inc. (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Birch Capital Management LLC (0.03%), Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.03%). 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, and Arden Trust Co. Company insiders that have sold W W Grainger company stock in the last year include Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, and Paige K Robbins. View insider buying and selling activity for W W Grainger.

GWW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Polianta Ltd, Robecosam AG, Cypress Capital Group, Birch Capital Management LLC, and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. 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 $311.02.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $16.63 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]