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 28.5% and is now trading at $352.92.
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15 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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W W Grainger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 28th 2020.
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W W Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The industrial products company reported $3.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.39 by $0.36. The industrial products company earned $2.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.77 billion. W W Grainger had a net margin of 5.34% and a return on equity of 42.19%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.64 EPS.
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W W Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 29th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $1.53 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $6.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 7th. This is an increase from W W Grainger's previous quarterly dividend of $1.44.
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W W Grainger announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, April 24th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase 5,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

15 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for W W Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $241.00 to $390.00. On average, they expect W W Grainger's share price to reach $329.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.6%.
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News stories about GWW stock have been trending very negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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W W Grainger saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,500,000 shares, a decrease of 19.8% from the January 31st total of 1,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 329,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 3.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.23%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.88%), State of Wisconsin Investment Board (0.73%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.71%), ProShare Advisors LLC (0.58%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.58%). 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.
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GWW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of Montreal Can, First Trust Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ProShare Advisors LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and Unigestion Holding SA. 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.
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GWW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., AJO LP, Hexavest Inc., Dana Investment Advisors Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, and PGGM Investments.
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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 $352.92.

W W Grainger has a market capitalization of $18.91 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]