W.W. Grainger Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for W.W. Grainger in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" W.W. Grainger stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GWW, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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W.W. Grainger is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 30th 2021.
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W.W. Grainger will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, July 30th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 29th. The industrial products company reported $4.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.30 by $0.18. The industrial products company earned $3.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.04 billion. W.W. Grainger had a net margin of 6.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.60%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.24 EPS.
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W.W. Grainger's stock was trading at $274.61 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GWW shares have increased by 66.3% and is now trading at $456.72.
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W.W. Grainger declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 29th. Investors of record on Monday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.62 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $6.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.42%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 7th. This is a boost from W.W. Grainger's previous quarterly dividend of $1.53.
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W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.41%. W.W. Grainger has been increasing its dividend for 50 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of W.W. Grainger is 40.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, W.W. Grainger will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.25% next year. This indicates that W.W. Grainger will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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W.W. Grainger updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of 19.000-20.500 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $18.600. The company issued revenue guidance of $12.70 billion-$13 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $12.38 billion.

12 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for W.W. Grainger's stock. Their forecasts range from $350.00 to $520.00. On average, they anticipate W.W. Grainger's stock price to reach $450.90 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.3%.
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543 employees have rated W.W. Grainger CEO DG Macpherson on Glassdoor.com. DG Macpherson has an approval rating of 87% among W.W. Grainger's employees.

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.15%), Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.06%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.06%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.02%). Company insiders that own W.W. Grainger stock include Donald G Macpherson, Eric R Tapia, John L Howard, Laurie R Thomson, Paige K Robbins and Susan Slavik Williams.
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GWW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Albert D Mason Inc., and Veracity Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold W.W. Grainger company stock in the last year include Donald G Macpherson, John L Howard, Laurie R Thomson, Paige K Robbins, and Susan Slavik Williams.
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GWW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rheos Capital Works Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, CBOE Vest Financial LLC, Scout Investments Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, and Insight Folios Inc.
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One share of GWW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $456.72.

W.W. Grainger has a market capitalization of $23.80 billion and generates $11.80 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $695 million in net income (profit) each year or $16.18 on an earnings per share basis.

W.W. Grainger employs 23,100 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of W.W. Grainger: Acklands - Grainger Inc., Acklands-Grainger, Alliance Energy Solutions, Anfreixo, Apex Industrial Limited, Asia Pacific Brands, Bogle and Timms Limited, CJ Bent & Son Limited, Cromwell, Cromwell Bearings and Transmission Services Limited, Cromwell Czech Republic s.r.o., Cromwell Group (Holdings) Limited, Cromwell Group (International) Limited, Cromwell Industrial Supplies Private Limited, Cromwell Logistics Limited, Cromwell Poland sp. z.o.o., Cromwell SAS, Cromwell Tools (Norwich) Limited, Cromwell Tools (Rochester) Limited, Cromwell Tools (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Cromwell Tools Limited, Cromwell Tools SDN BHD, Cromwell-Siddle (Grimsby) Limited, Dayton Electric Manufacturing Co., E & R Industrial Sales Inc., E&R Industrial, E&R Tooling and Solutions de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., East Midlands Property Developments Limited, Fabory Group, GHC Specialty Brands LLC, GMMI LLC, GWW UK Holdings Ltd., Gamut Supply LLC, Grainger Brasil Comércio e Distribuição Ltda., Grainger Brasil Participações Ltda., Grainger Canada Holdings ULC, Grainger Caribe Inc., Grainger Colombia Holding Company LLC, Grainger Dominicana SRL, Grainger Global Holdings Inc., Grainger Global Online Business Ltd, Grainger Global Trading (Shanghai) Company Limited, Grainger Guam L.L.C., Grainger Industrial Supply India Private Limited, Grainger International Holdings B.V., Grainger International Inc., Grainger Management LLC, Grainger Mexico LLC, Grainger Panama Services S. de R.L., Grainger Procurement Company LLC, Grainger Registry Services LLC, Grainger S.A. de C.V., Grainger Service Holding Company Inc., Grainger Services International Inc., Grainger Singapore Pte. Ltd., Imperial Supplies, Imperial Supplies Holdings Inc., Imperial Supplies LLC, India Pacific Brands, Industrial Supply Alliance Limited, LN Participações Ltda., Lab Safety Supply, MRO Soluciones S.A. de C.V., Merlin Business Software Limited, MonotaRO Co., MonotaRO Co. Ltd., Mountain Ventures WWG IV LLC, Mountain Ventures WWG LLC, Mountain Ventures WWG V LLC, NAVIMRO Co. Ltd., Norwell Engineering Limited, PT Cromwell Tools, PT MonotaRO Indonesia, Safety Registry Services LLC, Safety Solutions, Safety Solutions Inc., SafetyCertified, Sterling Fabory India Private Ltd. (50%), Techni-Tool, Technical Tooling Limited, Tooling & Engineering Distributors (TED) Limited, Turners (Ironmongers) Limited, WFS (USA) Ltd., WFS Enterprises, WFS Holding Company Inc., WFS Ltd., WWG Servicios S.A. de C.V., WWG de Mexico S.A. de C.V., WWGH LLC, Windsor Factory Supply Inc., Zoro IP Holdings LLC, Zoro Shanghai, Zoro Tools Europe GmbH in Liquidation, Zoro Tools Inc., and Zoro UK Limited.

W.W. Grainger was founded in 1927.

The official website for W.W. Grainger is www.grainger.com.

W.W. Grainger is headquartered at 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045.

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]