W.W. Grainger Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

WBAG:GWW Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
13 Nov 24	Sell€142,553	Laurie Thomson	Individual	125	€1,140.42
06 Nov 24	Sell€281,130	Nancy Berardinelli-Krantz	Individual	253	€1,111.80
20 Jun 24	Sell€436,427	Matthew Fortin	Individual	511	€855.89

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: GWW insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of GWW?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
State or Government	38,976	0.08%
Individual Insiders	4,573,993	9.39%
General Public	8,076,275	16.6%
Institutions	36,010,921	73.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 58% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
10.9%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	5,290,312	€5.4b	0.61%	0.08%
9.1%	Susan Williams	4,429,802	€4.6b	0%	no data
8.36%	BlackRock, Inc.	4,070,690	€4.2b	-0.49%	0.07%
4.1%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,997,191	€2.1b	2.32%	0.08%
3.15%	FMR LLC	1,535,463	€1.6b	2.5%	0.1%
2.4%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	1,167,031	€1.2b	2.51%	0.09%
2.15%	Wells Fargo & Company, Securities and Brokerage Investments	1,046,814	€1.1b	-2.17%	0.34%
2.07%	ClearBridge Investments, LLC	1,006,880	€1.0b	-7.57%	0.77%
1.89%	JP Morgan Asset Management	918,432	€943.9m	-3.23%	0.11%
1.41%	UBS Asset Management AG	687,996	€707.1m	9.58%	0.07%
1.3%	Franklin Resources, Inc.	630,956	€648.4m	-9.4%	0.23%
1.23%	Northern Trust Global Investments	597,317	€613.9m	-6.05%	0.1%
1.06%	Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm	518,505	€532.9m	0.42%	0.16%
1.02%	Norges Bank Investment Management	497,224	€511.0m	0%	0.04%
0.89%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	432,751	€444.7m	1.22%	0.08%
0.88%	Stifel Asset Management Corp.	428,986	€440.9m	-0.85%	0.48%
0.83%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	405,763	€417.0m	6.95%	0.09%
0.82%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	400,089	€411.2m	-1.7%	0.1%
0.8%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	389,113	€399.9m	8.08%	0.06%
0.69%	Invesco Capital Management LLC	336,618	€346.0m	8.15%	0.14%
0.67%	Massachusetts Financial Services Company	324,367	€333.4m	4.11%	0.07%
0.6%	BNY Asset Management	291,803	€299.9m	-1.32%	0.06%
0.59%	Eaton Vance Management	285,006	€292.9m	-5.86%	0.07%
0.58%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	284,666	€292.6m	3.1%	0.05%
0.56%	Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management	272,694	€280.3m	4.35%	0.08%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/30 08:31
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is covered by 45 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Fabrizio Spagna	Axia Financial Research
David Manthey	Baird
Ishan Majumdar	Baptista Research