W.W. Grainger, Inc.

NYSE:GWW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$53.1b

W.W. Grainger Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:GWW Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
13 Nov 24SellUS$150,754Laurie ThomsonIndividual125US$1,206.03
06 Nov 24SellUS$301,707Nancy Berardinelli-KrantzIndividual253US$1,193.17
20 Jun 24SellUS$467,667Matthew FortinIndividual511US$917.16

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 TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government38,9760.08%
Individual Insiders4,573,9939.39%
General Public8,083,89816.6%
Institutions36,003,29873.9%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 58% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.9%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
5,290,312US$5.8b0.61%0.08%
9.1%
Susan Williams
4,429,802US$4.8b0%no data
8.36%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,070,690US$4.4b-0.49%0.07%
4.1%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
1,997,191US$2.2b2.32%0.08%
3.15%
FMR LLC
1,535,463US$1.7b2.5%0.1%
2.4%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,167,031US$1.3b2.51%0.09%
2.15%
Wells Fargo & Company, Securities and Brokerage Investments
1,046,814US$1.1b-2.17%0.35%
2.07%
ClearBridge Investments, LLC
1,006,880US$1.1b-7.57%0.8%
1.89%
JP Morgan Asset Management
918,432US$1.0b-3.23%0.11%
1.41%
UBS Asset Management AG
687,996US$750.6m9.58%0.07%
1.3%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
630,956US$688.4m-9.4%0.24%
1.23%
Northern Trust Global Investments
597,317US$651.7m-6.05%0.1%
1.06%
Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm
518,505US$565.7m0.42%0.16%
1.02%
Norges Bank Investment Management
497,224US$542.5m0%0.04%
0.89%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
432,751US$472.1m1.22%0.08%
0.88%
Stifel Asset Management Corp.
428,986US$468.0m-0.85%0.49%
0.83%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
405,763US$442.7m6.95%0.09%
0.82%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
400,089US$436.5m-1.7%0.1%
0.8%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
389,113US$424.5m8.08%0.07%
0.69%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
336,618US$367.2m8.15%0.14%
0.67%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
324,367US$353.9m4.11%0.08%
0.6%
BNY Asset Management
291,803US$318.3m-1.32%0.06%
0.59%
Eaton Vance Management
285,006US$310.9m-5.86%0.07%
0.58%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
284,666US$310.6m3.1%0.05%
0.56%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
272,694US$297.5m4.35%0.08%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/26 00:43
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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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.

AnalystInstitution
Fabrizio SpagnaAxia Financial Research
David MantheyBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research