W.W. Grainger, Inc.

NYSE:GWW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$62.8b

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
12 May 26SellUS$1,795,450Paige RobbinsIndividual1,457US$1,234.89
12 May 26SellUS$385,519Laurie ThomsonIndividual313US$1,236.43
12 May 26SellUS$1,051,327Jonny LeRoyIndividual854US$1,233.43
16 Dec 25SellUS$199,666Nancy Berardinelli-KrantzIndividual195US$1,023.93
09 Sep 25SellUS$496,430Jonny LeRoyIndividual500US$993.22

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 Government35,6020.0754%
Individual Insiders3,957,9858.38%
General Public7,806,87916.5%
Institutions35,412,65375%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 57.11% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.71%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,113,087US$5.5b0.12%0.06%
8.1%
Susan Williams
3,823,426US$5.1b0%no data
6.11%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
2,882,615US$3.8b0%0.06%
4.9%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC
2,312,763US$3.1b0%0.14%
4.22%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
1,994,093US$2.7b-1.26%0.07%
2.61%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,230,969US$1.6b1.08%0.08%
2.19%
Wellington Management Group LLP
1,032,852US$1.4b-3.64%0.2%
1.95%
Wells Fargo & Company
919,181US$1.2b-3.34%0.23%
1.92%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
905,422US$1.2b-11.9%0.09%
1.79%
ClearBridge Investments, LLC
845,522US$1.1b0.15%0.81%
1.72%
UBS Asset Management AG
811,512US$1.1b1.99%0.07%
1.38%
Parnassus Investments, LLC
651,243US$866.0m1.73%2.21%
1.31%
Northern Trust Global Investments
619,348US$823.6m-1.66%0.09%
1.12%
SpiderRock Advisors, LLC
528,588US$702.9m23.2%6.42%
1.1%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
519,283US$690.5m-1.66%0.18%
1.09%
Norges Bank Investment Management
514,304US$683.9m0%0.04%
0.96%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
453,353US$602.9m-5.1%0.13%
0.87%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
409,142US$544.1m2.44%0.06%
0.8%
Bank of America Corporation
379,075US$504.1m7.95%0.11%
0.76%
Stifel Asset Management Corp.
358,629US$476.9m-3.57%0.39%
0.73%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
343,030US$456.2m2.91%0.05%
0.72%
Eaton Vance Management
341,751US$454.5m3.07%0.08%
0.7%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
329,888US$438.7m-11.3%0.1%
0.69%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
325,945US$433.4m0.44%0.07%
0.67%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
316,565US$421.0m10.1%0.07%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/06/10 02:44
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/10 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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 36 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David MantheyBaird
Scott DavisBarclays
Guy HardwickBarclays