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W.W. Grainger

1,113.60 USD
+3.25
0.29%
At close Jan 17, 4:00 PM EST
After hours
1,113.60
+0.00
0.00%
1 day
0.29%
5 days
5.81%
1 month
-0.60%
3 months
-0.52%
6 months
14.24%
Year to date
6.90%
1 year
32.72%
5 years
227.38%
10 years
359.01%
 

About: W.W. Grainger distributes maintenance, repair, and operations products that are sourced from over 5,000 suppliers. The company serves more than 4.5 million customers through its online and electronic purchasing platforms, vending machines, catalog distribution, and network of over 300 global branches.

Employees: 26,100

0
Funds holding %
of 6,823 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 4 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

76% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.44B | Put options by funds: $819M

72% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 124 | Existing positions closed: 72

18% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q2] → 13 (+2) [Q3]

11% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $33.3B [Q2] → $37.1B (+$3.77B) [Q3]

3% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,125 [Q2] → 1,162 (+37) [Q3]

2% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 417 | Existing positions reduced: 408

2.03% less ownership

Funds ownership: 75.26% [Q2] → 73.23% (-2.03%) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target
$1,100
1%
downside
Avg. target
$1,180
6%
upside
High target
$1,280
15%
upside

4 analyst ratings

positive
0%
neutral
100%
negative
0%
Morgan Stanley
Chris Snyder
71% 1-year accuracy
10 / 14 met price target
9%upside
$1,215
Equal-Weight
Maintained
19 Nov 2024
UBS
Amit Mehrotra
33% 1-year accuracy
3 / 9 met price target
15%upside
$1,280
Neutral
Assumed
13 Nov 2024
RBC Capital
Deane Dray
48% 1-year accuracy
30 / 62 met price target
1%upside
$1,125
Sector Perform
Maintained
1 Nov 2024
Loop Capital
Chris Dankert
57% 1-year accuracy
8 / 14 met price target
1%downside
$1,100
Hold
Maintained
21 Oct 2024

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 6 articles about GWW published over the past 30 days

Positive
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