W.W. GraingerGWW Market cap $50.2B
About: W.W. Grainger distributes maintenance, repair, and operating 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
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
45% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $945M | Put options by funds: $651M
0.45% more ownership
Funds ownership: 71.18% [Q1] → 71.63% (+0.45%) [Q2]
9% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 395 | Existing positions reduced: 436
3% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,159 [Q1] → 1,122 (-37) [Q2]
11% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $35.5B [Q1] → $31.7B (-$3.84B) [Q2]
31% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 82 | Existing positions closed: 119
50% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 22 [Q1] → 11 (-11) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
Morgan Stanley Chris Snyder 67% 1-year accuracy 4 / 6 met price target | 4%downside $990 | Equal-Weight Initiated | 6 Sept 2024 |
JP Morgan Patrick Baumann 0 / 0 met price target | 1%downside $1,015 | Neutral Maintained | 2 Aug 2024 |
RBC Capital Deane Dray 67% 1-year accuracy 36 / 54 met price target | 6%downside $972 | Sector Perform Maintained | 2 Aug 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about GWW published over the past 30 days