W.W. Grainger
About: Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalogue. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalogue in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogues of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.
Employees: 26,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
212% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $1.14B | Put options by funds: $365M
39% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 124 | Existing positions closed: 89
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.7B [Q1] → $35.9B (+$2.15B) [Q2]
0.95% more ownership
Funds ownership: 70.94% [Q1] → 71.89% (+0.95%) [Q2]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,219 [Q1] → 1,224 (+5) [Q2]
1% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 432 | Existing positions reduced: 437
11% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 19 [Q1] → 17 (-2) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
3 analyst ratings
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Loop Capital
Chris Dankert
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6%
downside
$950
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Hold
Maintained
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4 Aug 2025 |
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RBC Capital
Deane Dray
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0%
downside
$1,007
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Sector Perform
Maintained
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4 Aug 2025 |
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Morgan Stanley
Chris Snyder
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14%
upside
$1,160
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Equal-Weight
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about GWW published over the past 30 days
