GWW - WW Grainger Inc Stock Price, Fair Value and News

949.22USD+3.33 (+0.35%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD949.22+3.33

Market Closed

0.35%

GWW Stock Price

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GWW Valuation

Market Cap

46.4B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

25.38

Price/Sales (Trailing)

2.79

EV/EBITDA

18.07

Price/Free Cashflow

26.2

GWW Price/Sales (Trailing)

GWW Profitability

EBT Margin

15.00%

Return on Equity

51.84%

Return on Assets

21.65%

Free Cashflow Yield

3.82%

GWW Fundamentals

GWW Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

16.6B

Rev. Growth (Yr)

3.52%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

5.95%

GWW Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

1.8B

Earnings Growth (Yr)

-2.05%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

24.16%

Breaking Down GWW Revenue

52 Week Range

641.95953.19

(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

2.7%

Last 30 days

-6.8%

Last 90 days

0.1%

Trailing 12 Months

39.5%

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GWW Financial Health

Current Ratio

2.19

Debt/Equity

0.65

Debt/Cashflow

0.98

GWW Investor Care

Dividend Yield

0.79%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

7.44

Buy Backs (1Y)

2.19%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

36.24

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2024	16.6B	0	0	0
2023	15.7B	16.0B	16.3B	16.5B
2022	13.6B	14.2B	14.8B	15.2B
2021	11.9B	12.3B	12.6B	13.0B
2020	11.7B	11.6B	11.7B	11.8B
2019	11.3B	11.3B	11.4B	11.5B
2018	10.7B	10.9B	11.1B	11.2B
2017	10.2B	10.2B	10.3B	10.4B
2016	10.0B	10.1B	10.1B	10.1B
2015	10.0B	10.0B	10.0B	10.0B
2014	9.5B	9.7B	9.8B	10.0B
2013	9.0B	9.2B	9.3B	9.4B
2012	8.4B	8.6B	8.8B	9.0B
2011	7.4B	7.6B	7.8B	8.1B
2010	6.4B	6.7B	7.0B	7.2B
2009	6.7B	6.4B	6.2B	6.2B
2008	0	6.6B	6.7B	6.9B
2007	0	0	0	6.4B

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of WW Grainger Inc

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
May 03, 2024	thomson laurie r	sold (taxes)	-21,249	923	-23.00	vp, controller
Apr 30, 2024	robbins paige k	gifted	-	-	1,971	sr. vp
Apr 30, 2024	robbins paige k	gifted	-	-	-1,971	sr. vp
Apr 01, 2024	macpherson donald g	sold (taxes)	-6,185,180	1,017	-6,080	chairman and ceo
Apr 01, 2024	thomson laurie r	acquired	-	-	825	vp, controller
Apr 01, 2024	macpherson donald g	acquired	-	-	11,410	chairman and ceo
Apr 01, 2024	merriwether deidra c	sold (taxes)	-1,598,180	1,017	-1,571	sr. vp & cfo
Apr 01, 2024	fortin matt	sold (taxes)	-241,100	1,017	-237	svp & chief hr officer
Apr 01, 2024	berardinelli krantz nancy l	sold (taxes)	-144,457	1,017	-142	sr. vp & clo
Apr 01, 2024	robbins paige k	acquired	-	-	3,012	sr. vp

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
May 06, 2024	Envestnet Portfolio Solutions, Inc.	added	14.82	1,293,680	4,453,260	0.02%
May 06, 2024	IFG Advisory, LLC	sold off	-100	-484,951	-	-%
May 06, 2024	Oxbow Advisors, LLC	reduced	-20.49	-20,159	820,961	0.11%
May 06, 2024	Integrated Advisors Network LLC	added	3.7	55,025	256,524	0.01%
May 06, 2024	Empirical Finance, LLC	added	3.32	348,640	1,648,030	0.10%
May 06, 2024	SUMMITRY LLC	reduced	-99.25	-33,862,400	314,346	0.02%
May 06, 2024	SG Americas Securities, LLC	added	150	4,085,000	6,051,000	0.03%
May 06, 2024	HighTower Advisors, LLC	added	7.61	4,175,000	17,289,000	0.03%
May 06, 2024	Advisory Services Network, LLC	added	179	2,301,660	3,246,220	0.07%
May 06, 2024	NEW YORK LIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC	reduced	-3.35	1,060,260	6,746,730	0.07%

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Unveiling WW Grainger Inc's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Feb 13, 2024	williams susan slavik	8.9%	4,429,802	SC 13G/A
Feb 13, 2024	vanguard group inc	10.61%	5,264,009	SC 13G/A
Jan 25, 2024	blackrock inc.	8.1%	4,003,072	SC 13G/A
Feb 09, 2023	vanguard group inc	10.91%	5,513,895	SC 13G/A
Feb 07, 2023	blackrock inc.	8.3%	4,183,578	SC 13G/A
Feb 10, 2022	vanguard group inc	10.04%	5,174,631	SC 13G/A
Feb 03, 2022	longview partners (guernsey) ltd	3.19%	1,644,839	SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2022	blackrock inc.	7.3%	3,774,174	SC 13G/A
Jan 13, 2022	williams susan slavik	9.2%	4,726,443	SC 13G/A
Feb 16, 2021	longview partners (guernsey) ltd	5.12%	2,689,371	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of WW Grainger Inc

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
May 07, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
May 02, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Apr 26, 2024	4	Insider Trading

Peers (Alternatives to WW Grainger Inc)

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LARGE-CAP
FDX	63.8B	87.5B	-5.14%	12.45%	14.53	0.73	-5.51%	46.89%
GWW	46.4B	16.6B	-6.77%	39.50%	25.38	2.79	6.06%	9.62%
FAST	38.0B	7.4B	-13.35%	22.19%	32.84	5.15	3.46%	4.06%
JBHT	17.4B	12.5B	-13.94%	-5.71%	26.38	1.38	-13.82%	-28.77%
EXPD	16.5B	9.3B	-2.04%	-1.36%	21.97	1.78	-45.52%	-44.53%
MID-CAP
CHRW	9.3B	17.4B	11.74%	-22.75%	30.72	0.54	-22.65%	-61.39%
KNX	7.8B	7.3B	-9.61%	-16.14%	70.46	1.06	1.23%	-83.48%
AIT	7.5B	4.5B	-1.10%	50.03%	19.98	1.67	3.72%	12.24%
BECN	6.0B	9.3B	-8.03%	55.50%	14.36	0.64	9.73%	-2.71%
ARCB	2.7B	4.4B	-21.82%	33.63%	22.52	0.63	-10.46%	-59.38%
SMALL-CAP
BXC	865.1M	3.1B	-22.78%	34.29%	17.94	0.28	-22.33%	-73.30%
CYRX	803.2M	233.3M	-10.21%	-26.35%	-8.07	3.44	-1.70%	-153.19%
CVLG	595.9M	1.1B	-0.98%	16.05%	14	0.53	-6.43%	-58.73%
DSKE	391.3M	1.6B	-0.12%	0.61%	-22.11	0.25	-11.50%	-135.26%
AIRT	73.3M	220.4M	16.41%	-0.77%	-6.74	0.33	16.77%	-270.60%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Income Statement (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Revenue	6.0%	4,235	3,997	4,208	4,182	4,091	3,802	3,942	3,837	3,647	3,359	3,372	3,207	3,084	2,941	3,018	2,837	3,001	2,847	2,947	2,893	2,799
Gross Profit	6.7%	1,668	1,563	1,655	1,644	1,634	1,506	1,519	1,441	1,383	1,253	1,250	1,124	1,093	1,027	1,074	1,016	1,121	1,082	1,099	1,121	1,095
S&GA Expenses	-0.7%	999	1,006	988	983	954	962	916	907	849	836	812	790	735	752	694	811	962	901	761	741	732
EBITDA Margin	-0.8%	0.16*	0.16*	0.16*	0.16*	0.15*	0.15*	0.14*	0.14*	0.13*	0.12*	0.11*	0.11*	0.10*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Interest Expenses	8.7%	-21.00	-23.00	-22.00	-24.00	-24.00	-23.00	-25.00	-22.00	-23.00	-22.00	-22.00	-22.00	-21.00	-21.00	-23.00	-28.00	-21.00	-19.00	-20.00	-21.00	-19.00
Income Taxes	22.5%	158	129	159	155	154	128	145	128	132	100	107	76.00	88.00	74.00	106	55.00	-43.00	53.00	78.00	94.00	89.00
Earnings Before Taxes	21.1%	655	541	652	645	662	525	587	517	517	401	422	319	343	259	362	184	142	170	322	366	351
EBT Margin	-1.1%	0.15*	0.15*	0.15*	0.15*	0.15*	0.14*	0.14*	0.13*	0.12*	0.11*	0.11*	0.10*	0.10*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income	24.2%	478	385	476	490	488	366	426	389	385	266	297	243	255	168	240	129	185	103	233	260	253
Net Income Margin	-2.5%	0.11*	0.11*	0.11*	0.11*	0.11*	0.10*	0.10*	0.09*	0.09*	0.08*	0.08*	0.07*	0.07*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free Cashflow	13.6%	542	477	398	355	356	312	335	144	286	155	111	195	221	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Assets	3.1%	8,400	8,147	8,140	8,031	7,825	7,588	7,201	7,049	6,993	6,592	6,390	6,462	6,333	6,295	6,583	7,194	7,177	6,005	5,922	5,992	6,014
Current Assets	5.0%	5,540	5,274	5,412	5,343	5,190	4,977	4,686	4,513	4,439	4,011	4,005	4,057	3,934	3,919	4,273	4,918	4,914	3,555	3,396	3,456	3,508
Cash Equivalents	21.8%	804	660	601	515	461	325	315	262	364	241	328	547	562	585	859	1,603	1,492	360	286	315	392
Inventory	-3.9%	2,178	2,266	2,196	2,223	2,252	2,253	2,071	1,990	1,929	1,870	1,786	1,707	1,675	1,733	1,780	1,695	1,615	1,655	1,520	1,535	1,523
Net PPE	0.5%	1,667	1,658	1,543	1,485	1,468	1,461	1,409	1,438	1,434	1,424	1,429	1,436	1,441	1,395	1,394	1,365	1,357	1,400	1,384	1,380	1,358
Goodwill	-1.6%	364	370	364	368	370	371	363	374	384	384	387	390	388	391	369	365	361	429	425	429	425
Current Liabilities	38.1%	2,528	1,831	1,898	1,920	1,924	2,010	1,785	1,750	1,742	1,528	1,550	1,589	1,531	1,441	1,441	1,388	1,500	1,678	1,572	1,452	1,462
Short Term Borrowings	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15.00	17.00	55.00	51.00	51.00	52.00
Long Term Debt	-21.3%	1,783	2,266	2,260	2,275	2,278	2,284	2,294	2,309	2,338	2,362	2,372	2,375	2,373	2,389	2,388	3,301	3,303	1,914	1,918	2,080	2,077
LT Debt, Current	1373.5%	501	34.00	34.00	33.00	37.00	35.00	16.00	17.00	-	-	-	-	7.00	8.00	12.00	21.00	21.00	246	219	81.00	82.00
LT Debt, Non Current	-100.0%	-	2,266	2,260	2,275	2,278	2,284	2,294	2,309	2,338	2,362	2,372	2,375	2,373	2,389	2,388	3,301	3,303	1,914	1,918	2,080	2,077
Shareholder's Equity	2.7%	3,199	3,115	3,090	3,227	3,045	2,735	2,562	2,465	2,370	2,160	2,117	2,141	2,080	2,093	2,375	2,152	2,030	2,060	2,072	2,114	2,152
Retained Earnings	3.2%	12,548	12,162	11,859	11,477	11,101	10,700	10,402	10,066	9,782	9,500	9,301	9,089	8,948	8,779	8,694	8,536	8,500	8,405	8,380	8,226	8,045
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.6%	1,363	1,355	1,343	1,331	1,324	1,310	1,299	1,287	1,280	1,270	1,255	1,247	1,248	1,239	1,214	1,198	1,192	1,182	1,161	1,152	1,137
Accumulated Depreciation	1.3%	2,087	2,060	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shares Outstanding	-1.4%	49.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	51.00	51.00	51.00	51.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minority Interest	-4.9%	310	326	292	292	310	295	254	264	289	286	290	273	264	265	244	223	220	205	201	191	181
Float	-	-	-	-	35,236	-	-	-	20,642	-	-	-	20,483	-	-	-	15,084	-	-	-	13,765	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1
Cashflow From Operations	9.4%	661	604	523	450	454	360	380	250	343	213	161	269	294	336	311	232	244	272	320	323	127
Share Based Compensation	-15.4%	11.00	13.00	18.00	19.00	12.00	10.00	11.00	18.00	9.00	9.00	8.00	17.00	8.00	10.00	10.00	17.00	9.00	8.00	9.00	18.00	5.00
Cashflow From Investing	-2.6%	-118	-115	-116	-95.00	-96.00	-51.00	-40.00	-115	-57.00	-46.00	-50.00	-72.00	-58.00	-47.00	-50.00	-30.00	-52.00	-57.00	-54.00	-39.00	-52.00
Cashflow From Financing	10.9%	-391	-439	-318	-297	-224	-304	-280	-229	-159	-249	-327	-213	-250	-579	-1,011	-91.00	955	-148	-289	-365	-221
Dividend Payments	14.1%	105	92.00	106	107	87.00	85.00	102	99.00	84.00	96.00	85.00	95.00	81.00	92.00	82.00	86.00	78.00	86.00	79.00	87.00	76.00
Buy Backs	-21.2%	268	340	204	168	142	223	184	118	75.00	170	242	108	175	500	-	1.00	100	100	200	265	135

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GWW Income Statement

2024-03-31

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 4,235	$ 4,091
Cost of goods sold	2,567	2,457
Gross profit	1,668	1,634
Selling, general and administrative expenses	999	954
Operating earnings	669	680
Other expense (income):
Interest expense – net	21	24
Other – net	(7)	(6)
Total other expense – net	14	18
Earnings before income taxes	655	662
Income tax provision	158	154
Net earnings	497	508
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest	19	20
Net earnings attributable to W.W. Grainger, Inc.	$ 478	$ 488
Earnings per share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 9.65	$ 9.66
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 9.62	$ 9.61
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	49.2	50.2
Diluted (in shares)	49.4	50.5

GWW Balance Sheet

2024-03-31

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 804	$ 660
Accounts receivable (less allowances for credit losses of $36 and $35, respectively)	2,330	2,192
Inventories – net	2,178	2,266
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	228	156
Total current assets	5,540	5,274
Property, buildings and equipment – net	1,667	1,658
Goodwill	364	370
Intangibles – net	236	234
Operating lease right-of-use	408	429
Other assets	185	182
Total assets	8,400	8,147
Current liabilities
Current maturities	501	34
Trade accounts payable	1,133	954
Accrued compensation and benefits	235	327
Operating lease liability	71	71
Accrued expenses	444	397
Income taxes payable	144	48
Total current liabilities	2,528	1,831
Long-term debt	1,783	2,266
Long-term operating lease liability	359	381
Deferred income taxes and tax uncertainties	101	104
Other non-current liabilities	120	124
Shareholders' equity
Cumulative preferred stock – $5 par value – 12,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding	0	0
Common Stock – $0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; 109,659,219 shares issued	55	55
Additional contributed capital	1,363	1,355
Retained earnings	12,548	12,162
Accumulated other comprehensive losses	(207)	(172)
Treasury stock, at cost – 60,582,972 and 60,341,817 shares, respectively	(10,560)	(10,285)
Total W.W. Grainger, Inc. shareholders’ equity	3,199	3,115
Noncontrolling interest	310	326
Total shareholders' equity	3,509	3,441
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 8,400	$ 8,147

About WW Grainger Inc

W.W. Grainger, Inc. distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services in the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment. The company provides safety and security supplies, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance supplies, and metalworking and hand tools. It also offers technical support and inventory management services. The company serves businesses, corporations, government entities, and other institutions through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

CEO	Mr. Donald G. Macpherson
WEBSITE	grainger.com
INDUSTRY	Integrated Freight & Logistics
EMPLOYEES	23000

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What is the fair value of GWW stock?

You can check GWW's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of WW Grainger Inc is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of WW Grainger Inc is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for GWW so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is WW Grainger Inc a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether GWW is over valued or under valued. Whether WW Grainger Inc is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact WW Grainger Inc's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for GWW.

What is WW Grainger Inc's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Tue May 07 2024, GWW's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is 25.38 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 2.79. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. GWW PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on WW Grainger Inc's stock?

In the past 10 years, WW Grainger Inc has provided 0.16 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.