After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
GWW belongs to the Industrials sector of the NYSE while operating in the Industrial Distribution industry. The current market capitalization of W.W. Grainger Inc is $46.83B. A total of 0.89 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 309.24K shares.
In the most recent transaction, LeRoy Jonny M sold 500 shares of GWW for 992.86 per share on Sep 09 ’25. After the transaction, the SVP, Chief Technology Officer now owns 1,771 company shares. In a previous transaction on Sep 09 ’25, JONATHAN MICHAEL LEROY bought 500 shares at 992.86 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Berardinelli Krantz Nancy L disposed of 280 shares on May 23 ’25 at a per-share price of $1075.20. This resulted in the Sr. VP & CLO holding 3,369 shares of GWW after the transaction. In another insider transaction, NANCY L BERARDINELLI-KRANTZ bought 280 shares at $1075.20 per share on May 23 ’25.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. W.W. Grainger Inc pays an annual dividend of $8.62, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.88%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.34.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, GWW has a high of $1227.66 and a low of $893.99.
As of this writing, GWW has an earnings estimate of $9.62 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 17.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $10.09 per share and a lower estimate of $9.07. The company reported an EPS of $9.71 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. GWW’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $241.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $2.76B in debt and $1.53B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $74.77, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.16B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for GWW is Buy with a score of 3.06.
