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W W Grainger Inc Stock Research

GWW

681.33USD+13.59(+2.04%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD681.33+13.59
Market Closed
2.04%

GWW Alerts

GWW Stock Price

GWW RSI Chart

GWW Valuation

Market Cap

34.6B

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

22.37

Price/Sales (Trailing)

2.27

EV/EBITDA

15.1

Price/Free Cashflow

32.14

GWW Price/Sales (Trailing)

GWW Profitability

EBT Margin

14.09%

Return on Equity

63.4%

Return on Assets

20.39%

Free Cashflow Yield

3.11%

GWW Fundamentals

GWW Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

15.2B

Revenue Y/Y

13.19%

Revenue Q/Q

-3.55%

GWW Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

1.5B

Earnings Y/Y

35.69%

Earnings Q/Q

-9.86%

Price Action

52 Week Range

437.81709.21
(Low)(High)

Last 7 days

-4.7%

Last 30 days

-0.1%

Last 90 days

18.9%

Trailing 12 Months

35.4%

GWW Financial Health

Current Ratio

2.48

GWW Investor Care

Dividend Yield

1%

Dividend/Share (TTM)

6.78

Buy Backs (1Y)

1.93%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

30.06

Peers (Alternatives to W W Grainger)

View All Peers In Detail
NameMkt Capsorted ascendingRevenuePrice %, 1MReturns, 1YP/EP/SRev 1-YrInc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
127.6B
76.6B
8.56% -2.47%
567.03
1.67
3.18% 103.45%
114.8B
59.4B
-12.45% 2.23%
17.13
1.93
16.59% 3.25%
34.6B
15.2B
-0.12% 35.45%
22.37
2.27
16.94% 48.32%
29.9B
7.0B
-2.77% -5.86%
27.51
4.28
16.13% 17.50%
27.5B
11.6B
-14.29% 19.94%
13.09
2.37
19.82% 51.88%
MID-CAP
7.0B
21.4B
-5.60% 15.30%
10.16
0.35
17.58% 84.90%
5.2B
4.2B
-6.76% 32.43%
17
1.24
18.81% 35.27%
4.5B
3.8B
-7.65% 3.14%
12.7
1.19
14.50% 45.20%
3.8B
8.4B
-5.08% -6.10%
8.2
0.45
23.60% 88.64%
2.2B
5.3B
-15.03% 0.89%
6.66
0.42
24.20% 44.74%
SMALL-CAP
1.6B
7.1B
-9.35% 2.16%
4.82
0.23
4.32% 133.68%
749.9M
3.4B
-34.06% -22.95%
10
0.22
26.14% 635.71%
694.0M
4.5B
-14.54% -13.65%
2.34
0.16
4.05% 0.01%
489.0M
1.4B
-16.09% -13.89%
11.67
0.36
29.83% 232.03%

Financials for W W Grainger

Income Statement (Last 12 Months)
(In Millions)
* denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Description(%) Q/Q2022Q42022Q32022Q22022Q12021Q4
Revenue3.0%15,22814,78514,21513,58513,022
Gross Profit4.5%5,8495,5965,3275,0104,720
  S&GA Expenses3.6%3,6343,5083,4043,2873,173
EBITDA6.2%2,2702,1371,9681,764-
EBITDA Margin3.1%0.15*0.14*0.14*0.13*-
Earnings Before Taxes6.1%2,1462,0221,8571,6591,485
EBT Margin3.0%0.14*0.14*0.13*0.12*-
Interest Expenses-1.1%-93.00-92.00-89.00-89.00-87.00
Net Income4.3%1,5471,4831,3541,2081,043
Net Income Margin1.3%0.10*0.10*0.09*0.09*-
Free Cahsflow17.1%1,077920696747-
Balance Sheet
(In Millions)
* denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Description(%) Q/Q2022Q42022Q32022Q22022Q12021Q4
Assets5.4%7,5887,2017,0496,9936,592
  Current Assets6.2%4,9774,6864,5134,4394,011
    Cash Equivalents3.2%325315262364241
  Inventory8.8%2,2532,0711,9901,9291,870
  Net PPE3.7%1,4611,4091,4381,4341,424
  Goodwill2.2%371363374384384
  Current Liabilities12.6%2,0101,7851,7501,7421,528
    LT Debt, Current118.8%35.0016.0017.00--
    LT Debt, Non Current-0.4%2,2842,2942,3092,3382,362
Shareholder's Equity5.7%2,4402,3082,4652,3701,874
  Retained Earnings2.9%10,70010,40210,0669,7829,500
  Additional Paid-In Capital0.8%1,3101,2991,2871,2801,270
Shares Outstanding-0.4%51.0051.0051.00--
Minority Interest16.1%295254264289286
Cashflow (Last 12 Months)
(In Millions)
Description(%) Q/Q2022Q42022Q32022Q22022Q12021Q4
Cashflow From Operations12.4%1,3331,186967986937
  Share Based Compensation2.1%48.0047.0044.0043.0042.00
Cashflow From Investing-1.9%-263-258-268-225-226
Cashflow From Financing-6.0%-972-917-964-948-1,039
  Dividend Payments-2.9%370381364360357
  Buy Backs10.2%603547605595695

Risks for GWW

What is the probability of a big loss on GWW?

38.9%


Probability that W W Grainger stock will be more than 20% underwater in next one year

18.1%


Probability that W W Grainger stock will be more than 30% underwater in next one year.

0%


Probability that W W Grainger stock will be more than 40% underwater in next one year.
*Calculated based on probability distribution of losses observed in actual data in the last 5 years.

How does GWW drawdown profile look like?

Y-axis is the maximum loss one would have experienced if W W Grainger was unfortunately bought at previous high price.

Drawdowns

Returns for GWW

Cumulative Returns on GWW

13.5%


10-Year Cumulative Returns

19.3%


7-Year Cumulative Returns

20.1%


5-Year Cumulative Returns

37.8%


3-Year Cumulative Returns

What are the long-term rolling returns for GWW?

FIve years rolling returns for W W Grainger.

Annualized Returns

Which funds bought or sold GWW recently?

View All Details
Datesorted ascendingFund NameType% Chg$ Change$ Held% Portfolio
2023-03-15
B. Riley Wealth Advisors, Inc.
added
14.01
136,686
601,686
0.02%
2023-03-10
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
added
17.54
11,919,400
47,337,400
0.05%
2023-03-10
MATHER GROUP, LLC.
added
8.76
47,551
248,551
-%
2023-03-10
BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO
unchanged
-
4,375
33,375
-%
2023-03-06
BIRMINGHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO INC/AL
reduced
-3.46
243,140
2,734,140
1.04%
2023-03-06
NORTH STAR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC
unchanged
-
135,062
1,118,060
0.07%
2023-03-06
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.
added
73.44
458,000
929,000
-%
2023-03-03
TIAA, FSB
added
1.88
53,712
392,712
-%
2023-03-02
LORING WOLCOTT & COOLIDGE FIDUCIARY ADVISORS LLP/MA
new
-
139,063
139,063
-%
2023-02-28
Voya Investment Management LLC
added
17.28
5,114,190
20,447,200
0.03%

1–10 of 48

Latest Funds Activity

Are funds buying GWW calls or puts?
Calls
Puts
Are funds bullish or bearish(Calls - Puts)?
Net Call Options
No. of funds that own GWW
No. of Funds

W W Grainger News

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Schedule 13G FIlings of W W Grainger

Date FiledName of FilerPercent of ClassNo. of SharesForm Type
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
Feb 10, 2021
vanguard group inc
10.06%
5,398,750
SC 13G/A
Feb 08, 2021
williams susan slavik
8.81%
4,728,153
SC 13G/A
Feb 01, 2021
blackrock inc.
6.9%
3,728,861
SC 13G/A

GWW Fair Value

W W Grainger fair value in different scenarios

The table shows the Fair Value estimates for W W Grainger for various scenarios. Disclaimer: These are just estimations from a model. None of the models are good at predicting the future. Please dont buy or sell stocks based on these outputs.
Fair ValueVery PessimisticPessimisticBase CaseOptimisticVery Optimistic
Very Low Inflation

263.43

-61.34%

344.55

-49.43%

459.91

-32.50%

571.43

-16.13%

699.61

2.68%
Current Inflation

230.28

-66.20%

314.05

-53.91%

400.75

-41.18%

490.77

-27.97%

569.80

-16.37%
Very High Inflation

215.12

-68.43%

270.03

-60.37%

342.95

-49.66%

418.63

-38.56%

502.77

-26.21%

Historical W W Grainger Fair Value Estimates


Very Pessimistic Case
Pessimistic Case
Fair Value
Optimistic Case
Very Optimistic Case
Closing Stock Price

Recent SEC filings of W W Grainger

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Date Filed Form Type Document
Mar 16, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 16, 2023
ARS
ARS
Mar 16, 2023
DEF 14A
DEF 14A
Mar 16, 2023
DEFA14A
DEFA14A
Mar 06, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 02, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 02, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 02, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 02, 2023
4
Insider Trading
Mar 02, 2023
4
Insider Trading

Latest Insider Trading transactions for GWW

Filter Transactions
Datesorted ascendingNameBuy/Sell$ ValueAvg. Price# SharesTitle
2023-03-03
Macpherson Donald G
acquired
14,003,700
232
60,242
chairman and ceo
2023-03-03
Macpherson Donald G
sold
-34,107,700
694
-49,121
chairman and ceo
2023-02-07
Carroll Kathleen S
sold
-1,134,940
671
-1,690
svp & chief hr officer
2023-02-07
Carroll Kathleen S
acquired
526,029
311
1,690
svp & chief hr officer
2023-02-01
Berardinelli Krantz Nancy L
acquired
1,100,560
589
1,867
sr. vp & clo
2023-01-02
Thomson Laurie R
sold (taxes)
-14,462
556
-26.00
vp, controller
2022-12-02
Macpherson Donald G
acquired
3,334,430
231
14,380
chairman and ceo
2022-12-02
Macpherson Donald G
sold
-8,621,270
599
-14,380
chairman and ceo
2022-09-16
Robbins Paige K
gifted
-
-
2,252
sr. vp
2022-09-16
Robbins Paige K
gifted
-
-
-2,252
sr. vp

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Donald G. Macpherson
24200
W.W. Grainger, Inc. distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) 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. It offers 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 inventory management and technical support 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.

GWW Income Statement

2022-12-31
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS - USD ($)
shares in Millions, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Statement [Abstract]   
Net sales$ 15,228$ 13,022$ 11,797
Cost of goods sold9,3798,3027,559
Gross profit5,8494,7204,238
Selling, general and administrative expenses3,6343,1733,219
Operating earnings2,2151,5471,019
Other (income) expense:   
Interest expense – net938793
Other – net(24)(25)(21)
Total other expense – net696272
Earnings before income taxes2,1461,485947
Income tax provision533371192
Net earnings1,6131,114755
Less net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest667160
Net earnings attributable to W.W. Grainger, Inc.$ 1,547$ 1,043$ 695
Earnings per share:   
Basic (in dollars per share)$ 30.22$ 19.94$ 12.88
Diluted (in dollars per share)$ 30.06$ 19.84$ 12.82
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:   
Basic (in shares)50.951.953.5
Diluted (in shares)51.152.253.7

GWW Balance Sheet

2022-12-31
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)
$ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2021
Current assets  
Cash and cash equivalents$ 325$ 241
Accounts receivable (less allowance for credit losses of $36 and $30, respectively)2,1331,754
Inventories – net2,2531,870
Prepaid expenses and other current assets266146
Total current assets4,9774,011
Property, buildings and equipment – net1,4611,424
Goodwill371384
Intangibles – net232238
Operating lease right-of-use367393
Other assets180142
Total assets7,5886,592
Current liabilities  
Current maturities350
Trade accounts payable1,047816
Accrued compensation and benefits334319
Operating lease liability6866
Accrued expenses474290
Income taxes payable5237
Total current liabilities2,0101,528
Long-term debt2,2842,362
Long-term operating lease liability318334
Deferred income taxes and tax uncertainties121121
Other non-current liabilities12087
Shareholders' equity  
Cumulative preferred stock – $5 par value – 12,000,000 shares authorized; none issued nor outstanding00
Common Stock – $0.50 par value – 300,000,000 shares authorized; issued 109,659,219 shares5555
Additional contributed capital1,3101,270
Retained earnings10,7009,500
Accumulated other comprehensive losses(180)(96)
Treasury stock, at cost – 59,402,896 and 58,439,014 shares, respectively(9,445)(8,855)
Total W.W. Grainger, Inc. shareholders’ equity2,4401,874
Noncontrolling interest295286
Total shareholders' equity2,7352,160
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$ 7,588$ 6,592