Xponance Inc. Raises Stock Position in W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW)

12 Jul 2025, 12:48 by Sarita Garza · The Markets Daily

Xponance Inc. raised its stake in shares of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW – Free Report) by 3.1% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,989 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 302 shares during the quarter. Xponance Inc.’s holdings in W.W. Grainger were worth $9,867,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC grew its holdings in shares of W.W. Grainger by 2.1% in the first quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 486 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $480,000 after purchasing an additional 10 shares in the last quarter. PDS Planning Inc grew its holdings in shares of W.W. Grainger by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 485 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $511,000 after purchasing an additional 11 shares in the last quarter. Zacks Investment Management grew its holdings in shares of W.W. Grainger by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 545 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $575,000 after purchasing an additional 11 shares in the last quarter. Crew Capital Management Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of W.W. Grainger by 4.7% in the first quarter. Crew Capital Management Ltd. now owns 270 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $267,000 after purchasing an additional 12 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cornerstone Planning Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of W.W. Grainger by 34.3% in the first quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 47 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 12 shares in the last quarter. 80.70% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, VP Laurie R. Thomson sold 761 shares of W.W. Grainger stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,042.86, for a total value of $793,616.46. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 578 shares in the company, valued at $602,773.08. The trade was a 56.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, VP Krantz Nancy L. Berardinelli sold 280 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,075.20, for a total transaction of $301,056.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 3,369 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,622,348.80. This represents a 7.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 6.10% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on GWW shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of W.W. Grainger from $1,100.00 to $1,125.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on shares of W.W. Grainger from $1,097.00 to $1,144.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Wolfe Research lowered shares of W.W. Grainger from a “peer perform” rating to an “underperform” rating and set a $966.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of W.W. Grainger from $1,215.00 to $1,160.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, W.W. Grainger currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $1,116.25.

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W.W. Grainger Stock Up 1.1%

NYSE:GWW opened at $1,059.71 on Friday. W.W. Grainger, Inc. has a twelve month low of $893.99 and a twelve month high of $1,227.66. The company has a market cap of $50.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 1.18. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $1,062.07 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1,037.73. The company has a current ratio of 2.74, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The industrial products company reported $9.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $9.51 by $0.35. The business had revenue of $4.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.31 billion. W.W. Grainger had a return on equity of 51.28% and a net margin of 11.08%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $9.62 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that W.W. Grainger, Inc. will post 40.3 EPS for the current year.

W.W. Grainger Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, June 1st. Investors of record on Monday, May 12th were issued a $2.26 dividend. This is an increase from W.W. Grainger’s previous quarterly dividend of $2.05. This represents a $9.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 12th. W.W. Grainger’s payout ratio is presently 23.21%.

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