W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW)
NYSE
Market Cap
$44.59B
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Industrial—Distribution
Rank in Sector
243 of 470
Rank in Industry
9 of 15
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
GWW Stock Price History Chart
GWW Stock Performance
About W.W. Grainger, Inc.
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.
Insider Activity of W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at W.W. Grainger, Inc. have bought $0 and sold $22.26M worth of W.W. Grainger, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at W.W. Grainger, Inc. have bought $0 and sold $35.96M worth of stock each year.
There was no buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months.
The last purchase of 195 shares for transaction amount of $50,020 was made by Watson Lucas E (director) on 2018‑02‑05.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, W.W. Grainger, Inc.
| 2024-06-20 | Sale | Fortin Matt | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 511 0.0011% | $915.20 | $467,667 | -0.03% | |
| 2024-02-29 | Sale | Robbins Paige K | Sr. VP | 3,813 0.0077% | $968.88 | $3.69M | -1.96% | |
| 2024-02-08 | Sale | Merriwether Deidra C | Sr. VP & CFO | 8,301 0.0173% | $950.40 | $7.89M | +0.79% | |
| 2024-02-07 | Sale | Robbins Paige K | Sr. VP | 3,122 0.0065% | $950.22 | $2.97M | +1.30% | |
| 2023-12-04 | Sale | Thomson Laurie R | VP, Controller | 250 0.0005% | $801.50 | $200,375 | +17.42% | |
| 2023-11-29 | Sale | Macpherson Donald G | Chairman and CEO | 2,477 0.005% | $776.37 | $1.92M | +20.65% | |
| 2023-11-28 | Sale | Macpherson Donald G | Chairman and CEO | 2,478 0.0051% | $788.68 | $1.95M | +20.73% | |
| 2023-11-02 | Sale | Fortin Matt | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 842 0.0017% | $755.52 | $636,149 | +21.86% | |
| 2023-11-01 | Sale | Fortin Matt | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 3,439 0.0069% | $735.85 | $2.53M | +24.15% | |
| 2023-05-12 | Sale | Thomson Laurie R | VP, Controller | 54 0.0001% | $682.09 | $36,833 | +15.19% | |
| 2023-05-02 | Sale | Robbins Paige K | Sr. VP | 2,127 0.0043% | $691.92 | $1.47M | +13.39% | |
| 2023-05-02 | Sale | Thomson Laurie R | VP, Controller | 476 0.0009% | $683.74 | $325,461 | +13.39% | |
| 2023-03-15 | Sale | Merriwether Deidra C | Sr. VP & CFO | 2,090 0.0041% | $660.15 | $1.38M | +9.85% | |
| 2023-03-15 | Sale | Merriwether Deidra C | Sr. VP & CFO | 4,623 0.0092% | $664.66 | $3.07M | +9.85% | |
| 2023-03-03 | Sale | Macpherson Donald G | Chairman and CEO | 49,121 0.0974% | $694.36 | $34.11M | +3.91% | |
| 2023-03-03 | Sale | Macpherson Donald G | Chairman and CEO | 45,521 0.0903% | $694.64 | $31.62M | +3.91% | |
| 2023-02-07 | Sale | Carroll Kathleen S | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 1,690 0.0033% | $671.56 | $1.13M | +5.37% | |
| 2022-12-02 | Sale | Macpherson Donald G | Chairman and CEO | 14,380 0.0281% | $599.53 | $8.62M | +14.67% | |
| 2022-08-03 | Sale | Thomson Laurie R | VP, Controller | 54 0.0001% | $541.44 | $29,238 | +15.96% | |
| 2022-07-28 | Sale | Robbins Paige K | Sr. VP | 4,660 0.0091% | $500.03 | $2.33M | +21.02% |
Insider Historical Profitability
15.97%
| Macpherson Donald G | Chairman and CEO | 87668 0.1766% | $908.79 | 0 | 27 | |
| Merriwether Deidra C | Sr. VP & CFO | 9283 0.0187% | $908.79 | 0 | 6 | |
| Robbins Paige K | Sr. VP | 4909 0.0099% | $908.79 | 0 | 9 | |
| Fortin Matt | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 1848 0.0033% | $908.79 | 0 | 3 | |
| Thomson Laurie R | VP, Controller | 911 0.0018% | $908.79 | 0 | 6 | |
| Williams Susan Slavik | director | 663359 1.3365% | $908.79 | 0 | 2 | |
| GRAINGER DAVID W | director | 524720 1.0572% | $908.79 | 0 | 11 | |
| SLAVIK JAMES D | director | 255686 0.5151% | $908.79 | 0 | 7 | |
| RYAN JAMES T | Chairman of the Board | 163478 0.3294% | $908.79 | 0 | 18 | |
| KEYSER RICHARD L | Chairman Emeritus | 163075 0.3286% | $908.79 | 0 | 16 | |
| CLARK WESLEY M | Pres & Chief Operating Officer | 65000 0.131% | $908.79 | 0 | 1 | |
| SLAYTON JOHN W JR | Sr. VP, Merchandising | 51764 0.1043% | $908.79 | 0 | 3 | |
| LOUX P OGDEN | Sr. VP, Finance and CFO | 42704 0.086% | $908.79 | 0 | 13 | |
| CHEN YC | Group President | 40450 0.0815% | $908.79 | 1 | 4 | +9.77% |
| SCHWEIG JOHN A | Sr. VP, Strategy & Development | 38449 0.0775% | $908.79 | 0 | 4 | |
| LOIZZO LARRY J | Vice President | 38058 0.0767% | $908.79 | 0 | 7 | |
| SMITH HAROLD B | director | 28000 0.0564% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +22.14% |
| FERRARELL TIMOTHY M | Sr. VP, Enterprise Systems | 24615 0.0496% | $908.79 | 0 | 1 | |
| CARRUTHERS COURT D | Sr. VP & Group President | 22754 0.0458% | $908.79 | 0 | 14 | |
| Pulick Michael A | Senior Vice President | 21135 0.0426% | $908.79 | 0 | 10 | |
| HOBOR NANCY A | Sr VP-Communications & Inv Rel | 20650 0.0416% | $908.79 | 0 | 11 | |
| HOWARD JOHN L | Sr. VP and General Counsel | 20567 0.0414% | $908.79 | 0 | 30 | |
| JADIN RONALD L | Sr. VP & Chief Financial Off | 20459 0.0412% | $908.79 | 0 | 16 | |
| MCCARTER JOHN W JR | director | 17343 0.0349% | $908.79 | 0 | 8 | |
| WEBB JANIECE S | director | 11302 0.0228% | $908.79 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brown Laura D | Sr. VP, Inv Rel & Comm | 7735 0.0156% | $908.79 | 0 | 13 | |
| GANTZ WILBUR H | director | 6300 0.0127% | $908.79 | 0 | 6 | |
| Okray Thomas B | SVP & Chief Financial Officer | 6231 0.0126% | $908.79 | 0 | 1 | |
| HIGH JOSEPH C | Sr. VP & Chief People Officer | 6038 0.0122% | $908.79 | 0 | 5 | |
| NOVICH NEIL S | director | 5340 0.0108% | $908.79 | 0 | 4 | |
| ANDERSON BRIAN P | director | 3340 0.0067% | $908.79 | 0 | 7 | |
| Carroll Kathleen S | SVP & Chief HR Officer | 3275 0.0066% | $908.79 | 0 | 1 | |
| HALL WILLIAM K | director | 3000 0.006% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +26.46% |
| IRVING GREGORY S | Vice President and Controller | 3000 0.006% | $908.79 | 0 | 11 | |
| Lomax William | Vice President and Controller | 2722 0.0055% | $908.79 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tapia Eric R | Vice President & Controller | 2693 0.0054% | $908.79 | 0 | 8 | |
| ROBERTS MICHAEL JAMES | director | 1000 0.002% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +15.04% |
| Adkins Rodney C | director | 400 0.0008% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +5.89% |
| LEVENICK STUART L | director | 400 0.0008% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +14.03% |
| HAILEY V ANN | director | 200 0.0004% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +15.64% |
| Watson Lucas E | director | 195 0.0004% | $908.79 | 1 | 0 | +18.76% |
Institutional Investor Ownership
Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
| The Vanguard Group | $5.33B | 10.66 | 5.24M | -0.48% | -$25.65M | 0.1 | |
| BlackRock | $4.1B | 8.19 | 4.03M | +0.56% | +$22.98M | 0.09 | |
| State Street | $1.99B | 3.98 | 1.95M | -3.89% | -$80.52M | 0.09 | |
| Fidelity Investments | $1.63B | 3.26 | 1.6M | +0.25% | +$4.12M | 0.11 | |
| ClearBridge Investments | $1.17B | 2.34 | 1.15M | +17.37% | +$172.84M | 0.93 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $1.14B | 2.28 | 1.12M | +2.42% | +$26.8M | 0.1 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | $1.13B | 2.27 | 1.11M | +27.02% | +$240.88M | 0.1 | |
| Wells Fargo | $1.11B | 2.21 | 1.09M | +1.48% | +$16.13M | 0.3 | |
| Bank of America | $953.93M | 1.91 | 937,706 | +44.3% | +$292.85M | 0.09 | |
| Franklin Templeton Investments | $700.25M | 1.4 | 688,344 | -0.11% | -$758,905.83 | 0.21 | |
| Northern Trust | $666.38M | 1.33 | 655,043 | -6.99% | -$50.05M | 0.11 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $567.04M | 1.13 | 557,393 | -10.3% | -$65.15M | 0.04 | |
| Nuveen | $465.15M | 0.93 | 457,239 | -18.24% | -$103.74M | 0.14 | |
| Stifel | $446.76M | 0.89 | 439,133 | -2.2% | -$10.04M | 0.52 | |
| Legal & General | $441.75M | 0.88 | 434,244 | -1.49% | -$6.66M | 0.1 | |
| Invesco | $440.31M | 0.88 | 432,817 | -4.24% | -$19.48M | 0.09 | |
| Amundi | $404.17M | 0.88 | 431,096 | -1.16% | -$4.75M | 0.17 | |
| Ubs Asset Management Americas Inc | $419.84M | 0.84 | 412,703 | -4.58% | -$20.17M | 0.15 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $348.25M | 0.7 | 342,327 | -22.35% | -$100.24M | 0.09 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $330.05M | 0.66 | 324,437 | +0.4% | +$1.32M | 0.06 | |
| BNY Mellon | $324.84M | 0.65 | 319,320 | -2.95% | -$9.88M | 0.06 | |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | $281.45M | 0.56 | 276,663 | +0.18% | +$518,823.00 | 0.96 | |
| Charles Schwab | $276.06M | 0.55 | 271,361 | +2.36% | +$6.37M | 0.06 | |
| Deutsche Bank | $261.49M | 0.52 | 257,045 | -17.09% | -$53.91M | 0.12 | |
| Fil Ltd | $256.59M | 0.51 | 252,226 | +4.72% | +$11.57M | 0.25 | |
| HSBC | $245.39M | 0.49 | 241,621 | +10.13% | +$22.57M | 0.18 | |
| ProShares | $204.27M | 0.41 | 200,795 | -14.59% | -$34.88M | 0.53 | |
| Neuberger Berman | $181.78M | 0.36 | 178,659 | -4.19% | -$7.95M | 0.15 | |
| HERITAGE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | $175.96M | 0.36 | 174,284 | -16.63% | -$35.11M | 0.91 | |
| State Farm | $171.37M | 0.34 | 168,458 | 0% | +$0 | 0.15 | |
| Standard Life | $168.47M | 0.34 | 165,608 | +2.98% | +$4.87M | 0.33 | |
| Coho Partners | $166.24M | 0.33 | 163,411 | New | +$166.24M | 4.08 | |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | $160.73M | 0.32 | 157,996 | -9.28% | -$16.44M | 0.35 | |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | $136.49M | 0.27 | 134,164 | -14.23% | -$22.64M | 0.18 | |
| Swiss National Bank | $136.11M | 0.27 | 133,800 | -4.9% | -$7.02M | 0.09 | |
| DekaBank | $131.62M | 0.26 | 129,677 | -1.21% | -$1.61M | 0.25 | |
| CalPERS | $129.18M | 0.26 | 126,982 | -1.67% | -$2.2M | 0.09 | |
| UBS | $126.83M | 0.25 | 124,672 | +14.45% | +$16.01M | 0.04 | |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | $126.56M | 0.25 | 124,406 | +0.21% | +$265,515.23 | 0.05 | |
| Barclays | $125.57M | 0.25 | 123,437 | -17% | -$25.73M | 0.06 | |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings | $124.07M | 0.25 | 121,957 | -0.71% | -$885,051.00 | 0.09 | |
| Ameriprise Financial | $122.88M | 0.25 | 120,797 | -29.88% | -$52.37M | 0.03 | |
| Royal Bank of Canada | $119.92M | 0.24 | 117,877 | +21.61% | +$21.31M | 0.03 | |
| Credit Suisse | $109.28M | 0.22 | 107,421 | -10.64% | -$13.02M | 0.1 | |
| SEB | $109.13M | 0.22 | 107,271 | +12.87% | +$12.45M | 0.52 | |
| De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec Caisse | $107.9M | 0.22 | 106,066 | -2.71% | -$3.01M | 0.26 | |
| Bank of Montreal | $98.18M | 0.2 | 96,285 | +7.11% | +$6.51M | 0.03 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $97M | 0.19 | 95,355 | -0.03% | -$24,415.17 | 0.09 | |
| Raymond James Associates | $88.73M | 0.18 | 87,222 | +6.32% | +$5.27M | 0.06 | |
| Acadian Asset Management | $86.76M | 0.17 | 85,299 | -42% | -$62.83M | 0.3 |