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Insider Ownership Percentage: 9.50%

Insider Buying (Last 12 Months): $0.00

Insider Selling (Last 12 Months): $53,108,400.19

W.W. Grainger Insider Trading History Chart

W.W. Grainger Share Price & Price History

^$968.06

▲ +14.519 (1.52%)

As of 03/14/2025 04:59 PM ET

Days: 30 | 90 | 365

W.W. Grainger Insider Trading History

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction	Shares Held After Transaction
11/13/2024	Laurie R Thomson	VP	Sell	125	$1,206.03	$150,753.75	675
11/5/2024	Paige K. Robbins	VP	Sell	9,577	$1,117.84	$10,705,553.68	4,379
11/1/2024	Deidra C. Merriwether	CFO	Sell	704	$1,105.59	$778,335.36	9,509
9/30/2024	Donald G. Macpherson	CEO	Sell	12,992	$1,037.68	$13,481,538.56	98,567
9/16/2024	Donald G. Macpherson	CEO	Sell	27,502	$1,000.82	$27,524,551.64	111,559
6/20/2024	Matt Fortin	SVP	Sell	511	$915.20	$467,667.20	1,848
2/29/2024	Paige K. Robbins	VP	Sell	3,813	$968.88	$3,694,339.44	4,909
2/7/2024	Paige K. Robbins	VP	Sell	3,122	$950.22	$2,966,586.84	4,909
12/4/2023	Laurie R Thomson	VP	Sell	250	$801.50	$200,375.00	911
11/28/2023	Donald G. Macpherson	CEO	Sell	2,478	$788.68	$1,954,349.04	90,145
11/1/2023	Matt Fortin	SVP	Sell	3,439	$735.85	$2,530,588.15	2,462
5/2/2023	Laurie R Thomson	VP	Sell	476	$683.74	$325,460.24	1,731
3/15/2023	Deidra C. Merriwether	CFO	Sell	4,623	$664.66	$3,072,723.18	7,605
3/3/2023	Donald G. Macpherson	CEO	Sell	49,121	$694.36	$34,107,657.56	80,240
2/7/2023	Kathleen S. Carroll	SVP	Sell	1,690	$671.56	$1,134,936.40	3,275
12/2/2022	Donald G. Macpherson	CEO	Sell	14,380	$599.53	$8,621,241.40	69,119
7/28/2022	Paige K. Robbins	VP	Sell	2,330	$500.03	$1,165,069.90	11,996
5/5/2022	Laurie R Thomson	VP	Sell	276	$492.05	$135,805.80	1,928
5/2/2022	Donald G. Macpherson	CEO	Sell	12,266	$488.83	$5,995,988.78	72,888
4/18/2022	Deidra C. Merriwether	CFO	Sell	488	$488.62	$238,446.56	7,605
4/1/2022	John L. Howard	VP	Sell	1,732	$509.24	$882,003.68	20,567

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SEC Filings (Institutional Ownership Changes) for W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW)

80.70% of W.W. Grainger stock is owned by institutions. Institutional ownership can be a sign of analyst confidence in the fundamentals of the stock.

Institutional Buying and Selling by Quarter

W.W. Grainger Institutional Trading History

Reporting Date	Hedge Fund	Shares Held	Market Value	% of Portfolio	Quarterly Change in Shares	Ownership in Company
3/12/2025	Centaurus Financial Inc.	227	$0.24M	0.0%	+13.5%	0.000%
3/6/2025	Wood Tarver Financial Group LLC	110	$0.12M	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
3/4/2025	Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL	2,580	$2.72M	1.0%	-13.7%	0.005%
3/4/2025	Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC ADV	1,030	$1.09M	0.5%	+7.4%	0.002%
3/4/2025	Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH	53,910	$56.82M	2.2%	+4,053.3%	0.112%
2/28/2025	Menard Financial Group LLC	171	$0.18M	0.1%	-11.9%	0.000%
2/28/2025	Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH	32,163	$33.90M	0.1%	N/A	0.067%
2/27/2025	Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	2,034	$2.14M	0.0%	+38.7%	0.004%
2/27/2025	HWG Holdings LP	224	$0.24M	0.1%	N/A	0.000%
2/27/2025	Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services Inc.	576	$0.61M	0.1%	-5.7%	0.001%
2/26/2025	Virtue Capital Management LLC	270	$0.29M	0.1%	+21.1%	0.001%
2/25/2025	B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.	680	$0.72M	0.0%	-30.5%	0.001%
2/24/2025	Liberty Square Wealth Partners LLC	1,080	$1.11M	0.4%	N/A	0.002%
2/21/2025	Ascent Group LLC	351	$0.37M	0.0%	+15.5%	0.001%
2/21/2025	Putney Financial Group LLC	374	$0.39M	0.3%	N/A	0.001%
2/21/2025	Aurdan Capital Management LLC	9,961	$10.50M	4.0%	N/A	0.020%
2/20/2025	Mackenzie Financial Corp	80,298	$84.64M	0.1%	-38.6%	0.165%
2/20/2025	Revisor Wealth Management LLC	298	$0.31M	0.3%	-27.8%	0.001%
2/19/2025	Toronto Dominion Bank	23,673	$24.95M	0.0%	+7.4%	0.049%
2/19/2025	Formidable Asset Management LLC	2,464	$2.60M	0.4%	-1.9%	0.005%
2/19/2025	Centerstone Investors LLC	2,894	$3.05M	2.8%	-36.2%	0.006%
2/19/2025	Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC	3,193	$3.37M	0.5%	N/A	0.007%
2/19/2025	Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio	19,127	$20.16M	0.1%	-3.8%	0.039%
2/18/2025	Centerstone Investors LLC	1,897	$2M	2.9%	-58.2%	0.004%
2/18/2025	Investment Management Corp VA ADV	33	$35K	0.0%	N/A	0.000%
2/18/2025	GTS Securities LLC	361	$0.38M	0.0%	-97.9%	0.001%
2/18/2025	Vise Technologies Inc.	1,087	$1.15M	0.1%	+29.3%	0.002%
2/18/2025	Northwest Bank & Trust Co	1,289	$1.36M	1.0%	-1.8%	0.003%
2/18/2025	Blue Fin Capital Inc.	446	$0.47M	0.1%	N/A	0.001%
2/17/2025	UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	584,854	$616.47M	0.1%	+6.9%	1.201%
2/17/2025	USS Investment Management Ltd	7,487	$7.90M	0.1%	-14.9%	0.015%
2/17/2025	Voloridge Investment Management LLC	3,258	$3.43M	0.0%	-81.0%	0.007%
2/17/2025	Waverly Advisors LLC	812	$0.86M	0.0%	+27.9%	0.002%
2/17/2025	Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC	55,967	$58.99M	0.4%	+29.3%	0.115%
2/17/2025	Williams Jones Wealth Management LLC.	13,593	$14.33M	0.2%	-1.5%	0.028%
2/17/2025	Woodline Partners LP	13,340	$14.06M	0.1%	-2.7%	0.027%
2/17/2025	Vident Advisory LLC	4,930	$5.20M	0.1%	-22.1%	0.010%
2/17/2025	WBI Investments LLC	190	$0.20M	0.0%	-62.7%	0.000%
2/17/2025	Westwood Holdings Group Inc.	2,137	$2.25M	0.0%	N/A	0.004%
2/17/2025	St. Clair Advisors LLC	600	$0.63M	0.2%	N/A	0.001%
2/17/2025	Twinbeech Capital LP	51,259	$54.03M	0.9%	N/A	0.105%
2/17/2025	Two Sigma Investments LP	2,321	$2.45M	0.0%	-25.8%	0.005%
2/17/2025	Two Sigma Advisers LP	4,000	$4.22M	0.0%	-7.0%	0.008%
2/17/2025	Teza Capital Management LLC	1,280	$1.35M	0.2%	+50.8%	0.003%
2/17/2025	Tidal Investments LLC	19,938	$21.02M	0.2%	+226.1%	0.041%
2/17/2025	Toronto Dominion Bank	23,673	$24.95M	0.0%	+7.4%	0.049%
2/17/2025	Snowden Capital Advisors LLC	688	$0.73M	0.0%	+7.5%	0.001%
2/17/2025	Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH	53,910	$56.82M	2.8%	+4,053.3%	0.111%
2/17/2025	Shell Asset Management Co.	1,992	$2.10M	0.1%	-1.5%	0.004%
2/17/2025	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	2,277	$2.40M	0.0%	+185.3%	0.005%
2/17/2025	Rafferty Asset Management LLC	4,146	$4.37M	0.0%	+11.3%	0.009%
2/17/2025	Raiffeisen Bank International AG	1,256	$1.33M	0.0%	N/A	0.003%
2/17/2025	ProShare Advisors LLC	179,661	$189.37M	0.4%	-8.0%	0.369%
2/17/2025	Quadcap Wealth Management LLC	1,378	$1.45M	0.2%	-2.1%	0.003%
2/17/2025	Quantinno Capital Management LP	12,416	$13.09M	0.1%	+17.7%	0.025%
2/17/2025	Paradoxiom Capital L.P.	5,677	$5.98M	2.5%	N/A	0.012%
2/17/2025	Pathstone Holdings LLC	16,447	$17.34M	0.1%	-5.0%	0.034%
2/17/2025	Mufg Securities Americas Inc.	654	$0.69M	0.1%	N/A	0.001%
2/17/2025	Man Group plc	15,240	$16.06M	0.0%	-29.7%	0.031%
2/17/2025	Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV	5,581	$5.97M	0.0%	-0.3%	0.011%
2/17/2025	Nomura Holdings Inc.	2,451	$2.58M	0.0%	+81.8%	0.005%
2/17/2025	NorthRock Partners LLC	760	$0.80M	0.0%	N/A	0.002%
2/17/2025	Nuveen Asset Management LLC	376,588	$396.94M	0.1%	-6.6%	0.773%
2/17/2025	Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP	403	$0.43M	0.1%	N/A	0.001%
2/17/2025	OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp	3,154	$3.32M	0.0%	-13.7%	0.006%
2/17/2025	OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	3,000	$3.16M	0.3%	N/A	0.006%
2/17/2025	NDVR Inc.	281	$0.30M	0.3%	+7.3%	0.001%
2/17/2025	MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd.	7,234	$7.63M	0.0%	-28.4%	0.015%
2/17/2025	Lazard Asset Management LLC	13,305	$14.02M	0.0%	+25.3%	0.027%
2/17/2025	LRI Investments LLC	70	$74K	0.0%	-28.6%	0.000%
2/17/2025	Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC	2,217	$2.34M	0.1%	-1.5%	0.005%
2/17/2025	Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc.	787	$0.83M	0.0%	-27.2%	0.002%
2/17/2025	Janus Henderson Group PLC	6,610	$6.98M	0.0%	+2.1%	0.014%
2/17/2025	Jefferies Financial Group Inc.	2,034	$2.14M	0.0%	+38.7%	0.004%
2/17/2025	Gen Wealth Partners Inc	751	$0.79M	0.3%	-3.1%	0.002%
2/17/2025	Gotham Asset Management LLC	11,945	$12.59M	0.1%	+9.2%	0.025%
2/17/2025	Ground Swell Capital LLC	257	$0.27M	0.4%	N/A	0.001%
2/17/2025	Focus Partners Wealth	14,869	$15.92M	0.0%	+1.5%	0.031%
2/17/2025	Foyston Gordon & Payne Inc	6,034	$6.36M	1.7%	-1.0%	0.012%
2/17/2025	Ellevest Inc.	497	$0.52M	0.0%	-3.9%	0.001%
2/17/2025	Ensign Peak Advisors Inc	26,065	$27.47M	0.0%	-5.7%	0.054%
2/17/2025	Ethic Inc.	6,758	$7.12M	0.1%	-0.4%	0.014%
2/17/2025	First Manhattan CO. LLC.	559	$0.59M	0.0%	-10.0%	0.001%
2/17/2025	Fiduciary Trust Co	3,941	$4.15M	0.1%	-0.9%	0.008%
2/17/2025	FORA Capital LLC	6,252	$6.59M	0.8%	+41.9%	0.013%
2/17/2025	Deutsche Bank AG	283,930	$299.28M	0.1%	-2.6%	0.583%
2/17/2025	CoreCap Advisors LLC	770	$0.81M	0.0%	+4.8%	0.002%
2/17/2025	Cresset Asset Management LLC	9,956	$10.50M	0.1%	-28.8%	0.020%
2/17/2025	Cetera Investment Advisers	15,395	$16.23M	0.0%	-4.4%	0.032%
2/17/2025	Centiva Capital LP	1,727	$1.82M	0.0%	+125.2%	0.004%
2/17/2025	BOKF NA	2,951	$3.11M	0.1%	-1.0%	0.006%
2/17/2025	Brevan Howard Capital Management LP	5,436	$5.73M	0.0%	N/A	0.011%
2/17/2025	Bridgefront Capital LLC	347	$0.37M	0.1%	N/A	0.001%
2/17/2025	Captrust Financial Advisors	5,191	$5.47M	0.0%	+1.2%	0.011%
2/17/2025	Cary Street Partners Financial LLC	966	$1.02M	0.0%	N/A	0.002%
2/17/2025	Balyasny Asset Management L.P.	3,389	$3.57M	0.0%	-91.8%	0.007%
2/17/2025	Baird Financial Group Inc.	5,749	$6.06M	0.0%	-1.3%	0.012%
2/17/2025	Bank of America Corp DE	562,125	$592.51M	0.0%	-25.6%	1.154%
2/17/2025	Benjamin Edwards Inc.	3,397	$3.58M	0.1%	+2.1%	0.007%
2/17/2025	BNP Paribas Financial Markets	66,008	$69.58M	0.0%	-4.7%	0.136%

Data available starting January 2016

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W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions N.A. and Endless Assortment. The company provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools. It also offers technical support and inventory management services. The company serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries 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.

Today's Range

Now: $968.06

$953.54

$968.91

50 Day Range

MA: $1,046.85

$954.67

$1,131.99

52 Week Range

Now: $968.06

$874.98

$1,227.66

Volume

267,131 shs

Average Volume

235,755 shs

Market Capitalization

$46.68 billion

P/E Ratio

25.01

Dividend Yield

0.81%

Beta

1.18

Who are the company insiders with the largest holdings of W.W. Grainger?: W.W. Grainger's top insider shareholders include:
Donald G Macpherson (CEO)
Deidra C Merriwether (CFO)
Paige K Robbins (VP)
Matt Fortin (SVP)
Laurie R Thomson (VP)
Learn More about top insider investors at W.W. Grainger.
Who are the major institutional investors of W.W. Grainger?: W.W. Grainger's top institutional shareholders include:
Vanguard Group Inc. — 10.95%
FMR LLC — 3.29%
Geode Capital Management LLC — 2.45%
Wells Fargo & Company MN — 2.18%
Clearbridge Investments LLC — 1.97%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. — 1.53%
Learn More about top institutional investors of W.W. Grainger stock.
Which major investors are selling W.W. Grainger stock?: In the last quarter, GWW stock was sold by these institutional investors:
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Bank of America Corp DE
Legal & General Group Plc
SG Americas Securities LLC
Mackenzie Financial Corp
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC
Clearbridge Investments LLC
Coho Partners Ltd.
During the previous year, company insiders that have sold W.W. Grainger company stock include:
Donald G Macpherson (CEO)
Deidra C Merriwether (CFO)
Paige K Robbins (VP)
Matt Fortin (SVP)
Laurie R Thomson (VP)
Learn More investors selling W.W. Grainger stock.
Which major investors are buying W.W. Grainger stock?: Within the last quarter, GWW stock was purchased by institutional investors including:
Norges Bank
Raymond James Financial Inc.
Proficio Capital Partners LLC
Proficio Capital Partners LLC
Invesco Ltd.
Northern Trust Corp
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd
Amundi