W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) has reported earnings per share of $9.62 in first-quarter 2024, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.58. The bottom line improved 0.1% year over year.Grainger’s quarterly revenues rose 3.5% year over year to $4.24 billion. The top line missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.27 billion. Daily sales increased 3.5% from the prior-year quarter. We predicted daily sales to increase 4.2%.The High-Touch Solutions N.A. segment’s daily sales rose 3.4% in the quarter from the first ...

CHICAGO, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW) held its annual meeting of shareholders in Lake Forest, Ill., today. Chairman and CEO D.G. Macpherson provided a company update, which included financial and operational highlights from 2023. Shareholders elected the following 13 directors: Rodney C. Adkins Neil S. Novich George S. Davis Beatriz R. Perez Katherine D. Jaspon E. Scott Santi Christopher J. Klein Susan Slavik Williams Stuart L. Levenick Lucas E. Wats ...

CHICAGO, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW) announced today that its board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $2.05 per share, an increase of 10% from the most recent company dividend. The dividend is payable on June 1, 2024, to shareholders of record on May 13, 2024. In addition, the board approved the repurchase of up to 5 million shares of the company's outstanding common stock, replacing the company's existing repurchase authorization. The new repurchase autho ...

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) is scheduled to report first-quarter 2024  results on Apr 25, before the opening bell.Q1 EstimatesThe Zacks Consensus Estimate for GWW’s first-quarter revenues is pegged at $4.28 billion, indicating growth of 4.6% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure. The consensus mark for earnings per share is pegged at $9.58, implying a dip of 0.3% from the prior-year quarter's reported level.Q4 ResultsIn the last reported quarter, Grainger’s earnings surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimat ...

The Federal Reserve reported that industrial production rose 0.4% month over month in March, in line with the consensus estimate. The metric for February was revised upward to a gain of 0.4% over the previous month from an increase of 0.1% reported earlier. Year over year, total industrial production remained unchanged in March.Manufacturing output increased 0.5% in March. The index fell 1.4% for mining and grew 2% for utilities. Capacity utilization increased to 78.4% in March compared with the downwardly ...

For those looking to find strong Industrial Products stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Is W.W. Grainger (GWW) one of those stocks right now? A quick glance at the company's year-to-date performance in comparison to the rest of the Industrial Products sector should help us answer this question.W.W. Grainger is a member of the Industrial Products sector. This group includes 222 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #3. The Zac ...

Food distributor will extend its dividend growth streak to 55 years in the second half of April. Eli Unger This is the latest in my series of articles where I provide predictions of annual dividend increases for long-term dividend growth companies. At the end of March, I provided predictions for 10 dividend growth companies that have historically announced annual payout increases in the first half of April. In this article I’ll look at another 10 dividend growth companies that I expect will announce their ...

If you want to enjoy growing streams of dividend income, here are three stocks you should add to your portfolio.Dividends can be an investor's best friend. Not only do they represent a tangible return on your investment, but they also contribute a stream of passive income that can flow directly into your bank account. If you are an income investor, you should be looking for companies that have sturdy business models that generate copious amounts of free cash flow. Ideally, investors will not be expecting th ...

公司深度研究 数据来源：各公司官网和财报,东吴证券(香港) 企业较高的ROE 主要来自于较高的总资产周转率和权益乘数。MRO采购具备长尾特征, 根据 B2B 内参数据,约 60%金额的 MRO 采购是非重复性的,但却占了总采购 SKU 的 90%+;固安捷统计,超过 90%的 MRO 采购频次仅 1~2 次/年;震坤行统计,超过 50% 的 MRO Sku 库存周转市场超过 12 个月。横向策略资产周转率平均值较高，主要由于其 以标准化和易耗类 MRO 为基本盘,其中以清洁、防护、办公文具等 MRO 产品为例, 本身的周转较快,企业采购频次一般为半年或一个季度一次,有的企业甚至更为频繁。 图44: MRO 采购具长尾效应 與服 FER 数据来源: B2B 内参，东吴证券(香港) 图45: 重复性采购的标准化 MRO 金额占比约 40% 重复性采购MRO 金额占比, 40% 非重复性采购 MRO金额占比。 数据来源：B2B 内参，东吴证券（香港） | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | |-------| ...

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 OR For the transition period from ______ to _______ Commission file number 1-5684 W.W. Grainger, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Illinois 36-1150280 (State or other juri ...