GWW WW GRAINGER INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 384802104 · Sector: Consumer

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it

1,335

Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC

Net increase in holders

+67

Last quarter 1,268 → now 1,335

How unusual is that

Top 5%

Stronger buying than 97% of US stocks

What the filings say, in one paragraph

1,335 funds held GWW at the end of 2026Q2, up 67 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 96.6% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $18.8B(YoY +7.8%), the P/E is 33.4x, return on equity is 45.3%. GWW has had 29 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +7.1% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Consumer sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

What happened after each past buying rush 29 times in its history

Quarter of the rush	How unusual then	Price, next 3 months	Price, next 6 months
2026Q2	Top 5%	—	—
2026Q1	Top 20%	—	—
2025Q4	Top 20%	+10.5%	—
2025Q2	Top 20%	-5.1%	+16.4%
2024Q4	Top 5%	+7.4%	-4.4%
2024Q3	Top 10%	-13.8%	-7.6%
2024Q1	Top 5%	+1.5%	+25.1%
2023Q4	Top 5%	+1.3%	+2.8%
2023Q2	Top 10%	+13.3%	+33.6%
2023Q1	Top 5%	+5.1%	+19.0%
2022Q4	Top 5%	+1.7%	+5.6%
2022Q3	Top 5%	+15.3%	+16.4%
2022Q1	Top 10%	+26.1%	+27.2%
2021Q4	Top 10%	-1.5%	+24.2%
2021Q2	Top 20%	+14.8%	+11.6%
2020Q4	Top 20%	+21.8%	+14.8%
2020Q2	Top 5%	+15.1%	+6.6%
2019Q4	Top 5%	-8.9%	+15.3%
2018Q3	Top 5%	+0.1%	-15.8%
2018Q2	Top 10%	-16.2%	-11.8%
2018Q1	Top 1% in the market	+17.8%	-1.3%
2017Q4	Top 10%	+15.9%	+35.3%
2017Q1	Top 10%	-4.8%	+13.5%
2016Q4	Top 10%	-31.5%	-34.5%
2016Q1	Top 20%	+3.2%	+0.6%
2014Q4	Top 10%	+4.9%	-3.3%
2014Q2	Top 20%	+1.9%	-2.1%
2013Q4	Top 20%	+3.9%	-2.6%
2013Q3	Top 10%	-3.5%	-1.4%

Show all 29 events

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾

Of them, large funds

341

Change in large funds

+34

Total value they hold

$47.7B

Funds buying for the first time

167

Funds that sold out entirely

100

Price change that quarter

+3.5%

Funds holding puts (bearish)

Funds holding calls (bullish)

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)

33.4

EPS (TTM)

$39.23

EPS YoY

-0.5%

Revenue (TTM)

$18.8B

Revenue YoY

+7.8%

Net margin

9.9%

ROE

45.3%

Debt ratio

57.0%

FCF (TTM)

$1.5B

Dividend (TTM)

$9.27

Quarterly Revenue & EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

Quarterly free cash flow

Latest quarter $569M (2026-03-31)

FCF = operating cash flow − capex, computed from SEC XBRL; banks/insurers have no standard cash-flow structure and are hidden

As of 2026-06-30 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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