$96.76 0.46 (+0.48%)
11/6/2009 4:00 PM

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW)

CAPS Rating: 4 out of 5

The Company is in the service business. It distributes products used by businesses and institutions across North America to keep their facilities and equipment running.

Current Price $96.76 Mkt Cap $7.19B
Open $96.17 P/E Ratio 16.21
Prev. Close $96.30 Div. (Yield) 1.84 (1.90%)
Daily Range $95.50 - $96.86 Volume 428,678
52-Wk Range $58.86 - $98.50 Avg. Daily Vol. 910,000

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mtinvest (38.05)
Submitted April 06, 2009

History:Founded 1927. Public 1967.One of the 52 S&P500 Dividend Aristocrats. GWW has raised it's dividend every year since 1972.B2B, B2G and B2C business model.

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TommyTechnology (< 20)
Submitted February 21, 2008

Grainger has two problems right now... they are technically in the retail sector (a highly specialized retailer, I admit) and the whole recession theme is increasingly getting a lot of extra news coverage – which typically hurts retailers. And… More

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Member Avatar wofaintagain (< 20) Submitted: 11/5/2009 7:36:11 PM : Underperform Start Price: $96.17 GWW Score: +0.21

overvalued

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Member Avatar baselineace (64.30) Submitted: 11/5/2009 12:57:52 PM : Outperform Start Price: $95.86 GWW Score: +0.40

I am kicking myself for not buying this sooner!

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Member Avatar turtle286 (93.74) Submitted: 10/29/2009 12:32:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $94.90 GWW Score: +1.10

Should reap benefits from it's many investments over the past couple years. Look for increasing dividends and takeovers of smaller competitors.

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tboett (90.24) Score: +67.83

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
tboett 90.24 9/14/2006 Outperform 1Y $62.64 +54.47% -13.36% +67.83
smarsho 77.59 9/15/2006 Outperform 3Y $63.43 +52.55% -14.14% +66.69
jimbono 89.63 9/15/2006 Outperform 1Y $63.15 +53.22% -13.23% +66.45
StockPickerMick 84.49 10/11/2006 Outperform 1Y $64.36 +50.34% -15.67% +66.01
robmac2811 94.86 10/11/2006 Outperform 1Y $64.36 +50.34% -15.67% +66.01
aharmentrout 84.48 12/26/2006 Outperform NS $66.00 +46.61% -19.25% +65.86
123cash 84.86 9/1/2006 Outperform 3W $63.60 +52.15% -13.41% +65.56
cbbrown3 40.63 1/19/2007 Outperform 5Y $67.38 +43.61% -20.35% +63.96
nancyann77 67.24 1/17/2007 Outperform NS $67.89 +42.53% -20.40% +62.93
Youngster108 32.81 12/13/2006 Outperform 3Y $68.08 +42.13% -20.15% +62.28
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Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackCreditSuiss 91.16 10/13/2009 Outperform NS $93.82 +3.14% -0.58% +3.72
TrackBBTCapMkts 72.49 10/12/2009 Outperform NS $93.82 +3.14% -0.58% +3.72
TrackFBRCapitalM 75.98 9/5/2009 Outperform NS $87.18 +10.99% +6.73% +4.26
TrackJimCramer < 20 5/22/2009 Outperform 3W $74.97 +29.07% +21.60% +7.47
TrackWMBlair 39.74 2/12/2009 Outperform NS $70.83 +36.60% +32.68% +3.92
TrackRWBaird 85.02 10/9/2008 Outperform NS $69.73 +38.76% +10.34% +28.42
TrackJimCramer < 20 6/4/2008 Underperform 3W $89.40 -15.30% -35.50% -20.20 5/23/2009 @ $75.72
TrackJPMorgan 78.71 1/11/2008 Underperform NS $74.72 +29.50% -20.69% -50.20
TrackVanDenBerg 65.31 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $87.26 +10.89% -26.44% +37.33 6 Comments
TrackMatrix 89.45 6/27/2007 Outperform NS $87.28 +10.86% -24.21% +35.07
TrackJimCramer < 20 10/16/2006 Outperform 3W $70.90 +28.76% +0.84% +27.91 6/4/2008 @ $91.29
TrackRWBaird 85.02 9/19/2006 Outperform NS $69.14 +8.47% +0.51% +7.95 2/11/2008 @ $75.00
TrackJimCramer < 20 7/21/2006 Underperform 3W $62.60 +16.13% +10.38% -5.75 10/17/2006 @ $72.70
TrackJimCramer < 20 4/11/2006 Outperform 3W $72.52 -13.68% -3.60% -10.08 7/21/2006 @ $62.60

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