W.W. Grainger Inc (NYSE:GWW)

263.35
Data as of May 17
 +4.89 / +1.89%
Today’s Change
172.50
Today|||52-Week Range
263.41
+30.13%
Year-to-Date
Institutional investors purchased a net $796.6 thousand shares of GWW during the quarter ended March 2013 and now own 71.64% of the total shares outstanding. This majority interest is a greater percentage than is typical for companies in the Wholesale Distributors industry and highlights that the smart money sees this stock as an important holding.
Mutual fund holders37.30%
Other institutional34.35%
Individual stakeholders18.65%

Largest Quarterly Institutional
Transactions

Latest Institutional Activity

3/31/2013THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.  Bought 915.7 Thousand shares of W.W. Grainger Inc
3/31/2013S.A.C. CAPITAL ADVISORS LP  Bought 544.9 Thousand shares of W.W. Grainger Inc
3/31/2013ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP  Bought 410.8 Thousand shares of W.W. Grainger Inc

Top 10 Owners of W.W. Grainger Inc

StockholderStakeShares
owned
Total value ($)Shares
bought / sold
Total
change
The Vanguard Group, Inc.5.80%4,036,601994,901,048+915,680+29.34%
Fidelity Management & Research Co...4.72%3,280,000808,421,600+208,245+6.78%
SSgA Funds Management, Inc.4.07%2,829,422697,367,640+42,062+1.51%
BlackRock Fund Advisors3.33%2,318,167571,358,620+115,926+5.26%
JPMorgan Investment Management, I...2.21%1,535,066378,347,717-145,404-8.65%
Winslow Capital Management LLC2.19%1,520,452374,745,804-164,662-9.77%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2.00%1,390,446342,703,226-150,319-9.76%
Marsico Capital Management LLC1.89%1,312,040323,378,499-474,685-26.57%
TIAA-CREF Asset Management LLC1.88%1,306,975322,130,128+233,045+21.70%
Capital Research & Management Co....1.69%1,175,500289,725,48500.00%

Top 10 Mutual Funds Holding W.W. Grainger Inc

Mutual fundStakeShares
owned
Total value ($)Shares
bought / sold
Total
change
Fidelity Contrafund2.05%1,424,305351,048,45300.00%
MainStay Large Cap Growth Fund1.24%859,600211,865,612-22,800-2.58%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index...1.14%792,526195,333,883+29,740+3.90%
Janus Fund0.83%579,869142,920,312+61,761+11.92%
Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.80%555,166136,831,764+4,852+0.88%
Franklin Growth Fund0.79%550,000135,558,50000.00%
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund0.79%547,660134,981,760+5,859+1.08%
SPDR S&P 500 ETF0.78%543,905134,056,265-12,673-2.28%
Government Pension Fund - Global ...0.76%525,604129,545,618+56,917+12.14%
American Funds Washington Mutual ...0.76%525,000129,396,75000.00%

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