W.W. Grainger (MIC:GWW-RM) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio : 1.90% (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is W.W. Grainger 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio?

Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.

3-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past three years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. W.W. Grainger's current 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 1.90%.

The historical rank and industry rank for W.W. Grainger's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MIC:GWW-RM' s 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.7 Med: 2.1 Max: 5.9
Current: 1.9

During the past 13 years, W.W. Grainger's highest 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio was 5.90%. The lowest was -0.70%. And the median was 2.10%.

MIC:GWW-RM's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked better than
84.62% of 91 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: -0.2 vs MIC:GWW-RM: 1.90

Competitive Comparison of W.W. Grainger's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, W.W. Grainger's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

W.W. Grainger's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, W.W. Grainger's 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

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W.W. Grainger 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation

This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from three years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).

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W.W. Grainger (MIC:GWW-RM) 3-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation

A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.

Be Aware

Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.

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W.W. Grainger Business Description

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Address

100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest, IL, USA, 60045-5201

Website

https://www.grainger.com

Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalogue. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalogue in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogues of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.

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