secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     W.W. GRAINGER, INC. (GWW)
CIK:        0000277135
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000277135-24-000057
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Grainger Q1 EPS $9.62 (+0.1%), sales $4.2B (+3.5%), reaffirms FY guidance
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- Sales $4.2B up 3.5% (4.9% daily organic constant currency) vs Q1 2023.
- Diluted EPS $9.62 up $0.01 YoY; operating margin 15.8% down 80 bps.
- Operating cash flow $661M; returned $360M via dividends and buybacks.
- Reaffirmed FY 2024 guidance: EPS $38.00-$40.50, sales $17.2-$17.7B.
- Dividend increased 10%; share repurchase authorization refreshed for up to 5M shares.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000057/0000277135-24-000057-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000057/gww-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000277135-24-000057

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