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(ABT) Earnings Season in Full Swing – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 1/20/12
Earnings season will be in full swing this week. 422 firms are scheduled to report, and 117 of those will be members of the S&P 500. By the end of the week we should have...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger’s Sales On a Roll
W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) reported November sales growth of 15% year over year, continuing its double-digit run so far in the year.
Acquisitions added 5 percentage points to growth mainly due to the...
(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 10/14/11
While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&P 500.
Thus, by the end of the week we...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger to Acquire Fabory Group
Industrial distributor, W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) intends to buy European fastener distributor Fabory Group for $344 million to boost its product offerings. The acquisition is expected to close in the third...
(AAPL) Company News for August 16, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced that it will purchase cell phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI) in a deal worth $12.5...
(AAPL) 2011 Second Quarter Earnings Preview – Detailed
Earnings Preview 7/15/11
Second quarter earnings season is now under way, but things really start to move into high gear next week. There will be 348 firms reporting, and 108 of those are...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Still Neutral
W.W. Grainger Inc.’s (GWW) fiscal first quarter 2011 EPS was a record $2.18, up 58% year over year, while revenues climbed 12.6%, both outperforming the relevant Zacks Consensus Estimates. Results were driven...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Reports Record First Quarter – Guides Higher
W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) delivered record earnings per share (EPS) of $2.18 in its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended March 31, 2011, up 58% from an adjusted EPS of $1.38 in the year-ago period. Earnings were...
(FAST) Fastenal’s Quarterly Report Beats Estimates
Fastenal Co. (FAST) reported a profit of $79.5 million in the first quarter of 2011, up 42% from $56.0 million in the year-ago quarter. This translates into earnings of 54 cents per share, which has surpassed...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger October Sales Report 11% Year-Over-Year Growth
W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) reported October sales growth of 11% year over year. Though remaining positive, growth in October moderated from the preceding months, plunging to the lowest point thus far in this...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger – Earnings Beat The Street
W.W. Grainger (GWW) delivered another strong quarter on October 14 followed once again by increased sales and earnings guidance going forward. This prompted analysts to raise their estimates, which propelled the stock to a Zacks #1 Rank...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger’s Earnings Report Misses Estimates
W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. During the quarter, net earnings were $97 million up from $94 million in the year-ago quarter. EPS was $1.31, up 5% from $1.25 reported...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Sees Year-Over-Year Growth
W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) reported a 12% year-over-year increase in daily sales for January 2010. The current year period had one selling day less compared to January 2009. The company benefited from a 5% positive...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Posts Higher Sales
W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) reported a 2% year-over-year increase in daily sales for November 2009; the current year period had...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Makes Another Acquisition
Recently, Acklands-Grainger Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW), acquired assets of the K&D Pratt Industrial Division. This division, which was earlier owned and operated by K&D...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Incorporated Boosted by Acquisitions
W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) reported a 3% year-over-year drop in October sales. (October this year had one less selling day compared to October 2008.) The company benefited from a 2% positive contribution from...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Beats Estimates – Focuses on Growth
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) reported third-quarter EPS of $1.88 per share. This includes a one-time gain of 37 cents per share from the step-up of its investment in MonotaRO Co. Ltd. after Grainger became a majority owner in September.
Excluding the one-time...
(HUBB) Electrical Products – Industry Outlook
The U.S. Electrical Products industry is highly fragmented, with the largest suppliers together accounting for only a small percentage of total sales. Some of the largest players in this market are Hubbell (HUBB) and Thomas & Betts (TNB),...
(HUBB) Electrical Products Industry Neutral
The U.S. Electrical Products industry is highly fragmented, with the largest suppliers together accounting for only a small percentage of total sales. Some of the largest players in this market are Hubbell (HUBB) and Thomas & Betts (TNB),...
(GWW) W.W. Grainger Raises its Stake in MonotaRO
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) completed its tender offer bid in Japan for 380,000 shares of MonotaRO Co., Ltd., a Japanese company, at a price of 1,010 yen ($11.11) per common share. With the completion of this transaction, Grainger has become a 53% majority owner...
(GWW) No Improvement in W.W. Grainger Inc’s Top-line
W.W. Grainger Inc.’s (GWW) sales for the month of August were down 13% compared to last year. This was slightly narrower compared to the 14% decline in July. The company continues to witness weak demand in all its end-markets and geographies. The economic...
(CAH) Cardinal Health, Inc.: Stock of the Day
by David Fessler, Advisory Panelist, Investment U
When we think of industrial suppliers, W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) is one of the largest in the business. From nuts and bolts to janitorial supplies, it’s a good bet
Grainger’s...