W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

Last updated:

W.W. Grainger, Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 837 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 72.39% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 37.78M shares of W.W. Grainger, Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number grew by 5.19% or 1.86M shares more. As for the holding position changes, 34.65% (290) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 35.24% (295) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 7.53% (63) closed the holdings completely. 94 hedge funds are new holders of W.W. Grainger, Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 11.23% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding W.W. Grainger (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 553
Q3 2017 535
Q4 2017 585
Q1 2018 638
Q2 2018 669
Q3 2018 698
Q4 2018 665
Q1 2019 669
Q2 2019 633
Q3 2019 617
Q4 2019 691
Q1 2020 630
Q2 2020 679
Q3 2020 685
Q4 2020 739
Q1 2021 748
Q2 2021 770
Q3 2021 750
Q4 2021 824
Q1 2022 837

Hedge funds changes in W.W. Grainger positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 54209207108-25
Q3 2017 621961857319
Q4 2017 1051532285445
Q1 2018 1041442754570
Q2 2018 781752774198
Q3 2018 801932924786
Q4 2018 8319725311220
Q1 2019 701922576288
Q2 2019 531862597857
Q3 2019 541902356771
Q4 2019 12019523135110
Q1 2020 5920724211012
Q2 2020 1052112355276
Q3 2020 682072635790
Q4 2020 11021625751105
Q1 2021 782652496393
Q2 2021 8127524356115
Q3 2021 5627224367112
Q4 2021 13426527052103
Q1 2022 942902956395

Hedge funds changes in W.W. Grainger stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 53,081,097,000 94,180,899,000
Q3 2017 17,327,430,000 24,341,030,000
Q4 2017 17,216,551,000 331,658,000
Q1 2018 214,160,000 313,959,000
Q2 2018 480,999,000 278,759,000
Q3 2018 63,556,647,050 255,849,000
Q4 2018 379,740,000 207,738,000
Q1 2019 12,205,609,000 165,193,000
Q2 2019 198,984,000 277,167,511,000
Q3 2019 179,701,000 196,183,371,000
Q4 2019 195,226,000 89,190,104,000
Q1 2020 109,073,879,000 769,101,430,000
Q2 2020 9,087,393,000 134,158,274,000
Q3 2020 93,706,000 2,302,166,183,000
Q4 2020 117,705,000 2,927,223,038,000
Q1 2021 55,239,000 64,083,967,000
Q2 2021 40,961,000 32,102,465,000
Q3 2021 30,713,000 32,111,632,000
Q4 2021 53,948,000 44,096,961,000
Q1 2022 127,633,000 187,193,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE:GWW)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
VANGUARD GROUP INC 2.71B 5.55M 0.080%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 1.93B 3.96M 0.066%
STATE STREET CORP 1.07B 2.19M 0.068%
CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC 743.33M 1.51M 0.750%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 510.46M 1.04M 0.166%
LONGVIEW PARTNERS (GUERNSEY) LTD 477.84M 976.79K 4.097%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 449.72M 919.31K 0.054%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 445.78M 912.32K 0.068%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 407.03M 832.06K 0.093%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 330.56M 675.74K 0.180%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 268.74M 549.36K 0.109%
MORGAN STANLEY 256.41M 524.16K 0.035%
FIL LTD 238.37M 487.28K 0.307%
FMR LLC 227.02M 464.08K 0.024%
COHO PARTNERS, LTD. 226.42M 462.84K 4.257%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 214.06M 437.58K 0.084%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 210.61M 430.54K 0.127%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 188.06M 384.43K 0.072%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 184.51M 377.18K 0.045%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 182.01M 372.07K 0.102%
PROSHARE ADVISORS LLC 166.14M 339.63K 0.637%
EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 155.48M 317.83K 1.015%
AMUNDI 147.43M 284.21K 0.087%
INVESCO LTD. 139.72M 285.62K 0.045%
ROBECO INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V. 137.24M 280.56K 0.438%
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 127.67M 261.03K 0.698%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 124.34M 254.19K 0.044%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 119.98M 245.26K 0.099%
AGF INVESTMENTS INC. 115.88M 236.88K 1.096%
NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 110.45M 225.80K 0.115%
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 110.14M 225.16K 0.189%
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC Jim Simons 105.61M 215.9K 0.149%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 103.56M 211.69K 0.061%
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 100.70M 206.62K 0.163%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 97.48M 199.27K 0.070%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 96.28M 196.66K 0.157%
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 90.29M 184.58K 0.149%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 87.08M 178.02K 0.020%
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 82.40M 168.45K 0.099%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 80.05M 163.64K 0.039%
PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 75.88M 155.13K 0.198%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 73.92M 150.26K 0.027%
LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 73.25M 149.75K 0.107%
DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE 72.98M 151.50K 0.216%
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 71.47M 146.1K 0.018%
VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 64.47M 131.80K 0.348%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 63.08M 128.96K 0.020%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 62.90M 128.59K 0.036%
ABRDN PLC 62.81M 128.41K 0.187%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 62.61M 128K 0.014%