Bank of America keeps Sell rating and sets USD 1,100.00 target for W.W. Grainger stock

Published on 10/27/2026 at 18:13 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Bank of America kept its Sell rating and target at USD 1,100.00 on October 23, 2026. W.W. Grainger stock costs EUR 1,198.50 on October 27, 2026.

Analyst target and earnings date

Bank of America maintained a Sell rating and set a USD 1,100.00 target on October 23, 2026.
Second-quarter 2026 revenue reached USD 5.02 billion, up from USD 4.55 billion a year earlier.
W.W. Grainger stock costs EUR 1,198.50 at Lang & Schwarz on October 27, 2026 at 6:07 p.m. CEST.
W.W. Grainger is estimated to report third-quarter 2026 results on November 4, 2026.

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Bank of America Securities analyst Andrew Obin maintained a Sell rating on W.W. Grainger and set a USD 1,100.00 price target on October 23, 2026, Markets Insider reported. The target lies 17.62 percent below the USD 1,335.36 NYSE quote. W.W. Grainger was trading at EUR 1,198.50 at Lang & Schwarz on October 27, 2026 at 6:07 p.m. CEST.

Second-quarter sales set the base

Grainger's second-quarter 2026 revenue reached USD 5.02 billion, compared with USD 4.55 billion in the same quarter of 2025. Net profit rose to USD 570 million from USD 482 million, according to Markets Insider. The revenue increase was 10.33 percent, while net profit increased 18.26 percent year over year.

Stock remains below its yearly high

The NYSE quote was USD 1,335.36 on October 27, 2026 at 1:11 p.m. ET, with a market capitalization of USD 62.9 billion. The same quote showed a 52-week range of USD 906.52 to USD 1,419.91, placing the stock 5.95 percent below its high. Its price-to-earnings ratio was 34.06.

What does the target imply?

The Bank of America target is below the NYSE quote, while the broader analyst picture remains mixed. The source reported a Hold consensus and an average target of USD 1,314.89 from TipRanks. The next scheduled catalyst is third-quarter 2026 results, which MarketBeat lists for November 4, 2026, before the market opens. Its consensus calls for USD 11.68 diluted earnings per share and USD 5.08 billion in revenue.

Trading view for German investors

MarketBeat identifies the company as NYSE:GWW. For German investors, the euro quotation offers a separate trading reference, while the company figures, analyst target and valuation remain stated in US dollars.

Euro quote after the Xetra close

W.W. Grainger was trading at EUR 1,198.50 at Lang & Schwarz on October 27, 2026 at 6:07 p.m. CEST. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of W.W. Grainger stock.