Benzinga | Jul 30, 2021 08:07AM EDT

W.W. Grainger Q2 Adj. EPS $4.27 Misses $4.58 Estimate, Sales $3.21B Miss $3.22B Estimate

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) reported quarterly earnings of $4.27 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $4.58 by 6.77 percent. This is a 13.87 percent increase over earnings of $3.75 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.21 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.22 billion by 0.40 percent. This is a 13.04 percent increase over sales of $2.84 billion the same period last year.