Benzinga | Oct 22, 2020 08:05AM EDT

W.W. Grainger Q3 Adj. EPS $4.52 Beats $4.15 Estimate, Sales $3.02B Beat $2.98B Estimate

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) reported quarterly earnings of $4.52 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.15 by 8.92 percent. This is a 6.1 percent increase over earnings of $4.26 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.02 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.98 billion by 1.28 percent. This is a 2.41 percent increase over sales of $2.95 billion the same period last year.