Benzinga | Jul 23, 2020 08:01AM EDT

W.W. Grainger Q2 Adj. EPS $3.75 Beats $3.24 Estimate, Sales $2.84B Beat $2.71B Estimate

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) reported quarterly earnings of $3.75 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $3.24 by 15.74 percent. This is a 19.18 percent decrease over earnings of $4.64 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.84 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.71 billion by 4.69 percent. This is a 1.94 percent decrease over sales of $2.89 billion the same period last year.