Insider trade

Officer sold ~$98K of GWW shares in the open market

Traded May 12, 2026 · Filed May 14, 2026

W. W. GraingerGWW

~$98K
Reported value · 80 sh @ $1,230.16: 1,978
Holds after · shares reported: +3.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.5%, $1,238.29 → $1,281.68 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

W. W. Grainger's SVP, Chief Technology Officer sold $98K of W. W. Grainger shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: May 12, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: May 14, 2026

Officer$25K–$100K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$98,413

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

4 days after results of May 8, 2026, 84 days before results of Aug 4, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $1,238.29 on May 12, 2026, at its 52-week high, after a 17% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $918.18 (Nov 18, 2025) to $1,238.29 (May 12, 2026), 100% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $1,057.22 on Mar 30, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-1.9%	+0.9%	-2.8%
30 days	+3.3%	+2.1%	+1.1%
90 days	+3.8%	+5.2%	-1.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0002043378-26-000004
Filed / recorded: May 14, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
Issuer CIK: 277135
Ticker: GWW
Reporting person: Jonny M Leroy
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP, Chief Technology Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: May 12, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 80
Price per share: $1,230.16
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,978
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at price ranging from $1,229.99 to $1,230.74, inclusive.