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Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 47.1M shares outstanding

Who owns GWW?

By type of holder
Institutions 74.8% Insiders 7.4% Everyone else 17.8%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 41.8%
BlackRock, Inc. 9.8% · Williams Susan Slavik 7.1%
Institutional ownership
74.8%
+1.7 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
1,362
+85 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+777.2K
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
170 / 85
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Norges Bank NEW +487.1K
  • FMR LLC +196.0K

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Wellington Management Group LLP −257.2K
  • Price T Rowe Associates Inc /MD/ −211.2K

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$33.5M
7 notices from 6 people
Shares covered
33.3K
0.07% of the company
Arranged in advance
90%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$13.1M$26.1MNovDec 2025: $25.9M under a 10b5-1 planDec 2025: $199.7K without a planDecJanFebMar 2026: $2.5M under a 10b5-1 planMarApr 2026: $1.6M under a 10b5-1 planAprMay 2026: $3.2M without a planMayJunJulAugSepOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Donald Macpherson Director 10b5-1 $25.9M
  • Deidra C Merriwether Officer 10b5-1 $4.11M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
−21.1%
−2.60% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+26.7%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$7.52B vs $480M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
46.6M54.0M61.4M2016: 60.8M shares'162017: 58.0M shares'172018: 56.5M shares'182019: 54.9M shares'192020: 53.7M shares'202021: 52.2M shares'212022: 51.1M shares'222023: 50.1M shares'232024: 49.0M shares'242025: 48.0M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$600.5M$1.2B2016 buybacks: $790.0M2016 stock comp: $36.0M'162017 buybacks: $605.0M2017 stock comp: $33.0M'172018 buybacks: $425.0M2018 stock comp: $47.0M'182019 buybacks: $700.0M2019 stock comp: $40.0M'192020 buybacks: $601.0M2020 stock comp: $46.0M'202021 buybacks: $695.0M2021 stock comp: $42.0M'212022 buybacks: $603.0M2022 stock comp: $48.0M'222023 buybacks: $850.0M2023 stock comp: $62.0M'232024 buybacks: $1.2B2024 stock comp: $62.0M'242025 buybacks: $1.05B2025 stock comp: $64.0M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years86% 3–5 years2% 1–3 years5% Under 1 year6%
Quarterly turnover
6.5%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting GWW on Form 13F
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
4.6M
% of company
9.84%
Change vs last qtr
−8.5K (−0.2%)
Held since
≤2021
VC
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Shares
2.9M
% of company
6.12%
Change vs last qtr
−1.2K (−0.0%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting GWW on Form N-PORT; together they hold 32.0% of the company
VT
Position value
$1.94B
% of company
3.02%
% of the fund
0.08%
As of
June 30, 2026
V5
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$1.53B
% of company
2.39%
% of the fund
0.09%
As of
June 30, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
WS
Williams Susan Slavik
Insider
Shares
3.4M
% of company
7.11%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
MD
Macpherson Donald G
Insider
Shares
108.7K
% of company
0.23%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
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