Stock · GWW · Industrials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1984 · Revenue 12 mo. $18.8B
Price as of 11/06/2026
W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions North America and Endless Assortment. It provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools. The company also offers technical support and inventory management services. It serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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Summary
58.6 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.2B (2025), it supports €13.3B. The remaining €46.8B of the market value assume it grows 21.0% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
21.0%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 31.3×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 21.1× to 24.3×, median 23.3×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 45.66% | 13.10% | Rank 95 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 43.71% | 19.33% | Rank 76 |
| EBIT margin | 15.00% | 11.28% | Rank 66 |
| FCF margin | 7.42% | 8.50% | Rank 46 |
| Gross margin | 39.06% | 28.98% | Rank 76 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 4.51% | 5.15% | Rank 48 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 5.49% | 8.01% | Rank 44 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 22.39% | 12.89% | Rank 73 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 3.81% | 4.02% | Rank 48 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.47% | 4.42% | Rank 15 |
| FCF yield | 1.99% | 3.98% | Rank 24 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.88 | 2.08 | Rank 29 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 25.84 | 19.47 | Rank 29 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 41.62% | −0.01% | Rank 93 |
| Share price, 6 months | 17.26% | −1.43% | Rank 86 |
| Share price, 3 months | 17.90% | 0.53% | Rank 93 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −3.27% | −16.36% | Rank 91 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 3.78% | 1.39% | Rank 29 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.04% | −0.44% | Rank 73 |
| Dividend streak in years | 40 | 5 | Rank 99 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −6.81% | 0.27% | Rank 7 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 41.69% | 39.65% | Rank 55 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.93 | 1.38 | Rank 60 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.85 | 0.61 | Rank 39 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 23.53% | 32.95% | Rank 85 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10.1 | 11.0% | $718.7M | 60.8M | 2.0 |
| 2017 | 10.4 | 10.1% | $819.3M | 58.0M | 2.0 |
| 2018 | 11.2 | 10.3% | $818.0M | 56.5M | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 11.5 | 11.0% | $821.0M | 54.9M | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 11.8 | 8.6% | $926.0M | 53.7M | 2.0 |
| 2021 | 13.0 | 11.9% | $682.0M | 52.2M | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 15.2 | 14.6% | $1.1B | 51.1M | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 16.5 | 15.6% | $1.6B | 50.1M | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 17.2 | 15.4% | $1.6B | 49.0M | 2.1 |
| 2025 | 17.9 | 15.0% | $1.3B | 48.0M | 2.6 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
WW Grainger Inc mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
WW Grainger Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for WW Grainger Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 40.5 | 22.5 |
| P/B ratio | 18.5 | 2.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 45.7% | 13.1% |
| Equity ratio | 41.7% | 39.7% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.85 | 0.61 |
| Dividend yield | 0.7% | 2.0% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| GWW | WW Grainger Incthis page | |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | Medium5.5 |
| FERG | Ferguson Plc | Low2.7 |
| WCC | WESCO International Inc | locked |
| WSO | Watsco Inc | locked |
| DPLM.L | Diploma PLC | locked |
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