W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Stock

About W.W. Grainger, Inc.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is led by CEO Donald G. Macpherson, employs 23,500 people, headquartered in Lake Forest, US, publicly traded since 1973.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) stock trades at $1349.90 with a market capitalization of $63.58B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.79, price-to-book of 14.73, price-to-sales of 3.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $906.52 and $1419.91, and currently trades 4.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.77%.

On profitability, W.W. Grainger, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 48.70%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 36.70%, an operating margin of 15.00%, a net profit margin of 9.92%.

In its most recent fiscal year, W.W. Grainger, Inc. reported annual revenue of $17.9B, net profit of $1.7B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 8.7%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 19.7%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a current ratio of 2.69, total assets of $9.0B, $585.0M in cash and equivalents.

GWW has an average daily trading volume of 285,781 shares, a beta of 1.03.

W.W. Grainger, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 W.W. Grainger, Inc. reported revenue of $10.1B rising to $17.9B, a change of +77.0% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 8.8% a year over five years, 5.6% over three, 4.5% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $1.7B.

Operating margin went from 11.0% in 2016 to 15.0% in 2025, a gain of 4.0 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 9.92%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $18.8B and net profit $1.9B.

Borrowings rose from $2.2B to $3.2B, cash on hand is $695.0M, cash from operations was $2.0B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 56.1% over five years, and was 45.7% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at —% a year over five years, 21.7% over three, 34.5% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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