W.W. Grainger, Inc.

GWW Industrials Industrial Distribution

W.W. Grainger, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $17.9 billion, up 4.51% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+11.3%
EPS
+113.8%
Free cash flow
+61.1%
Total debt
+13.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

1,451.80 37.59 −2.52%
Market cap
$68.4B
P/E
31.4×
Fwd P/E
29.2×
Dividend yield
0.65%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.75
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
96/100

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Current ratio

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W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 2.6×, down 0.2× from fiscal 2025 (2.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.7× (fiscal 2015) to 2.9× (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 2.4× and above the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 2.8× 13.58%
FY2024 2.5× (13.59%)
FY2023 2.9× 16.33%
FY2022 2.5× (5.67%)
FY2021 2.6× (3.48%)
FY2020 2.7× 28.37%
FY2019 2.1× (10.60%)
FY2018 2.4× 11.39%
FY2017 2.1× 14.74%
FY2016 1.9× 8.78%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 2.6× (6.94%)
Jun 2026 2.8× 4.44%
Mar 2026 2.7× (4.97%)
Dec 2025 2.8× 4.06%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.7× High 2.9×
Ten-year median 2.5×
Current reading's percentile 91

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 4.1×
FAST Fastenal Company compare 3.9×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 3.2×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 3.2×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 2.9×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 2.6×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 2.5×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 2.0×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 1.7×
Industrial Distribution industry median 2.4×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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