Pricing Log in Create free account
Saturday 17 October 2026 Export GWW’s income statement to Excel — free account

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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.3%, EPS grew 20.3%, free cash flow grew 61.7% and total debt rose 2.77%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

1,330.70 0.47 −0.04%
Market cap
$62.7B
P/E
33.9×
Fwd P/E
28.6×
Dividend yield
0.71%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.75
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
96/100
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios Filings 10-Q 10-K

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Debt to equity

Alert me on Debt to equity

W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.5×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.6×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.6× (fiscal 2025) to 1.3× (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is in line with the Industrial Distribution industry median of 0.5× and above the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.6× (19.91%)
FY2024 0.8× 12.24%
FY2023 0.7× (21.17%)
FY2022 0.8× (24.57%)
FY2021 1.1× (1.84%)
FY2020 1.1× 9.22%
FY2019 1.0× 1.08%
FY2018 1.0× (17.09%)
FY2017 1.3× 28.12%
FY2016 1.0× 40.44%

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.5× (3.87%)
Mar 2026 0.6× (7.61%)
Dec 2025 0.6× 0.45%
Sep 2025 0.6× 4.23%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.6× High 1.3×
Ten-year median 1.0×
Current reading's percentile 9

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 0.0×
FAST Fastenal Company compare 0.0×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 0.0×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 0.1×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 0.5×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 0.6×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 0.8×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 1.1×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 1.2×
Industrial Distribution industry median 0.5×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

The full definition of Debt to equity →

More on GWW