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) EV/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) trades at a EV/Sales of 3.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1× (August 2017) to 3.7× (November 2026); the current reading is higher than 100% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 1.3× and above the Industrials sector median of 1.8×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 2.8× (9.79%)
FY2024 3.1× 21.13%
FY2023 2.6× 28.81%
FY2022 2.0× (10.93%)
FY2021 2.2× 11.37%
FY2020 2.0× 13.37%
FY2019 1.8× 13.59%
FY2018 1.6× 4.33%
FY2017 1.5× (3.92%)
FY2016 1.6× 6.51%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Sep 2026 3.1× (10.90%)
Jun 2026 3.5× 20.79%
Mar 2026 2.9× 3.60%
Dec 2025 2.8× 4.88%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.1× High 3.7×
Ten-year median 1.9×
Current reading's percentile 100

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 0.7×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.2×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 1.4×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 1.5×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 1.5×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 1.6×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 2.1×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 3.6×
FAST Fastenal Company compare 6.7×
Industrial Distribution industry median 1.3×
Industrials sector median 1.8×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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