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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
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W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Gross margin

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W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 39.4%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (39.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 35.9% (fiscal 2020) to 42.4% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 30.3% and above the Industrials sector median of 30.5%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 39.1% (0.30)
FY2024 39.4% (0.06)
FY2023 39.4% 1.01
FY2022 38.4% 2.16
FY2021 36.3% 0.33
FY2020 35.9% (2.36)
FY2019 38.3% (0.47)
FY2018 38.8% (0.56)
FY2017 39.3% (1.28)
FY2016 40.6% (1.84)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 39.5% (0.47)
Mar 2026 40.0% 0.52
Dec 2025 39.5% 0.85
Sep 2025 38.6% 0.07
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Against its own ten years

Low 35.9% High 42.4%
Ten-year median 39.1%
Current reading's percentile 76

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
FAST Fastenal Company compare 44.6%
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 39.4%
FERG Ferguson plc compare 31.1%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 30.3%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 27.5%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 27.5%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 27.1%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 24.0%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 21.4%
Industrial Distribution industry median 30.3%
Industrials sector median 30.5%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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