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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
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W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Operating margin
W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.8%, up 1.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (13.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.64% (fiscal 2020) to 15.6% (fiscal 2023); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 7.44% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 13.9% | (1.45) |
| FY2024 | 15.4% | (0.21) |
| FY2023 | 15.6% | 1.02 |
| FY2022 | 14.6% | 2.67 |
| FY2021 | 11.9% | 3.24 |
| FY2020 | 8.64% | (2.35) |
| FY2019 | 11.0% | 0.67 |
| FY2018 | 10.3% | 0.39 |
| FY2017 | 9.93% | (1.05) |
| FY2016 | 11.0% | (2.06) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 16.0% | (0.09) |
| Jun 2026 | 16.1% | (0.65) |
| Mar 2026 | 16.7% | 2.39 |
| Dec 2025 | 14.3% | 3.36 |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FAST Fastenal Company compare | 20.5% |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 15.8% |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 11.2% |
| FERG Ferguson plc compare | 9.73% |
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 9.64% |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 9.40% |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 9.08% |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 5.57% |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | −3.40% |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 7.44% |
| Industrials sector median | 5.21% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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