W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW

1,243.07 (36.40) (2.84%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$60.1B
P/E
31.7×
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W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Operating margin

W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 14.6%, up 0.7 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 8.06% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.15%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

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

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 16.1% (0.65)
Mar 2026 16.7% 2.39
Dec 2025 14.3% 3.36
Sep 2025 11.0% (3.92)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.64% High 15.6%
Ten-year median 11.9%
Current reading's percentile 73

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
FAST Fastenal Company compare 20.3%
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 14.6%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 11.1%
FERG Ferguson plc compare 9.73%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 9.64%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 9.40%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 9.40%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 5.38%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare −3.40%
Industrial Distribution industry median 8.06%
Industrials sector median 5.15%
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

The full definition of Operating margin →

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