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

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) trades at a P/E ratio of 33.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.6× (March 2020) to 36.9× (June 2026); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 27.6× and above the Industrials sector median of 24.7×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 28.5× 4.86%
FY2024 27.1× 21.43%
FY2023 22.4× 21.51%
FY2022 18.4× (29.11%)
FY2021 26.0× (18.14%)
FY2020 31.7× 43.76%
FY2019 22.1× 8.02%
FY2018 20.4× (12.69%)
FY2017 23.4× (1.26%)
FY2016 23.7× 36.18%

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jun 2026 34.6× 18.27%
Mar 2026 29.3× 2.91%
Dec 2025 28.5× 6.75%
Sep 2025 26.7× 1.27%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 13.6× High 36.9×
Ten-year median 22.9×
Current reading's percentile 97

P/E ratio against peers

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AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 29.8×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 33.9×
FAST Fastenal Company compare 41.1×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 52.7×
Industrial Distribution industry median 27.6×
Industrials sector median 24.7×
Market median 18.1×

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Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

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