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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) trades at a price to free cash flow of 40.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.8× (October 2017) to 46.1× (June 2026); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 22.1× and above the Industrials sector median of 20.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 35.4× 8.14%
FY2024 32.8× 29.76%
FY2023 25.3× (1.39%)
FY2022 25.6× (32.31%)
FY2021 37.8× 63.81%
FY2020 23.1× 4.51%
FY2019 22.1× 14.11%
FY2018 19.4× 33.84%
FY2017 14.5× (18.77%)
FY2016 17.8× (8.63%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 41.7× 14.18%
Mar 2026 36.5× 3.12%
Dec 2025 35.4× (3.77%)
Sep 2025 36.8× 4.87%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.8× High 46.1×
Ten-year median 24.0×
Current reading's percentile 97

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 12.5×
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 15.7×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 16.2×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 26.8×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 40.8×
FAST Fastenal Company compare 49.3×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 59.3×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 107×
FERG Ferguson plc compare 355×
Industrial Distribution industry median 22.1×
Industrials sector median 20.1×
Market median 14.2×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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