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.

Revenue
+11.3%
EPS
+113.8%
Free cash flow
+61.1%
Total debt
+13.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

1,451.80 37.59 −2.52%
Market cap
$68.4B
P/E
31.4×
Fwd P/E
29.2×
Dividend yield
0.65%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
11.75
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
96/100

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Revenue growth

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W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.12%, up 4.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.51%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.08% (fiscal 2015) to 16.9% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 7.51% and in line with the Industrials sector median of 8.77%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 4.51% 0.32
FY2024 4.19% (4.02)
FY2023 8.21% (8.73)
FY2022 16.9% 6.56
FY2021 10.4% 7.67
FY2020 2.71% 0.35
FY2019 2.36% (5.28)
FY2018 7.64% 4.80
FY2017 2.84% 1.20
FY2016 1.64% 1.56

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.3% 1.00
Jun 2026 10.3% 0.12
Mar 2026 10.1% 5.59
Dec 2025 4.54% (1.59)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.08% High 16.9%
Ten-year median 4.19%
Current reading's percentile 64

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 408.3%
FAST Fastenal Company compare 13.5%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 13.5%
FERG Ferguson plc compare 9.38%
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 9.12%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 8.45%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 0.30%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare −0.54%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare −2.98%
Industrial Distribution industry median 7.51%
Industrials sector median 8.77%
Market median 7.58%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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