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Core & Main, Inc. (CNM) vs W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW)

Core & Main, Inc. and W.W. Grainger, Inc. are both Industrial Distribution companies. W.W. Grainger, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $62.7B against $8.0B — 7.9× the size. Core & Main, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.3× against 33.9×. W.W. Grainger, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 7.80% against −0.54%. W.W. Grainger, Inc. has the higher net margin (9.92% vs 5.96%) and the higher return on invested capital (27.1% vs 10.9%). Across the 22 metrics below, Core & Main, Inc. leads on 11 and W.W. Grainger, Inc. on 11.

Valuation

Metric CNM GWW Industrial Distribution median
P/E 17.28 33.89 27.61
P/S 1.02 3.33 1.15
P/B 3.72 13.92 3.25
Price to free cash flow 12.48 40.81 22.12
EV/EBITDA 10.67 21.53 14.59
EV/Sales 1.30 3.43 1.30
Earnings yield 5.79% 2.95% 3.18%
Free cash flow yield 8.01% 2.45% 4.05%

Profitability

Metric CNM GWW Industrial Distribution median
Gross margin 27.05% 39.40% 30.34%
Operating margin 9.64% 14.57% 8.06%
Net margin 5.96% 9.92% 4.95%
Free cash flow margin 8.16% 8.17% 4.67%
Return on equity 22.58% 43.51% 14.29%
Return on assets 7.05% 20.16% 5.30%
Return on invested capital 10.93% 27.09% 8.13%

Growth

Metric CNM GWW Industrial Distribution median
Revenue growth (TTM) (0.54%) 7.80% 7.80%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 8.45% (8.55%) (3.98%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 15.99% 8.75% 9.01%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 64.15% 19.67% 0.99%

Health

Metric CNM GWW Industrial Distribution median
Debt to equity 1.16 0.53 0.53
Current ratio 2.47 2.81 2.47
Net debt to EBITDA 2.11 0.69 1.17

Dividend

Metric CNM GWW Industrial Distribution median
Dividend yield — 0.71% 1.54%
Payout ratio — 0.24 0.48

Size

Metric CNM GWW Industrial Distribution median
Market cap 7.96b 62.70b 5.71b

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