Industrial Distribution industry stocks

The Industrial Distribution industry has 23 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $277.8B. W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) is the largest at $62.7B, followed by Fastenal Company and Ferguson plc. The median Industrial Distribution stock trades at 27.6× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 4.95% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 7.80%. 9 of the 23 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.88%.

Industrial Distribution medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 27.6× 18.1×
P/S 1.2× 1.9×
P/B 3.2× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 22.1× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 14.6× 11.0×
EV/Sales 1.3× 2.1×
Earnings yield 3.18% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 4.05% 0.27%
Gross margin 30.3% 46.2%
Operating margin 8.06% 0.00%
Net margin 4.95% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 4.67% 0.00%
Return on equity 14.3% 1.35%
Return on assets 5.30% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.13% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.80% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) −3.98% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.01% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.99% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.5× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.5× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.2× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.54% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.5× 0.3×
Market cap $5.7B $584.7M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

15.68 0.66 +4.39%
172.27 3.15 +1.86%
51.02 0.64 +1.27%
231.63 2.86 +1.25%
94.84 0.57 +0.60%

Down

91.13 8.41 −8.45%
22.05 0.67 −2.95%
10.86 0.32 −2.86%
340.50 6.17 −1.78%
295.45 4.04 −1.35%

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 62.70b 1,330.70 (0.04%) 33.89 9.92% 7.80% 0.71%
FAST Fastenal Company 57.81b 51.02 1.27% 41.14 15.62% 13.53% 1.88%
FERG Ferguson plc 44.25b 231.63 1.25% 52.68 7.15% 9.38% 1.54%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. 16.89b 340.50 (1.78%) 23.53 2.86% 12.51% 0.57%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. 15.98b 287.50 0.00% 24.94 6.54% (2.98%) —
WSO Watsco, Inc. 12.36b 295.45 (1.35%) 25.62 6.54% (2.98%) 4.37%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 12.26b 330.84 (0.90%) 29.81 8.35% 8.84% 0.60%
QXO QXO, Inc. 11.60b 10.86 (2.86%) 0.00 (6.63%) 408.30% 0.00%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. 7.96b 41.99 0.48% 17.28 5.96% (0.54%) —
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. 7.30b 130.38 (0.24%) 31.49 5.91% 4.41% 2.67%
POOL Pool Corporation 6.15b 172.27 1.86% 15.80 7.37% 2.23% 2.96%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. 5.71b 91.13 (8.45%) 0.00 (3.82%) 33.75% —
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. 4.12b 94.84 0.60% 25.77 3.41% 3.28% —
DXPE DXP Enterprises, Inc. 2.76b 175.79 (1.09%) 29.45 4.35% 11.47% —
DNOW DNOW Inc. 2.72b 15.68 4.39% 0.00 (4.63%) 69.84% —
REZI Resideo Technologies, Inc. 2.52b 16.46 (0.72%) 7.09 4.95% 3.42% —
GIC Global Industrial Company 1.68b 44.15 0.20% 19.71 6.06% 8.43% 2.49%
DSGR Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. 1.62b 35.06 (0.09%) 184.53 0.44% 6.45% —
BXC BlueLinx Holdings Inc. 575.99m 73.62 0.46% 0.00 (0.06%) 2.13% —
TITN Titan Machinery Inc. 534.67m 22.05 (2.95%) 0.00 (2.46%) (10.67%) —
EVI EVI Industries, Inc. 248.17m 19.00 (1.40%) 37.25 1.47% 14.56% 0.00%
WXM WF International Limited 26.63m 3.17 (3.35%) — — — —
TLIH Ten-League International Holdings Limited 16.85m 5.55 (3.14%) — — — —

Updated 17 October 2026