Industrial Distribution industry stocks

The Industrial Distribution industry has 25 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Industrials sector, with a combined market value of $286.4B. W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) is the largest at $68.4B, followed by Fastenal Company and Ferguson plc. The median Industrial Distribution stock trades at 25.9× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 4.55% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 7.51%. 9 of the 25 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.89%.

Industrial Distribution medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 25.9× 17.9×
P/S 1.1× 1.9×
P/B 3.4× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 18.7× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 14.0× 10.9×
EV/Sales 1.3× 2.1×
Earnings yield 3.49% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 4.52% 0.93%
Gross margin 30.0% 45.1%
Operating margin 7.44% 0.00%
Net margin 4.55% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 4.24% 0.00%
Return on equity 13.2% 0.51%
Return on assets 5.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 7.52% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.51% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) −3.98% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.06% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.52% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.4× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.4× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.2× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.11% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.4× 0.3×
Market cap $5.1B $676.4M

Today’s biggest moves

Up

313.24 9.95 +3.28%
34.96 0.06 −0.17%
52.80 0.41 −0.77%
47.00 0.57 −1.20%
216.03 3.22 −1.47%

Down

135.64 22.74 −14.36%
13.69 1.68 −10.93%
66.49 8.00 −10.74%
289.23 27.49 −8.68%
11.66 1.00 −7.90%

All 25 companies

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 68.36b 1,451.80 (2.52%) 31.39 11.17% 9.12% 0.65%
FAST Fastenal Company 60.69b 52.80 (0.77%) 42.58 15.62% 13.53% 1.89%
FERG Ferguson plc 45.59b 235.91 (5.08%) 19.61 7.15% 9.38% 1.51%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. 15.98b 313.24 3.28% 27.17 6.06% (2.98%) —
WCC WESCO International, Inc. 13.94b 289.23 (8.68%) 17.86 3.06% 13.50% 0.68%
WSO Watsco, Inc. 12.96b 311.78 (2.42%) 27.04 5.86% 0.30% 4.14%
QXO QXO, Inc. 12.08b 11.66 (7.90%) — (6.63%) 408.30% 0.00%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 10.26b 282.55 (5.28%) 24.70 8.38% 8.45% 0.70%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. 8.94b 46.85 (3.66%) 19.28 5.96% (0.54%) —
POOL Pool Corporation 7.74b 216.03 (1.47%) 19.82 7.23% 2.90% 2.36%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. 6.28b 110.00 (3.10%) — (1.97%) 36.79% —
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. 6.20b 110.79 (4.54%) 27.77 5.55% 6.37% 3.14%
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. 4.92b 113.34 (4.08%) 29.64 3.49% 2.89% —
REZI Resideo Technologies, Inc. 2.97b 19.57 (4.58%) 7.76 4.74% 3.42% —
DNOW DNOW Inc. 2.48b 13.69 (10.93%) — 0.00% 96.79% —
DXPE DXP Enterprises, Inc. 2.06b 135.64 (14.36%) 21.46 4.44% 12.90% —
GIC Global Industrial Company 1.80b 47.00 (1.20%) 19.55 6.31% 10.20% 2.34%
DSGR Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. 1.62b 34.96 (0.17%) 145.67 0.54% 6.57% —
BXC BlueLinx Holdings Inc. 522.52m 66.49 (10.74%) — (0.14%) 4.23% —
TITN Titan Machinery Inc. 499.84m 21.27 (5.55%) — (2.46%) (10.67%) —
EVI EVI Industries, Inc. 274.34m 21.19 (2.62%) 41.55 1.47% 14.56% 0.00%
ALTG Alta Equipment Group Inc. 188.81m 5.85 (15.09%) — (4.58%) (1.80%) 0.00%
WATR Air Water Ventures Limited 43.98m 1.39 (10.32%) — — — —
TLIH Ten-League International Holdings Limited 16.76m 5.70 0.35% — — — —
WXM WF International Limited 15.09m 1.60 (23.08%) — — — —

Updated 5 November 2026