GWW
WW Grainger Inc
1,263.50$
-0.9%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 7, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19.9 | 21.4 | 17.1 | 24.9 | 17.8 | 26.1 | 23.0 | 19.3 | 21.3 | 18.8 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 13.1 | 16.8 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 20.9 | 22.6 | 22.0 | 17.3 | 23.3 | 23.4 | 20.4 | 21.9 | 31.5 | 25.9 | 18.4 | 22.7 | 27.1 | 28.4 | |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | |
| 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 13.3 | 15.4 | 13.0 | |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | |
| 10.0 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 11.5 | 10.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 12.7 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 18.2 | |
| 19.8 | 15.6 | 19.9 | – | 18.8 | 11.1 | 28.7 | 13.7 | 21.9 | 20.3 | 21.1 | 27.4 | 17.8 | 12.3 | 20.9 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 30.8 | 20.9 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 19.5 | 22.6 | 23.7 | 39.7 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 32.9 | 36.4 | |
| 5.1% | 6.4% | 5.0% | -1.9% | 5.3% | 9.0% | 3.5% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 3.6% | 5.6% | 8.2% | 4.8% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.0% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 5.1% | 4.4% | 4.2% | 2.5% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 2.7% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 37.9% | 38.1% | 38.6% | 38.6% | 34.0% | 33.4% | 34.4% | 35.1% | 37.8% | 39.1% | 40.0% | 40.6% | 41.0% | 41.8% | 41.8% | 43.5% | 43.8% | 43.8% | 43.3% | 42.4% | 40.6% | 39.3% | 38.7% | 38.3% | 35.9% | 36.2% | 38.4% | 39.4% | 39.0% | 39.1% | |
| 9.8% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 6.7% | 7.1% | 8.5% | 8.3% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.4% | 10.7% | 12.0% | 13.0% | 12.6% | 13.7% | 13.5% | 13.0% | 11.0% | 10.1% | 10.3% | 11.0% | 8.6% | 11.9% | 14.5% | 15.6% | 15.4% | 15.0% | |
| 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 5.7% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 8.0% | 7.7% | 6.0% | 5.6% | 7.0% | 7.4% | 5.9% | 8.0% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 9.5% | |
| 5.9% | 7.7% | 4.7% | -1.9% | 3.7% | 8.6% | 3.6% | 6.9% | 5.5% | 5.8% | 5.1% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 9.5% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 6.3% | 7.6% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 5.2% | 7.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% | 7.4% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14.3% | 17.9% | 18.7% | 12.2% | 12.5% | 10.9% | 12.7% | 12.3% | 13.9% | 15.1% | 17.6% | 20.0% | 23.4% | 19.9% | 23.2% | 25.0% | 22.8% | 24.5% | 25.0% | 32.7% | 33.7% | 34.7% | 40.7% | 45.8% | 38.0% | 55.7% | 63.4% | 58.7% | 56.8% | 45.7% | |
| 9.8% | 11.6% | 11.3% | 7.0% | 7.8% | 7.5% | 8.7% | 8.6% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 12.6% | 13.6% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 13.1% | 14.0% | 13.8% | 15.1% | 15.1% | 13.2% | 10.6% | 10.1% | 13.3% | 14.1% | 11.0% | 15.8% | 20.4% | 22.4% | 21.6% | 19.0% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | -20 | 68 | 262 | 258 | -34 | -79 | -254 | -420 | -535 | -339 | -1.9 | 133 | 66 | 181 | 181 | 113 | 112 | 258 | 1,749 | 1,973 | 2,016 | 1,682 | 1,855 | 1,869 | 2,187 | 2,062 | 1,711 | 1,820 | 1,976 | |
| 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
| 69.0% | 64.8% | 60.8% | 57.7% | 62.5% | 68.8% | 68.4% | 70.3% | 73.6% | 73.6% | 71.5% | 67.8% | 57.9% | 58.1% | 56.5% | 55.7% | 60.3% | 61.7% | 60.6% | 40.5% | 31.6% | 29.1% | 32.7% | 30.9% | 29.0% | 28.4% | 32.2% | 38.2% | 38.0% | 41.7% | |
| 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.02 | 2.27 | 2.44 | 1.92 | 2.05 | 1.84 | 2.24 | 2.46 | 3.13 | 3.78 | 4.24 | 4.94 | 6.04 | 5.75 | 7.08 | 9.25 | 9.69 | 11.29 | 11.58 | 11.69 | 9.96 | 10.10 | 13.83 | 15.46 | 12.94 | 19.98 | 30.27 | 36.51 | 38.96 | 35.54 | |
| 34.27 | 40.48 | 44.37 | 48.07 | 52.82 | 50.19 | 49.24 | 50.51 | 55.08 | 60.34 | 65.00 | 75.47 | 86.98 | 83.08 | 99.56 | 113.50 | 125.73 | 133.72 | 143.99 | 151.65 | 166.62 | 179.79 | 198.48 | 209.22 | 219.68 | 249.46 | 298.00 | 328.90 | 350.37 | 373.79 | |
| 14.17 | 12.67 | 13.07 | 15.70 | 16.32 | 16.92 | 17.68 | 19.97 | 22.56 | 24.99 | 24.06 | 24.67 | 25.83 | 28.89 | 30.57 | 36.93 | 42.48 | 46.06 | 46.38 | 35.77 | 29.55 | 29.15 | 33.98 | 33.79 | 34.04 | 35.90 | 47.75 | 62.18 | 68.53 | 77.83 | |
| 2.03 | 3.11 | 2.09 | -0.89 | 1.94 | 4.33 | 1.80 | 3.46 | 3.03 | 3.50 | 3.31 | 3.19 | 4.43 | 7.90 | 6.60 | 7.50 | 7.96 | 10.12 | 8.27 | 9.70 | 11.81 | 14.13 | 14.47 | 14.95 | 17.24 | 13.07 | 21.08 | 31.66 | 32.04 | 27.73 | |
Data as of: October 7, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.