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W.W. Grainger, Inc.

GWW

NYSE·Industrials·Industrial - Distribution·Mkt cap $63.2B

$1,342.98

+0.35%

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52-Week Range

$906.52 - $1,390.96

P/E

36.10

Fwd P/E

29.44

Beta

1.05

Div Yield

0.69%

Avg Vol

292.8K

Shares Out

47.2M

Mkt Cap

$63.2B

Price action

Price chart

Up 29.3% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Extensive Product Catalog
  • Advanced Digital Procurement Platform
  • National Distribution Infrastructure
  • Strong Customer Service and Technical Support

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Stable outlook

Digital Transformation of Procurement

Value

Fairly valued vs Industrial Distribution peers

Momentum

Strong

+19.8% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.69% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 29, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 7, 2026

Reported EPS of $11.65 vs $10.21 consensus (+14.1% surprise). Revenue of $4.7B vs $4.6B expected (+3.6%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +14.1%
Rev beat +3.6%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+14.1%

Next: Apr 29, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+6%

+2%

+6%

+6%

+5%

+10%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$4.3B

$4.4B

$4.2B

$4.3B

$4.6B

$4.7B

$4.4B

$4.7B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

40.0%

Operating

16.7%

Profit

11.7%

Wall Street consensus

7 analysts · 29% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

2

29%

Hold

4

57%

Sell

1

14%

Median Price Target

$1,318.50

-1.8% vs $1,342.98

Low $1,125.00
Median $1,318.50
High $1,365.00

Latest: Barclays · Jun 23, 2026

6 analysts covering

vs Industry

How GWW stacks vs Industrial - Distribution

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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