profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
W.W. Grainger
$1,489.30-0.89% today
+59.3% in 1 year
1-year low $918.181-year high $1,502.61
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $40.87 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What W.W. Grainger sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $15.2 billion in 2022 to $17.9 billion in 2025, with $1.71 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
W.W. Grainger handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.0B$467M
Free cash flow 2025$1.3B
Bought back its own shares$1.0B
Paid as dividends$467M
Cash vs. debt$585M vs. $3.0B
W.W. Grainger vs. similar companies
W.W. Grainger grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| W.W. Grainger | 40.9× · Expensive | ||
 Ferguson Enterprises | 26.8× · Fair price | ||
 Diploma | 52.5× · Expensive | ||
 Indutrade | 38.1× · Expensive | ||
 Addtech AB (publ.) | 41.8× · Expensive |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads W.W. Grainger's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,797 | 13,022 | 15,228 | 16,478 | 17,168 | 17,942 | |
| 4,238 | 4,720 | 5,849 | 6,496 | 6,758 | 7,009 | |
| 1,019 | 1,547 | 2,215 | 2,565 | 2,637 | 2,495 | |
| 1,195 | 1,733 | 2,444 | 2,807 | 2,898 | 2,765 | |
| 695 | 1,043 | 1,547 | 1,829 | 1,909 | 1,706 | |
| 12.82 | 19.84 | 30.06 | 36.23 | 38.71 | 35.40 | |
| 35.9% | 36.2% | 38.4% | 39.4% | 39.4% | 39.1% | |
| 8.6% | 11.9% | 14.5% | 15.6% | 15.4% | 13.9% | |
| 5.9% | 8.0% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 9.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 6,295 | 6,592 | 7,588 | 8,147 | 8,829 | 8,962 |
| Cash | 585 | 241 | 325 | 660 | 1,036 | 585 |
| Total debt | 2,616 | 2,762 | 2,705 | 2,752 | 3,183 | 2,987 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 4,853 | 4,706 | 5,126 | 4,821 |
| 1,828 | 1,874 | 2,440 | 3,115 | 3,358 | 3,736 | |
| 54 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | |
| 18.1% | 26.4% | 34.4% | 34.9% | 32.1% | 29.5% | |
| 38.0% | 55.7% | 63.4% | 58.7% | 56.8% | 45.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,123 | 937 | 1,333 | 2,031 | 2,111 | 2,015 | |
| 197 | 255 | 256 | 445 | 541 | 684 | |
| 926 | 682 | 1,077 | 1,586 | 1,570 | 1,331 | |
| Dividends paid | 338 | 357 | 370 | 392 | 421 | 467 |
| 601 | 695 | 603 | 850 | 1,201 | 1,045 | |
| 46 | 42 | 48 | 62 | 62 | 64 |
Valuation
- 40.9×
- 34.1×
- 1.81
- 18.8×
- 3.9×
- 52.4×
- 26.1×
- 1.9%
- 2.4%
- 0.7%
Profitability
- 39.1%
- 13.9%
- 9.5%
- 15.7%
- 30.8%
- 33.7%
- 46.6%
- 18.8%
- 36.0%
- –
Growth
- +8.7%
- +22.5%
- −15.2%
- +8.3%
- −2.1%
Financial health
- 0.8×
- 0.77
- 29.4%
- 31.0×
- 2.83
- 1.60
- 1.94
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 2%of 983
Top 25%of 991
Bottom 18%of 880
Top 40%of 990
Bottom 32%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $1,157.43
- Range
- $1,044.00 – $1,300.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 11.65 | 10.21 | +14.1% |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 9.44 | 9.46 | −0.2% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 10.21 | 9.98 | +2.3% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 9.97 | 10.07 | −1.0% |
| May 1, 2025 | 9.86 | 9.48 | +4.0% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 9.71 | 9.74 | −0.3% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 9.87 | 9.97 | −1.0% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 9.76 | 9.58 | +1.9% |
0.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$7a year at today's yield, before tax
+8.3%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$4.59 in 2015 → $8.83 in 2025
How safe it looks
27.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 35.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
65Pass
Benjamin Graham
45No pass
Philip Fisher
67Pass
Peter Lynch
62Pass
Joel Greenblatt
32No pass
Charlie Munger
71Pass
Terry Smith
69Pass
Questions about W.W. Grainger
Is W.W. Grainger a good stock to buy?
A solid business, but the price is high. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the W.W. Grainger AI analysis
What does W.W. Grainger do?
W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. It is in Industrial Distribution, based in Lake Forest, IL, United States, with 22,100 employees.
Does W.W. Grainger pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.7% a year, about 27% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $467 million in dividends.
Is W.W. Grainger stock halal?
Yes. W.W. Grainger passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 4% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has W.W. Grainger stock done over the past year?
Up 59.3% over the past twelve months, to $1,489.30. It traded between $918.18 and $1,502.61, close to its high.
Who are W.W. Grainger's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Ferguson Enterprises, Diploma, Indutrade and Addtech AB (publ.). The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with W.W. Grainger's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.