W.W. Grainger GWW

$ 1 351.87 1.19%

Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 08-04-2026

W.W. Grainger Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | GWW

Brief overview of W.W. Grainger's valuation and returns

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2021 and 2025.

The current valuation set is P/E 31.59x (median 26.22x), EV/EBITDA 18.87x (median 16.64x), P/S 3x (median 2.91x). On average, multiples differ from their five-year medians by only +6.4%. Valuation is near its familiar historical range.

The 1/P/E calculation produces a 3.2% earnings yield. It does not capture future growth or capital structure.

End-period return metrics are ROE 45.7%, ROA 19%, ROCE 66.8%. Overall capital returns are high. The business uses resources efficiently and provides strong fundamental support for its valuation.

On PEG (1.36x), the market prices growth without an obvious discount or excessive premium.

Cash turnover speed was broadly preserved, with the cycle moving from 124.4 days to 124.8 days.

What the ratios show

W.W. Grainger's profile looks neutral, with price and fundamental efficiency broadly aligned.

Annual Financial Ratios W.W. Grainger

	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
P/E	31.6	26.3	26.2	21.7	24.5	27.4	20.1	21.3	27.1	25.4	16.7	20.1	20.7	22.1	20.5	13.9	14.2	14.5	17.4	-
P/S	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	-	-	-	-	-
EPS	35.5	38.8	36.4	30.2	19.9	12.9	15.4	13.8	10.1	9.9	11.7	11.6	11.3	9.7	9.3	7.0	5.7	6.1	5.0	-
EV (Enterprise Value)	53.3 B	49.1 B	47.3 B	33.2 B	25.3 B	18.5 B	20.7 B	19.9 B	19.5 B	18.9 B	16 B	17.9 B	18 B	16.7 B	15.2 B	6.79 B	5.66 B	6.49 B	7.2 B	-348 M
EBITDA per Share	59	60.3	57	47.6	33.1	22.2	27.3	25.2	22.8	22.6	23.5	22.8	21.3	18.5	17.2	14.3	11	12	9.74	-
EV/EBITDA	18.9	16.7	16.6	13.7	14.7	17.6	12.7	12.9	13.6	12.4	9.3	10.5	11.2	11.9	11.4	6.7	7.0	7.0	9.0	-
PEG	1.36	1.32	1.28	1.16	2.44	-53.18	1.77	0.57	20.74	-1.7	19.32	8.12	1.25	4.55	0.65	-	-	-	-	-
P/B	6.0	5.7	5.9	4.4	3.9	3.0	8.3	7.9	8.7	8.1	5.4	4.9	5.0	4.9	5.0	1.8	1.6	2.0	2.4	-
P/CF	26.7	23.7	23.6	25.1	27.2	17.0	20.8	20.3	19.4	21.4	20.8	28.2	23.1	26.9	24.6	11.9	8.4	13.0	15.6	-
ROE %	45.66	56.85	58.72	63.40	48.29	33.21	41.21	37.36	32.05	31.79	32.69	24.41	23.96	22.13	24.17	23.17	19.89	23.37	20.02	-
ROA %	19.04	21.62	22.45	20.39	15.82	11.04	14.14	13.32	10.09	10.64	13.13	15.17	15.13	13.76	13.96	13.08	11.55	13.52	13.58	-
ROCE %	66.78	78.53	82.34	90.78	71.62	48.69	29.17	26.49	24.40	27.54	31.96	33.49	31.86	28.75	31.62	39.02	30.74	38.48	31.96	-
Current Ratio	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	2.1	1.9	1.7	2.4	2.5	2.7	1.9	-	-	-	-	-
DSO	46.4	47.0	47.9	46.6	45.2	44.8	45.3	45.1	46.4	44.0	44.3	43.0	42.6	38.3	40.2	-	-	-	-	-
DIO	78.5	80.2	82.6	80.2	79.2	81.8	85.2	81.8	82.4	85.2	89.9	87.6	89.9	94.4	101.4	82.2	95.7	88.3	45.3	-
DPO	-	-	-	-	-	-	37.0	36.0	42.2	39.4	37.1	35.8	35.2	31.1	38.2	-	-	-	-	-
Operating Cycle	124.8	127.2	130.5	126.8	124.4	126.7	130.5	126.9	128.8	129.3	134.2	130.6	132.5	132.7	141.5	82.2	95.7	88.3	45.3	-
Cash Conversion Cycle	124.8	127.2	130.5	126.8	124.4	126.7	93.5	90.9	86.6	89.9	97.1	94.8	97.3	101.6	103.4	82.2	95.7	88.3	45.3	-

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios W.W. Grainger

	2026-Q2	2026-Q1	2025-Q3	2025-Q2	2025-Q1	2024-Q3	2024-Q2	2024-Q1	2023-Q3	2023-Q2	2023-Q1	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1	2010-Q3	2010-Q2	2010-Q1	2009-Q3	2009-Q2
EPS	12.02	11.67	6.13	9.99	9.88	9.9	9.54	9.65	9.47	9.32	9.66	-	8.31	7.22	7.11	-	5.68	4.3	4.51	3.14	4.43	2.11	3.2	1.89	4.27	4.69	4.5	3.71	1.84	4.19	4.09	2.64	2.8	1.68	2.95	1.02	3.07	2.81	3	2.32	2.94	3.28	3.11	2.17	3.33	2.97	3.11	2.24	2.99	3.08	2.99	2.21	2.19	2.68	2.63	2.08	2.56	2.39	2.23	2.1	1.76	1.34	1.91	1.23
EBITDA per Share	18.9	18.5	12.4	15.9	15.6	15.6	14.8	15.1	-	-	14.5	-	15	10.5	11.5	-	11.1	6.4	7.67	-	9.65	5.61	3.81	-	9.41	8.95	7.55	-	6.76	8.41	7.12	-	8.22	6.16	6.05	-	8.33	6.88	6.05	-	7.8	6.96	6	-	7.81	6.35	5.82	-	6.81	6.19	5.5	-	5.28	5.54	4.86	-	5.82	4.76	4.25	5.16	4	3.01	3.93	3.03
ROE %	49.30	49.26	47.74	52.59	53.09	53.40	55.36	58.29	61.29	62.27	63.95	47.92	61.95	56.67	53.88	37.64	46.83	45.93	40.82	38.02	34.38	33.81	41.59	45.77	51.10	43.95	42.27	40.71	38.76	42.93	36.40	34.67	29.11	29.86	33.67	33.70	36.73	34.88	35.00	33.93	32.16	30.85	27.54	24.98	25.16	24.47	24.75	24.52	24.87	23.52	23.13	22.81	23.29	25.08	25.24	25.05	26.67	25.76	23.62	23.89	21.00	4.32	6.28	4.38
ROA %	20.50	20.11	19.58	21.89	22.18	22.50	23.02	23.63	23.85	23.51	22.31	16.07	19.83	13.91	17.94	12.43	15.10	14.27	12.32	11.04	10.09	10.15	12.67	14.14	15.98	13.87	13.58	13.32	12.36	13.38	11.03	10.10	8.56	9.03	10.38	10.64	12.05	12.07	12.80	13.13	13.47	14.54	14.68	15.17	15.33	14.98	15.21	15.13	15.27	14.37	14.04	13.76	13.79	14.55	14.35	13.96	14.78	14.38	13.38	13.89	12.64	2.60	3.86	2.71
ROCE %	72.52	72.29	69.90	73.65	74.26	74.67	77.36	81.60	86.07	88.01	90.06	67.73	88.42	80.48	76.03	53.50	68.55	68.64	64.26	55.74	50.46	47.89	57.16	68.03	73.37	64.99	62.41	60.28	59.15	65.70	61.34	61.24	56.96	58.52	61.97	62.27	63.68	60.77	59.51	57.37	54.57	51.55	46.43	41.97	41.56	40.22	40.38	39.90	40.54	38.29	37.90	37.41	37.29	40.40	40.11	40.03	43.76	42.25	40.13	38.25	33.39	7.97	8.11	7.29
DSO	49.5	48.4	47.8	48.5	50.0	48.8	49.5	51.4	52.7	51.4	49.4	-	25.0	23.8	47.0	-	45.7	45.7	45.1	45.7	44.6	47.4	44.1	45.7	44.1	45.0	45.8	45.7	44.6	44.2	44.7	45.9	45.9	46.2	45.8	45.2	43.0	43.5	44.3	44.5	43.6	43.8	44.6	42.6	41.8	42.7	43.5	42.3	41.9	42.2	40.9	38.5	37.6	38.1	38.0	39.0	38.4	40.5	40.5	-	-	-	-	-
DIO	71.5	74.7	73.9	76.1	78.7	74.2	75.8	77.7	79.0	80.5	83.7	-	39.0	36.7	76.6	-	75.1	74.1	78.1	82.6	81.3	86.8	82.2	85.6	81.7	85.2	85.6	82.9	80.3	80.3	81.0	81.0	80.5	82.8	85.0	86.7	82.5	84.2	88.1	87.4	87.7	89.0	93.9	85.0	84.8	86.8	92.7	86.9	88.4	89.3	95.3	94.5	92.3	93.5	96.2	98.8	96.3	101.5	95.4	74.1	75.7	80.4	85.9	-
Operating Cycle	-	-	121.7	124.6	128.7	123.0	125.2	129.2	131.7	131.9	133.0	-	64.0	60.5	123.5	-	120.8	119.8	123.2	128.3	125.9	134.2	126.3	131.2	125.8	130.2	131.4	128.6	124.9	124.5	125.7	126.9	126.4	129.0	130.8	131.8	125.4	127.8	132.3	132.0	131.3	132.8	138.5	127.6	126.6	129.5	136.2	129.2	130.3	131.5	136.1	133.1	129.9	131.6	134.2	137.9	134.7	142.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cash Conversion Cycle	-	-	121.7	124.6	128.7	123.0	125.2	129.2	131.7	131.9	133.0	-	64.0	60.5	123.5	-	120.8	119.8	123.2	128.3	125.9	134.2	126.3	131.2	125.8	130.2	131.4	128.6	124.9	124.5	125.7	126.9	126.4	129.0	130.8	131.8	125.4	127.8	132.3	132.0	131.3	132.8	138.5	127.6	126.6	129.5	136.2	129.2	130.3	131.5	136.1	133.1	129.9	131.6	134.2	137.9	134.7	142.0	-	-	-	-	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

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W.W. Grainger Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | GWW

Brief overview of W.W. Grainger's valuation and returns

What the ratios show

Annual Financial Ratios W.W. Grainger

P/E

P/S

EPS

EV (Enterprise Value)

EBITDA per Share

EV/EBITDA

PEG

P/B

P/CF

ROE %

ROA %

ROCE %

Current Ratio

DSO

DIO

DPO

Operating Cycle

Cash Conversion Cycle

Annual performance