Stock Analysis
W.W. Grainger, Inc.GWW
P/E 33.52×· 5Y range 17.36–36.57×· top 4% of history
Sector: Industrials · Industry: Wholesale-Durable Goods
AnalystsHold24 analystsP/E 33.5× sits at the 96th percentile of its 5.086926762491444-year history.
Cash covers 21% of debt · Q2 2026.
PMP Verdict
High quality, but expensive
Strengths
- Financial Health87
- Quality87
Risks
- Valuation37
Excellent business. Weak entry price.
Bull Case
- ✓Altman Z 11.7 — safe-zone balance sheet
- ✓ROE 41.4% — efficient capital deployment
- ✓Interest coverage 16.9× — debt well covered
What's happening with GWW
Profile
Strong financial health, earnings quality, moat, growth and profitability; valuation lags behind.
How is each axis scored?
- Valuation37/100 · Weak
- P/E vs own history (96th pct)0/25
- FCF yield (2.4%)5/25
- P/S (3.3x)20/25
- EV/EBIT (23.6x)12/25
- Growth77/100 · Strong
- Revenue CAGR (8.3%)12/25
- Net income CAGR (13.1%)20/25
- EPS CAGR 5Y (15.5%)20/25
- Fwd implied growth (31.6%)25/25
- Profitability75/100 · Strong
- ROIC (32.3%)25/25
- ROE (41.4%)25/25
- Net margin (9.9%)13/25
- Operating margin (14.6%)12/25
- Financial Health87/100 · Strong
- Altman Z (11.75)25/25
- Current ratio (2.81)25/25
- Interest coverage (16.9x)25/25
- Net cash / debt (D/A 23%)12/25
- Quality87/100 · Strong
- Piotroski F (6/9)15/25
- Beneish M (-2.68)25/25
- FCF conversion (81%)22/25
- Margin stability (σ 3.0%)25/25
- Moat81/100 · Strong
- ROIC >12% years (10/10 yrs)25/25
- Median gross margin (38.9%)13/25
- FCF-positive years (10/10 yrs)25/25
- Worst-year net margin (worst 5.6%)18/25
Risk Flags
- ⚠P/E 33.5× at top 4% of 5-year history
About W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Founded in 1927, W. Show more
W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalog. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalog in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogs of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.
Headquarters: LAKE FOREST, IL · Employees: 25,000 · Website ↗
Price History
Weekly Candlestick Chart — up to 5Y
Key Metrics
Financial snapshot · Tap any metric for its definition and grade
TTM Snapshot
trailing twelve months · YoYValuation
37DP/E (TTM)33.5xC
Grade C: ExpensivePrice / TTM EPS (own statements) — vs own 5Y history: 17.4x–36.6x · 96th pct
P/FCF41.6xC
Grade C: ExpensivePrice / Free Cash Flow per share (Finnhub). Inverse of FCF yield — negative when FCF is negative
FCF Yield2.4%C
Grade C: LowTTM (OCF − CapEx) / Market Cap — vs own 5Y history: 2.1%–4.6% · 10th pct
P/S (TTM)3.33xB
Grade B: FairPrice / TTM Revenue (own statements) — vs own 5Y history: 1.6x–3.5x · 94th pct
EV/EBIT23.6xC
Grade C: ExpensiveEnterprise value / TTM EBIT (D&A not in our data) — capital-structure neutral — vs own 5Y history: 13.0x–25.6x · 95th pct
EV/Sales3.4xB
Grade B: FairEnterprise Value / TTM Revenue (Finnhub) — capital-structure neutral sales multiple
Forward P/E25.5xC
Grade C: ExpensivePrice / next-year EPS estimate — shows whether the TTM multiple is rich or just front-loading growth
P/B Ratio13.89xD
Grade D: Very expensivePrice to Book Value. Neg. equity = heavy buybacks
PEG Ratio2.72C
Grade C: ExpensiveFinnhub PEG — their P/E basis ÷ expected EPS growth. Suppressed when their P/E diverges >2× from our TTM P/E (different basis)
Dividend Yield0.79%A
Grade A: PaysTTM dividend yield (Finnhub) — annual dividends / price. None = no dividend; very high yield can signal distress
Payout Ratio26.5%A
Grade A: SafeDividends / Net Income (Finnhub) — share of earnings paid out; >90% or negative = unsustainable
Profitability
75B+ROIC32.3%A
Grade A: MoatNOPAT (EBIT less ~21% tax) / invested capital (equity + debt − cash). Flagship quality metric — durable >15% signals a moat
ROE41.4%A
Grade A: StrongReturn on Equity. Neg. equity = heavy buybacks
ROA20.3%A
Grade A: StrongReturn on Assets (Finnhub) — Net Income / Total Assets; how efficiently assets produce profit
Net Margin9.9%C
Grade C: AverageNet Income / Revenue
Operating Margin14.6%C
Grade C: AverageTTM EBIT / TTM Revenue
Gross Margin39.4%C
Grade C: AverageGross Profit / Revenue
FCF Margin8.0%C
Grade C: AverageFCF / Revenue
True FCF Margin7.7%C
Grade C: AverageTTM (OCF − CapEx − SBC) / TTM Revenue — SBC treated as a real cost
Growth
77B+Revenue CAGR8.3%C
Grade C: OkCompound annual revenue growth (up to 5Y depending on data availability)
Net Income CAGR13.1%C
Grade C: OkCompound annual net income growth (up to 5Y depending on data availability)
EPS CAGR (5Y)15.5%A
Grade A: HighCompound annual EPS growth over up to 5Y of per-share earnings (own statements). Null when either endpoint EPS ≤ 0
Implied EPS Growth31.6%A
Grade A: HighAnalyst forward EPS (normalized basis) vs our GAAP TTM EPS — different bases, so extreme values usually mark cyclically depressed TTM earnings, not real growth
Dilution (5Y)-10.3%A
Grade A: BuybacksShare count change over 5Y
SBC / Net Income3.6%A
Grade A: LowStock-based comp/Net income. >30% = dilution risk
SBC / Revenue0.4%A
Grade A: LowTTM stock-based comp / TTM Revenue
Financial Health
87AAltman Z-Score11.75A
Grade A: SafeBankruptcy risk. >3 Safe, <1.8 Distress
Current Ratio2.81xA
Grade A: HighCurrent Assets/Liabilities
Quick Ratio1.60xA
Grade A: High(Current Assets − Inventory) / Current Liabilities (Finnhub) — stricter liquidity test, excludes inventory
Interest Coverage16.9xA
Grade A: StrongEBIT/Interest. >10 Strong
Debt Repayment1.5yA
Grade A: FastYears to repay net debt via FCF
Net Debt/EBIT0.8xA
Grade A: LowLeverage. <2x Low, >4x High
Debt/Equity0.62xA
Grade A: LowDebt / Equity: <1 Conservative, >2 Risky. Not meaningful with non-positive equity; shown as unavailable rather than low debt.
Cash / Debt0.21xD
Grade D: ThinCash covers how much of total debt. >1 = could repay all debt from cash
Quality
87APiotroski F-Score6/9C
Grade C: AverageFinancial strength 0–9. >7 Strong
Beneish M-Score-2.68A
Grade A: SafeEarnings manipulation risk. < -2.22 Safe
FCF Conversion80.7%A
Grade A: StrongFCF / Net Income
Margin Stability3.0%A
Grade A: StableEBIT margin std deviation. Lower = stable
Capex / Revenue3.5%A
Grade A: Asset-lightTTM CapEx / TTM Revenue — high % = capital-hungry business
Asset Turnover2.04xA
Grade A: HighRevenue / Total Assets (Finnhub) — how efficiently the asset base generates sales
Insider Transactions
SEC Form 4 · 8 recordsP/S codes are the directional signal; grants, option exercises and tax withholding carry none. Form 4 doesn't flag 10b5-1 plans — scheduled sales may appear within open-market sells.
| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomson Laurie R Filed | Thomson Laurie R | Grant / award | +590 | |
Miller Cindy J Filed | Miller Cindy J | Grant / award | +1 | |
Williams Susan Slavik Filed | Williams Susan Slavik | Grant / award | +4 | |
Watson Lucas E Filed | Watson Lucas E | Grant / award | +12 | |
Jaspon Katherine D. Filed | Jaspon Katherine D. | Gift | +4 |
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| Trade date | Insider | Transaction | Shares | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jaspon Katherine D. Filed | Jaspon Katherine D. | Gift | -4 | |
Jaspon Katherine D. Filed | Jaspon Katherine D. | Grant / award | +4 | |
White Steven Andrew Filed | White Steven Andrew | Gift | +5 |
More metrics — Moat, Per Share, Balance Sheet, MarketHide additional metrics
Moat
81AROIC >12% Years10/10 yrsA
Grade A: DurableShare of completed fiscal years with ROIC > 12% — measures multi-year capital-return durability
Gross Margin (Med.)38.9%C
Grade C: ModerateMedian annual gross margin across available fiscal years — pricing-power durability
FCF-Positive Years10/10 yrsA
Grade A: DurableShare of completed fiscal years with positive free cash flow
Net Margin Floor5.6%A
Grade A: DurableWeakest annual net margin across completed fiscal years — recession/downcycle resilience
Per Share
EPS (TTM)$39.70
Own TTM net income / shares — same earnings basis as P/E
Cash / Share$12.51
Cash & short-term investments per share (Finnhub)
Book Value / Share$87.71
Shareholders' equity per share (Finnhub). Negative = accumulated losses / heavy buybacks
Balance Sheet
Total Debt$2.80B
Total debt obligations (short + long term)
Cash & Equiv.$589.00M
Cash and short-term investments
Net Debt$2.21B
Total Debt minus Cash. Negative = Net Cash position
Total Equity$4.51B
Shareholders' equity (book value)
Asset / Liability1.88xC
Grade C: AdequateTotal Assets / Total Liabilities
Market
Market Cap$62.68B
Current Market Capitalization
Beta0.97B
Grade B: MarketPrice sensitivity vs the market (Finnhub) — 1.0 moves with market, >1.2 amplifies swings
How grades work: each metric is graded A–D against fixed thresholds (tap a row for the meaning). Card grades map the pillar score to A+–E — a card grade is that pillar's own score, not an average of the rows shown.
Financials as of Jun 2026 · Ratio snapshot Oct 17, 2026
Key Insights: W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW)
Piotroski F-Score of 6/9 indicates mixed fundamentals for W.W. Grainger, Inc.. Altman Z-Score of 11.75 sits comfortably in the safe zone (≥ 2.99), indicating low bankruptcy risk. Beneish M-Score of -2.68 suggests a low likelihood of earnings manipulation.
- Takes ~1.5 years to repay net debt from free cash flow.
- Return on equity of 41.4% is well above the market average.
See how GWW ranks on the Capex Tracker — top 50 capital spenders compared.
Recent Market Moves
See all GWW moves →| Date | Session | Price | Move | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | Regular | 1,278.19 | +2.60% | 2.32 |
| Sep 25 | Regular | 1,243.89 | -2.78% | -2.49 |
| Sep 25 | After-hours | 1,243.07 | -2.84% | -2.56 |
Frequently Asked Questions about GWW
What is the current W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) stock price?
GWW is trading at $1330.70 at the last market close, down 0.04% on the session. PreMarketPrice tracks GWW pre-market, intraday and after-hours prices.
Is GWW stock a buy right now?
PreMarketPrice's quantitative model rates W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s financial health at 87/100. This is a data-driven snapshot of fundamentals, not investment advice.
Is GWW stock overvalued?
W.W. Grainger, Inc. trades at a trailing P/E of 33.5 and our valuation score rates it 37/100 (higher = cheaper vs. its own history). See the Valuation History and Key Metrics sections for forward P/E, EV/EBITDA and PEG context.
When does W.W. Grainger, Inc. report earnings?
No confirmed earnings date is currently scheduled for GWW. The Earnings section lists recent reports and updates as dates are announced.
What sector does W.W. Grainger, Inc. operate in?
W.W. Grainger, Inc. operates in the Industrials sector, within the Wholesale-Durable Goods industry. The Related Stocks section lists sector peers for comparison.
What does W.W. Grainger, Inc. do?
Founded in 1927, W.
About W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Stock
W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) is a US-listed stock operating in the Industrials sector, specifically the Wholesale-Durable Goods industry. As of the latest update, W.W. Grainger, Inc. is trading at $1330.70, down 0.04% on the day with a market capitalization of $62.7 billion. The financial health score for GWW is 87/100, which indicates excellent financial strength based on profitability, leverage, liquidity, and growth metrics. This page provides real-time pre-market pricing, earnings calendar, financial health analysis, and valuation metrics for GWW stock.
GWW Stock Analysis & Key Metrics
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- Pre-market price & movement: Real-time GWW stock price with percentage change, updated continuously during pre-market and regular trading hours.
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- Financial statements: Revenue, net income, assets, liabilities, and equity for W.W. Grainger, Inc. across multiple reporting periods.
- Financial health score: A composite score of 87/100 based on Altman Z-Score, Piotroski F-Score, profitability, and leverage metrics for GWW.
- Sector peers: Compare GWW against 4 other industrials stocks on key financial metrics.
Is GWW a Good Stock to Buy?
This page provides data-driven analysis to help you evaluate W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) as an investment. The financial health score of 87/100 suggests excellent financial fundamentals. Valuation metrics show whether the stock is trading above or below its historical average.However, this is not financial advice — always do your own research before investing.
Data on this page is sourced from real-time market feeds, Polygon.io, and Finnhub.W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) trades on NYSE/NASDAQ. Pre-market trading occurs 4:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET. Regular market hours are 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET.