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Company Information

Company Name
WW Grainger Inc
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Industrial Distribution
Exchange
NYSE
ISIN: US3848021040
CIK: 0000277135
CUSIP: 384802104
Currency: USD
Full Time Employees: 22,100
Phone: 847 535 1000
Fiscal Year End: December
IPO Date: Dec 17, 1984
Description:

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. The company operates through two segments, High-Touch Solutions North America and Endless Assortment. It provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools. The company also offers technical support and inventory management services. It serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels. W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Address:

100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest, IL, United States, 60045-5201

Directors & Officers

Name Title Year Born
Mr. Donald G. Macpherson Chairman & CEO 1968
Ms. Deidra Cheeks Merriwether CFO & Senior VP 1969
Ms. Nancy L. Berardinelli-Krantz Senior VP & Chief Legal Officer 1978
Ms. Melanie J. Tinto Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer 1973
Ms. Paige K. Robbins Senior VP & President of Grainger Business Unit 1969
Ms. Laurie R. Thomson VP, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer 1975
Mr. Jonny LeRoy Senior VP & CTO 1972
Mr. Kyle Bland Vice President of Investor Relations NA
Mr. Masaya Suzuki Managing Director of Endless Assortment Business 1975
Mr. Barry Greenhouse Senior Vice President of Merchandising & Supplier Management 1973

Insider Trading

Date Insider Name Title Transaction Type Shares Price Value
Apr 02, 2026 Deidra C Merriwether N/A Sale 1.49K $1.11K $1.66M
Mar 24, 2026 Deidra C Merriwether N/A Sale 2.34K $1.06K $2.49M
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna N/A Sale N/A $1.08K N/A
Dec 16, 2025 Krantz Nancy L Berardinelli N/A Sale 195.00 $1.02K $199.67K
Dec 05, 2025 Donald G Macpherson N/A Sale 12.16K $972.57 $11.83M
Dec 04, 2025 Donald G Macpherson N/A Sale 14.52K $972.81 $14.13M
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna N/A Purchase N/A $950.45 N/A
Nov 03, 2025 Ro Khanna N/A Purchase N/A $965.33 N/A
Sep 29, 2025 Ro Khanna N/A Sale N/A $947.58 N/A
Sep 09, 2025 Jonny M Leroy N/A Sale 500.00 $992.86 $496.43K
May 23, 2025 Krantz Nancy L Berardinelli N/A Sale 280.00 $1.08K $301.06K
May 06, 2025 Laurie R Thomson N/A Sale 761.00 $1.04K $793.62K

Institutional Holders

Holder Name Shares Date Reported % Out Value % Change
Vanguard Group Inc 5.67M Dec 31, 2025 12.00% $0.08 -1.14%
BlackRock Inc 4.64M Mar 31, 2026 9.83% $0.09 2.31%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC 2.88M Mar 31, 2026 6.11% $0.08 0.00%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC 2.31M Mar 31, 2026 4.90% $0.13 0.00%
State Street Corp 1.99M Mar 31, 2026 4.22% $0.08 -1.26%
Geode Capital Management, LLC 1.23M Mar 31, 2026 2.61% $0.08 1.08%
Wellington Management Company LLP 1.03M Mar 31, 2026 2.19% $0.21 -3.64%
Wells Fargo & Co 922.50K Mar 31, 2026 1.95% $0.19 -3.30%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 905.42K Mar 31, 2026 1.92% $0.11 -11.86%
ClearBridge Advisors, LLC 845.52K Mar 31, 2026 1.79% $0.80 0.15%
Parnassus Investments LLC 651.24K Mar 31, 2026 1.38% $2.08 1.73%
UBS Asset Mgmt Americas Inc 638.35K Mar 31, 2026 1.35% $0.14 3.85%
Northern Trust Corp 619.35K Mar 31, 2026 1.31% $0.09 -1.66%
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts 545.57K Mar 31, 2026 1.16% $0.04 -2.11%
Franklin Resources Inc 541.66K Mar 31, 2026 1.15% $0.14 2.70%
Bank of America Corp 527.97K Mar 31, 2026 1.12% $0.04 4.50%
NORGES BANK 514.30K Dec 31, 2025 1.09% $0.06 -0.36%
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc 466.70K Mar 31, 2026 0.99% $0.06 6.07%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company 453.35K Mar 31, 2026 0.96% $0.17 -5.10%
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. 409.14K Mar 31, 2026 0.87% $0.09 2.44%

Shares Statistics

Shares Outstanding: 47.21M
Shares Float: 43.22M
% Insiders: 626.60%
% Institutions: 7,597.80%
Short % Float: 3.26%

Fund Holdings

Rank Holder Name Shares Held % of Shares Change Date Reported
1 Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv 1.43M 3.04% ▲ 0.30% Apr 30, 2026
2 Vanguard 500 Index Investor 1.13M 2.40% ▲ 1.87% Apr 30, 2026
3 Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional 974.30K 2.06% ▲ 0.22% Apr 30, 2026
4 Vanguard Wellington Inv 768.84K 1.63% ▼ 9.91% Mar 31, 2026
5 iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 576.60K 1.22% ▲ 0.31% May 29, 2026
6 Fidelity 500 Index 560.59K 1.19% ▲ 0.35% Apr 30, 2026
7 State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF 529.26K 1.12% ▲ 0.10% May 31, 2026
8 Vanguard Growth Index Investor 524.85K 1.11% ▲ 0.52% Apr 30, 2026
9 Parnassus Core Equity Investor 514.50K 1.09% ▼ 2.60% Apr 30, 2026
10 Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth ETF 341.39K 0.72% ▼ 0.27% Apr 30, 2026

Valuation Metrics

Enterprise Value: $67.04B
Trailing P/E: 37.03
Forward P/E: 30.77

Financial Highlights

Market Cap: $64.95B
EBITDA: $3.08B
P/E Ratio: $37.03
PEG Ratio: $2.15
Book Value: $83.22
Dividend/Share: $9.04
Dividend Yield: 0.66%
Earnings/Share: $37.15
Profit Margin: 9.70%
Operating Margin: 16.72%
ROA (TTM): 19.51%
ROE (TTM): 46.13%
Revenue (TTM): $18.38B
Revenue/Share (TTM): $385.49
Earnings Growth (YOY): 18.20%
Revenue Growth (YOY): 10.10%

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Financial Ratios

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Financial Ratios

Date Current Ratio Debt/Equity Debt/Assets Interest Coverage Debt/EBITDA
2025-12-31 2.83x 0.69x 0.54x 33.22x 0.93x
2024-12-31 2.49x 0.85x 0.58x 34.25x 0.99x
2023-12-31 2.88x 0.76x 0.58x 27.58x 0.85x
2022-12-31 2.48x 0.98x 0.64x 23.82x 0.99x
2021-12-31 2.63x 1.30x 0.67x 17.78x 1.40x
2020-12-31 2.72x 1.34x 0.67x 10.96x 2.02x
2019-12-31 2.12x 1.19x 0.66x 15.97x 1.46x
2018-12-31 2.37x 1.16x 0.64x 13.16x 1.56x
2017-12-31 2.13x 1.39x 0.69x 11.78x 1.82x
2016-12-31 1.85x 1.25x 0.67x 14.73x 1.68x
2015-12-31 1.68x 0.85x 0.59x 38.73x 1.32x
2014-12-31 2.34x 0.15x 0.38x 133.47x 0.31x
2013-12-31 2.55x 0.17x 0.37x 98.06x 0.37x
2012-12-31 2.69x 0.19x 0.38x 70.35x 0.44x
2011-12-31 1.94x 0.20x 0.42x 115.77x 0.43x
2010-12-31 2.57x 0.22x 0.41x 105.10x 0.49x
2009-12-31 2.74x 0.24x 0.40x 75.89x 0.61x
2008-12-31 2.81x 0.26x 0.42x 54.03x 0.57x
2007-12-31 2.18x 0.05x 0.32x 59.84x 0.14x
2006-12-31 2.64x 0.00x 0.29x 23.17x 0.01x
2005-12-31 2.75x 0.00x 0.26x 37.92x 0.02x
2004-12-31 2.65x 0.00x 0.26x 78.36x 0.02x
2003-12-31 2.31x 0.08x 0.30x 62.75x 0.31x
2002-12-31 2.53x 0.08x 0.32x 20.44x 0.27x
2001-12-31 2.51x 0.08x 0.31x 8.20x 0.28x
2000-12-31 1.98x 0.21x 0.37x 95.07x 0.73x
1999-12-31 1.69x 0.22x 0.42x 23.33x 0.78x
1998-12-31 1.82x 0.09x 0.39x 56.67x 0.23x
1997-12-31 2.22x 0.02x 0.35x 112.31x 0.06x
1996-12-31 2.14x 0.11x 0.31x 101.62x 0.38x
1995-12-31 2.39x 0.04x 0.29x 79.05x 0.12x
1994-12-31 2.10x 0.04x 0.33x 5.09x 0.11x
1993-12-31 2.16x 0.06x 0.32x 86.97x 0.18x
1992-12-31 2.52x 0.03x 0.29x 190.33x 0.09x
1991-12-31 3.05x 0.02x 0.29x 39.27x 0.08x
1990-12-31 3.09x 0.03x 0.30x 41.55x 0.10x
1989-12-31 2.89x 0.04x 0.31x 35.39x 0.12x
1988-12-31 2.62x 0.02x 0.32x 93.58x 0.08x
1987-12-31 2.86x 0.06x 0.30x 30.25x 0.20x
1986-12-31 3.27x 0.04x 0.29x 5.70x 0.14x
1985-12-31 3.41x 0.02x 0.28x 23.39x 0.09x

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