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EV / sales at other companies

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Genuine PartsGPC
0.8×-0.1×
Applied Industrial Technologies logo
Applied Industrial TechnologiesAIT
2.1×+0.1×
Fastenal logo
FastenalFAST
6.3×+0.4×
Wesco International logo
Wesco InternationalWCC
0.8×+0.2×
Amazon logo
AmazonAMZN
3.2×0.0×
United Rentals logo
United RentalsURI
3.8×+0.2×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.7B+10.1%
Gross profit$1.9B+10.9%
Operating income$793.0M+18.0%
Net income$555.0M+15.9%
EPS (diluted)$11.65+18.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$695.0M+4.4%
Total debt$2.8B+3.8%
Total equity$3.9B+12.9%
Total assets$9.5B+9.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$739.0M+14.4%
CapEx$170.0M+36.0%
Free cash flow$569.0M+9.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$64.47B+8.5%
Enterprise value$66.55B+8.3%
P/E36.2×+5.1×
P/S3.5×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin39.2%-0.3pp
Operating margin14.2%-1.1pp
Net margin9.7%-1.4pp
FCF margin7.5%-1.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity48.1%-9.1pp
Debt / equity0.7×-0.1×
Current ratio2.7×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from W.W. Grainger’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: W.W. Grainger’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is W.W. Grainger's EV / sales?
W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported EV / sales of 2.9× in Q1 2026.
How has W.W. Grainger's EV / sales changed year-over-year?
W.W. Grainger's EV / sales increased by 1.6% year-over-year, from 2.9× to 2.9×.
What is the long-term trend for W.W. Grainger's EV / sales?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), W.W. Grainger's EV / sales has grown at a 7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2× to 2.8×.
What does EV / sales mean?
What the whole business costs relative to its annual sales.
How do you interpret EV / sales?
A fallback valuation gauge for pre-profit or cyclical firms. Like P/S, only comparable across similar-margin businesses, but it accounts for debt and cash unlike P/S.
How does EV / sales compare across companies?
Compare within a margin cohort; the debt-and-cash adjustment makes it cleaner than P/S for leveraged firms.