W.W. Grainger GWW Ratios & Valuation
| FY'25 | FY'24 | FY'23 | FY'22 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | |||||
| Gross margin | 156.9%-0.3pp | 157.2%-0.1pp | 157.2%+6.6pp | 150.6%+8.0pp | |
| Operating margin | 58.5%-2.5pp | 61%-0.8pp | 61.8%+7.0pp | 54.9%+10.6pp | |
| Net margin | 41.3%-2.4pp | 43.7%-0.2pp | 44%+6.1pp | 37.8%+8.9pp | |
| Returns | |||||
| Return on equity | 209.6%-24.8pp | 234.3%-37.0pp | 271.4%+4.9pp | 266.5%+75.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 137.1%-8.4pp | 145.5%-9.3pp | 154.7%+15.2pp | 139.5%+32.7pp | |
| Efficiency | |||||
| Asset turnover | 8×0.0× | 8.1×-0.4× | 8.5×0.0× | 8.5×+0.9× | |
| Liquidity | |||||
| Current ratio | 11.1×+1.5× | 9.6×-1.6× | 11.2×+1.0× | 10.2×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | |||||
| Debt-to-equity | 3×-0.9× | 4×+0.3× | 3.7×-1.1× | 4.8×-0.6× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1×-0.3× | 3.3×+0.1× | 3.2×-1.1× | 4.4×-0.9× | |
| Per Share | |||||
| Book value per share | $300.61+10.7% | $271.53+14.9% | $236.36+34.1% | $176.31+25.0% | |
| Valuation | |||||
| Market capitalization | $191.17B-2.6% | $196.31B+31.0% | $149.91B+46.1% | $102.57B+13.8% | |
| Price / earnings | 105.4×-1.0× | 106.4×+21.8× | 84.6×+9.1× | 75.5×-25.0× | |
| Price / sales | 10.9×-0.8× | 11.6×+2.3× | 9.3×+2.2× | 7.1×-0.1× | |
| Price / book | 52.9×-6.0× | 58.9×+8.4× | 50.5×+5.0× | 45.5×-3.3× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 70.8×-2.5× | 73.3×+14.5× | 58.8×+7.3× | 51.5×-11.5× | |
| Dividend yield | 3.8%+0.4pp | 3.4%-0.7pp | 4.1%-1.7pp | 5.8%-0.5pp |
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- What are W.W. Grainger's profit margins?
- W.W. Grainger (GWW) runs a 39.2% gross margin and a 14.2% operating margin, with a 9.7% net margin.
- Where do W.W. Grainger's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from W.W. Grainger's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
