W.W. Grainger Financial Ratios
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W.W. Grainger ratio analysis
W.W. Grainger earned a net margin of 9.5% in FY 2025, down from 11.1% a year earlier. Gross margin was 39.1% compared with a median of 38.7% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 45.7%, meaning W.W. Grainger generated 0.46 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.67 versus 0.83 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.83. At the end of FY 2025, GWW traded at 28.4 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 18.5 to 31.9, with a median of 23.6. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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W.W. Grainger financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 28.36 | 27.23 | 22.87 | 18.50 | 26.12 | 31.85 | 22.24 | 20.33 | 23.58 | 23.53 |
| Price / sales | 2.68 | 3.00 | 2.51 | 1.86 | 2.07 | 1.85 | 1.62 | 1.40 | 1.31 | 1.38 |
| Price / book | 12.87 | 15.35 | 13.28 | 11.60 | 14.35 | 11.95 | 10.05 | 8.15 | 8.07 | 7.81 |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 39.4% | 39.4% | 38.4% | 36.2% | 35.9% | 38.3% | 38.7% | 39.3% | 40.6% |
| Operating margin | 13.9% | 15.4% | 15.6% | 14.5% | 11.9% | 8.6% | 11.0% | 10.3% | 9.9% | 11.0% |
| Net margin | 9.5% | 11.1% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 8.0% | 5.9% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 5.6% | 6.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 7.1% | 5.2% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 45.7% | 56.8% | 58.7% | 63.4% | 55.7% | 38.0% | 45.8% | 40.7% | 34.7% | 33.7% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 19.0% | 21.6% | 22.4% | 20.4% | 15.8% | 11.0% | 14.1% | 13.3% | 10.1% | 10.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.67 | 0.83 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 1.26 | 1.31 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.39 | 1.25 |
| Current ratio | 2.83 | 2.49 | 2.88 | 2.48 | 2.63 | 2.72 | 2.12 | 2.37 | 2.13 | 1.85 |
| Revenue growth | 4.5% | 4.2% | 8.2% | 16.9% | 10.4% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 7.6% | 2.8% | 1.6% |
| EPS growth | -8.6% | 6.8% | 20.5% | 51.5% | 54.8% | -16.3% | 11.6% | 37.0% | 1.5% | -14.8% |