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W. W. Grainger GWW

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W.W. Grainger, Inc., incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1928, is a broad line, distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom (U.K.). 10-K, Item 1

Headquarters
Lake Forest, IL
CEO
D.G. Macpherson
Next results
around Feb 2, 2027
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Where each dollar of revenue went, FY2025

Revenue of $17.9B through the costs to a net profit of $1.7B · income statement of the 10-K

14% operating margin
Revenue to Gross profit: $7.0BRevenue to Cost of revenue: $10.9BGross profit to Operating profit: $2.5BGross profit to Operating expenses: $4.5BOperating profit to Net profit: $1.7BOperating profit to Tax & other: $789.0M Revenue: $17.9B REVENUE $17.9B +5% Y/Y Gross profit: $7.0B · 39% margin GROSS PROFIT $7.0B 39% margin · +4% Y/Y Cost of revenue: $10.9B · 61% of revenue COST OF REVENUE $10.9B 61% of revenue Operating profit: $2.5B · 14% margin OPERATING PROFIT $2.5B 14% margin · −5% Y/Y Operating expenses: $4.5B · 25% of revenue OPERATING EXPENSES $4.5B 25% of revenue Net profit: $1.7B · 10% margin NET PROFIT $1.7B 10% margin · −11% Y/Y Tax & other: $789.0M · 4% of revenue TAX & OTHER $789.0M 4% of revenue
Gross profit $7.0B 39% margin · +4% Y/Y
Operating profit $2.5B 14% margin · −5% Y/Y
Net profit $1.7B 10% margin · −11% Y/Y
The full income statement, year by year

GWW among Industrials peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 81 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: 4.5%, above 48% of 81 peers (their median 4.9%) REVENUE GROWTH 4.5% · above 48% Gross margin: 39.4%, above 55% of 51 peers (their median 38.1%) GROSS MARGIN 39.4% · above 55% Operating margin: 15.8%, above 42% of 71 peers (their median 17.5%) OPERATING MARGIN 15.8% · above 42% Net margin: 11.2%, above 40% of 81 peers (their median 13.0%) NET MARGIN 11.2% · above 40% FCF margin: 8.9%, above 24% of 78 peers (their median 13.3%) FCF MARGIN 8.9% · above 24% Return on capital: 25.6%, above 89% of 65 peers (their median 13.8%) RETURN ON CAPITAL 25.6% · above 89%
GWW Peer median Below the median

What changed

Nothing new in the latest 10-K.

Risk factors
No new paragraphs, or fewer than two 10-Ks to compare
10-K Item 1A
Accounting checks
11 other checks clear
10-K · XBRL
Insiders
No open-market buys in the last 90 days
Form 4
Filings
2 in the last 30 days
EDGAR

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Accounting checks

11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

0facts worth reading about all 11 checks found nothing to note

  • Receivables +4.3% vs revenue +4.5% (-0.2 pts)
  • Cash from operations $2.0B vs net income $1.7B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
  • Inventory +3.8% vs revenue +4.5% (-0.7 pts)
8 more checks with nothing to note
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • The same matters as last year: Valuation of Goodwill for the Canadian Reporting Unit
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

No new paragraphs in Risk Factors

No new paragraphs in Risk Factors, or fewer than two 10-Ks to compare.

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Industrials companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$15.2B$16.5B$17.2B$17.9B
Net income$1.5B$1.8B$1.9B$1.7B
Operating cash flow$1.3B$2.0B$2.1B$2.0B
Free cash flow$1.1B$1.6B$1.6B$1.3B

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$17.9B ▲ 4.5% in FY2025

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

2 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

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About the company

W. W. Grainger, Lake Forest, IL · from the 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026

W.W. Grainger, Inc., incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1928, is a broad line, distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom (U.K.). In the fourth quarter of 2025, Grainger exited the U.K. market by completing the sale of the Cromwell business and closing the Zoro U.K. business. In this report, the words “Grainger” or “Company” mean W.W. Grainger, Inc. and its subsidiaries, except where the context makes it clear that the reference is only to W.W. Grainger, Inc. itself and not its subsidiaries.

Headquarters
Lake Forest, IL
Country
United States
Reports in
USD
Listed on
NYSE
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Last results
Nov 4, 2026
Incorporated in
IL

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