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W.w. Grainger, Inc. GWW

19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
18 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
$17.9B
▲ 4.5% YoY
$1.7B
▼ 10.6% YoY
$1.3B
▼ 15.2% YoY
Growth
USD 17.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 17.9 · Net income 1.7
8B16B2007201020132016201920222025
Compound annual growth
+5.6%
+8.7%
+6.0%
+6.3%
+3.3%
+19.7%
+8.3%
+8.4%
+5.6%
+22.5%
+11.8%
+11.5%
+9.2%
+8.3%
+6.8%
+10.1%
+16.5%
+11.5%
−0.9%
+6.6%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +8.7% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +19.7%, earnings per share at +22.5%.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
10 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 13.9% · Net 10.1%
5%10%15%2007201020132016201920222025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 48.1%
20%40%60%2007201020132016201920222025

Each USD of equity produced 48 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 1.5B
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $B
FY2025 · FCF 1.3
0.8B2007201020132016201920222025
Net buybacks $B Dividends $B
FY2025 · Dividends 0.5 · Net buybacks 1.0
0.8B1.6BDividendsNet buybacks2007201020132016201920222025

USD 467.0M in dividends and USD 1.0B in buybacks — 88% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 9.0B
EquityUSD 3.7B
CashUSD 585.0M
Gross debtUSD 2.5B
Net debtUSD 1.9B
Current ratio2.83×

Net debt stands at 51% of equity.

The 19-year record
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 2025202420232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
Revenue $B17.917.216.515.213.011.811.511.210.410.110.010.09.49.08.17.26.26.96.4
Operating income $B2.52.62.62.21.51.01.31.21.01.11.31.31.31.11.10.90.70.80.7
EBITDA $B2.82.92.82.41.71.21.51.31.21.31.51.51.51.31.2····
Income tax $B0.60.60.60.50.40.20.30.30.30.40.50.50.50.40.40.30.30.30.3
Net income $B1.71.91.81.51.00.70.80.80.60.60.80.80.80.70.70.50.40.50.4
Free cash flow $B1.31.61.61.10.70.90.80.80.80.70.70.60.70.60.50.50.60.70.7
EPS, diluted $35.4038.7136.2330.0619.8412.8215.3213.7310.029.8711.5811.4511.139.529.076.935.625.974.91
Dividend / sh $8.838.017.306.786.395.945.685.365.064.834.594.173.593.062.522.081.781.551.34
Payout %27222124344939405250403632322730312627
ROE %48.159.065.971.756.337.745.043.333.629.828.124.825.424.427.223.420.523.020.0

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Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures · 3 divergences in 95 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 16 of 19 fiscal years. 3 of those reconciliations are divergences — the figures exist but don't fit the formula this check expects; that isn't the same as an error.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures3 divergent
ActivityWholesale-Durable Goods
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inIllinois
Fiscal year endsDecember 31
Data on record since2007

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