NYSE · WHOLESALE-DURABLE GOODS · LARGE CAP
W.w. Grainger, Inc. GWW
19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
18 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Growth
USD 17.9B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue $B
Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 17.9 · Net income 1.7
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%
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 48.1%
Each USD of equity produced 48 cents of profit this year.
The 19-year record
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 17.9 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.4 |
| Operating income $B | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| EBITDA $B | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | · | · | · | · |
| Income tax $B | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Net income $B | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Free cash flow $B | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 35.40 | 38.71 | 36.23 | 30.06 | 19.84 | 12.82 | 15.32 | 13.73 | 10.02 | 9.87 | 11.58 | 11.45 | 11.13 | 9.52 | 9.07 | 6.93 | 5.62 | 5.97 | 4.91 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 8.83 | 8.01 | 7.30 | 6.78 | 6.39 | 5.94 | 5.68 | 5.36 | 5.06 | 4.83 | 4.59 | 4.17 | 3.59 | 3.06 | 2.52 | 2.08 | 1.78 | 1.55 | 1.34 |
| Payout % | 27 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 49 | 39 | 40 | 52 | 50 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 27 |
| ROE % | 48.1 | 59.0 | 65.9 | 71.7 | 56.3 | 37.7 | 45.0 | 43.3 | 33.6 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 24.8 | 25.4 | 24.4 | 27.2 | 23.4 | 20.5 | 23.0 | 20.0 |
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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