W.W. Grainger

GWW · NYSE · USD

$1,281.68Change from previous close: +2.88%Absolute change: +$35.92

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$60.51B
Enterprise value
$62.96B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
32.7
Forward P/E
25.2
PEG
1.70
Price/book
14.6
Price/sales
3.21
EV/EBITDA
19.6
EV/revenue
3.34

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
39.4%
Operating margin
16.1%
Net margin
9.9%
ROE
46.1%
ROA
19.9%
Revenue growth (year over year)
10.3%
Earnings growth (year over year)
20.5%

Financial health

Total cash
$589M
Total debt
$2.8B
Debt/equity
0.62
Current ratio
2.81
Quick ratio
1.60

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$9.96
Dividend yield
0.8%
Payout ratio
23.6%
Ex-dividend date
August 10, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$1,331.64
Median price target
$1,352.50
High price target
$1,500.00
Low price target
$1,100.00
Analysts with a price target
14
Consensus
Hold
Forward EPS
$50.94
EPS estimate, current year
$46.44

Shares and trading

Beta
1.03
Average volume
263.46K
Shares outstanding
47.21M
Float
43.1M
Institutional ownership
77.0%
Insider ownership
6.3%
Short interest (% of float)
2.6%
Short ratio (days)
4.65