W.W. Grainger, Inc.
General ticker "GWW" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Industrial - Distribution
- Capitalization: $49.4B (TTM average)
W.W. Grainger, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 13.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.0%: low 1048.17$, high 1069.19$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-11-10, amount 2.26$ (Y0.85%)
- Total employees count: 26000 as of 2024
- US accounted for 81.2% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats, Pandemic risks, Financing risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [941.23$, 1265.96$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [989.56$, 1340.38$]
Financial Metrics affecting the GWW estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 27.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.54 < Operating profit margin, % of 15.36
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 38.03 <= 42.53
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.15 <= 0.74
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 18.39 > 6.04
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.07 <= 0
- Positive: 2.95 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 8.07
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.25 <= 0
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $15,228.00MM | $16,478.00MM | $17,168.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $13,013.00MM | $13,913.00MM | $14,531.00MM |
| Operating Income | $2,215.00MM | $2,565.00MM | $2,637.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-69.00MM | $-65.00MM | $-53.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $93.00MM | $93.00MM | $77.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $2,146.00MM | $2,500.00MM | $2,584.00MM |
| Taxes | $533.00MM | $597.00MM | $595.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $1,547.00MM | $1,829.00MM | $1,909.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $2,440.00MM | $3,115.00MM | $3,358.00MM |
| Inventory | $2,253.00MM | $2,266.00MM | $2,306.00MM |
| Assets | $7,588.00MM | $8,147.00MM | $8,829.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,333.00MM | $2,031.00MM | $2,111.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $256.00MM | $445.00MM | $541.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-263.00MM | $-422.00MM | $-520.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-972.00MM | $-1,278.00MM | $-1,180.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $30.39 | $36.65 | $39.04 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.