W.W. Grainger, Inc.

GWW · Industrials

$1,289.79
+1.66% today

What a holder would want to know before buying GWW: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.

Where the price sits
Low $918.18 · Nov 2025High $1,402.03 · Jul 2026

Today’s price is 40% above the lowest point of the past year and 8% below the highest.

Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 76% of days and more expensive on 24%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 98% of days.

6% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.

How bad does it get

Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 43%; the longest took 2.0 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.

Now 8% below the Jul 2026 peak.

Nov 2024
−25%back in 18 months
Aug 2018
−43%back in 2.0 years
Feb 2017
−39%back in 11 months
What you own

W.W. Grainger, Inc. · Industrials · Industrial Distribution · a large company worth $60.75B

W.W. Grainger, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes maintenance, repair, and operating products and services primarily in North America, Japan, and the United Kingdom. The company operates through two…

Is it making money?
2022
2023
2024
2025

revenue profit

Sales of $17.94B in 2025, with $1.71B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.

Keeps about 10 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.

Is it healthy?
Cash
$589.00M
Debt
$2.80B
Free cash flow / yr
$1.25B

Would need about 2.2 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.

Is it expensive?

You pay $33 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $25 for every $1 of profit expected next year.

A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.

Pays 0.79% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 10.

What others are doing

19 analysts: 4 say buy, 13 hold, 2 sell. Their average 12-month target is $1,331.64 (range $1,100.00–$1,500.00).

Insiders made 0 purchases and 3 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.

Free data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed daily. This is evidence about the business and its price history, not a recommendation.

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