SequelSEC

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. GWW

Wholesale-Durable Goods · CIK 0000277135 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$17.94B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$2.50B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
$1.33B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. (GWW) reported revenue of $17.94B and net income of $1.71B for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from W.W. GRAINGER, INC.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from.

Income

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$17.94B$17.17B$16.48B$15.23B$13.02B$11.80B$11.49B$11.22B$10.42B$10.14B
Cost of revenue$10.93B$10.41B$9.98B$9.38B$8.30B$7.56B$7.09B$6.87B$6.33B$6.02B
Gross profit$7.01B$6.76B$6.50B$5.85B$4.72B$4.24B$4.40B$4.35B$4.10B$4.12B
Operating income$2.50B$2.64B$2.56B$2.22B$1.55B$1.02B$1.26B$1.16B$1.04B$1.11B
Net income$1.71B$1.91B$1.83B$1.55B$1.04B$695.00M$849.00M$782.00M$586.00M$606.00M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 48.00Mshares 49.00Mshares 50.10Mshares 51.10Mshares 52.20Mshares 53.70Mshares 54.90Mshares 56.50Mshares 58.00Mshares 60.84M
Pretax income$2.43B$2.58B$2.50B$2.15B$1.48B$947.00M$1.21B$1.08B$936.00M$1.02B
Income tax expense$622.00M$595.00M$597.00M$533.00M$371.00M$192.00M$314.00M$258.00M$313.00M$386.00M
Diluted EPS$35.40$38.71$36.23$30.06$19.84$12.82$15.32$13.73$10.02$9.87
Selling, general & administrative$4.51B$4.12B$3.93B$3.63B$3.17B$3.22B$3.14B$3.19B$3.06B$3.00B
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$585.00M$1.04B$660.00M$325.00M$241.00M$585.00M$360.00M$538.00M$327.00M$274.00M
Total assets$8.96B$8.83B$8.15B$7.59B$6.59B$6.30B$6.00B$5.87B$5.80B$5.69B
Current assets$5.48B$5.74B$5.27B$4.98B$4.01B$3.92B$3.56B$3.56B$3.21B$3.02B
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$1.94B$2.30B$1.83B$2.01B$1.53B$1.44B$1.68B$1.50B$1.51B$1.63B
Total equity incl. NCI$4.14B$3.70B$3.44B$2.74B$2.16B$2.09B$2.06B$2.09B$1.83B$1.90B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Inventory$2.39B$2.31B$2.27B$2.25B$1.87B$1.73B$1.66B$1.54B$1.43B$1.41B
Accounts receivable$2.33B$2.23B$2.19B$2.13B$1.75B$1.47B$1.42B$1.38B$1.32B$1.22B
Goodwill$360.00M$355.00M$370.00M$371.00M$384.00M$391.00M$429.00M$424.00M$544.00M$527.00M
Long-term debt$2.36B$2.28B$2.27B$2.28B$2.36B$2.39B$1.91B$2.09B$2.25B$1.84B
Accounts payableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Cash flow

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$2.02B$2.11B$2.03B$1.33B$937.00M$1.12B$1.04B$1.06B$1.06B$1.02B
Capital expenditures$684.00M$541.00M$445.00M$256.00M$255.00M$197.00M$221.00M$239.00M$237.00M$284.00M
Investing cash flow-$645.00M-$520.00M-$422.00M-$263.00M-$226.00M-$179.00M-$202.00M-$166.00M-$146.00M-$262.00M
Financing cash flow-$1.82B-$1.18B-$1.28B-$972.00M-$1.04B-$726.00M-$1.02B-$670.00M-$867.00M-$776.00M
Net change in cash-$451.00M$376.00M$335.00M$84.00M-$344.00M$225.00M-$178.00M$211.00M$53.00M-$16.00M
Stock-based compensation$64.00M$62.00M$62.00M$48.00M$42.00M$46.00M$40.00M$47.00M$33.00M$36.00M
Common dividends paid$467.00M$421.00M$392.00M$370.00M$357.00M$338.00M$328.00M$316.00M$304.00M$303.00M
Common share repurchases$1.04B$1.20B$850.00M$603.00M$695.00M$601.00M$700.00M$425.00M$605.00M$790.00M
Depreciation & amortization$330.00M$311.00M$277.00M$206.00M$173.00M$169.00M$210.00M$257.00M$264.00M$249.00M

Derived

W.W. GRAINGER, INC. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flow$1.33B$1.57B$1.59B$1.08B$682.00M$926.00M$821.00M$818.00M$820.00M$740.00M
Gross margin39.1%39.4%39.4%38.4%36.2%35.9%38.3%38.7%39.3%40.6%
Operating margin13.9%15.4%15.6%14.5%11.9%8.6%11.0%10.3%9.9%11.0%
FCF margin7.4%9.1%9.6%7.1%5.2%7.8%7.1%7.3%7.9%7.3%
SBC / revenue0.4%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.3%0.4%0.3%0.4%
Current ratio2.83x2.49x2.88x2.48x2.62x2.72x2.12x2.37x2.13x1.85x
Revenue YoY growth4.5%4.2%8.2%16.9%10.4%2.7%2.4%7.6%2.8%Unavailable
Net margin9.5%11.1%11.1%10.2%8.0%5.9%7.4%7.0%5.6%6.0%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenue3.8%3.2%2.7%1.7%2.0%1.7%1.9%2.1%2.3%2.8%
Long-term debt / equity0.57xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate25.6%23.0%23.9%24.8%25.0%20.3%26.0%23.9%33.4%37.9%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open GWW in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-04View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-19View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-10-31View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-01View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-01View SEC filing

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