W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW): Price and Financial Metrics

GWW POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where GWW ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 96.46% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for GWW is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 163 days.
• GWW ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 25th percentile.

GWW Stock Summary

• With a market capitalization of $25,294,282,275, Ww Grainger Inc has a greater market value than 89.85% of US stocks.
• Ww Grainger Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 95.34% of US listed stocks.
• Ww Grainger Inc's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.74% of US equities in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Ww Grainger Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be TSCO, POOL, DLTR, K, and JBHT.
• GWW's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Ww Grainger Inc's official web site, go to www.grainger.com.

GWW Valuation Summary

• GWW's price/earnings ratio is 25.6; this is 1.73% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, GWW's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.
• GWW's price/sales ratio has moved up 1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for GWW.

GWW Growth Metrics

Its 2 year price growth rate is now at -8.96%.
• The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 40.05%.
• The 5 year price growth rate now stands at 9.52%.

GWW's revenue has moved up $972,000,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows GWW's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	12,604	1,060	928
2021-06-30	12,250	1,210	871
2021-03-31	11,880	1,173	760
2020-12-31	11,797	1,123	695
2020-09-30	11,703	1,059	630
2020-06-30	11,632	1,068	623

GWW's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• GWW has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 97.8% of graded US stocks.
• GWW's asset turnover comes in at 1.979 -- ranking 39th of 105 Wholesale stocks.
• SGBX, CAPL, and ZEUS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with GWW.

The table below shows GWW's key quality metrics over time.