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

GWW POWR Grades

• GWW scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 95.36% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for GWW is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
• GWW's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 17.45% of US stocks).

GWW Stock Summary

• GWW has a higher market value than 92.33% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $29,324,152,489.
• WW GRAINGER INC's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 93.74% of US listed stocks.
• WW GRAINGER INC's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.52% 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 DLTR, ULTA, WBA, CRH, and FAST.
• 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/sales ratio is 2.1; this is 75% higher than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, GWW's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for GWW.

GWW Growth Metrics

The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 52.28%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -35.23%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 76.82%.

Over the past 33 months, GWW's revenue has gone up $3,299,000,000.

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
2022-09-30	14,785	1,186	1,446
2022-06-30	14,215	967	1,317
2022-03-31	13,585	986	1,171
2021-12-31	13,022	937	1,043
2021-09-30	12,604	1,060	928
2021-06-30	12,250	1,210	871

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.