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W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW)

Grainger was incorporated in Illinois in 1928 and distributes maintenance, repair and operating products and services, with operations mainly in North America and Japan. In the fourth quarter of 2025 it left the United Kingdom, completing the sale of the Cromwell business and closing the Zoro business there. Its two reportable segments are High-Touch Solutions North America and Endless Assortment, which match its two go-to-market models. High-Touch Solutions covers the Grainger-branded businesses in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico and sells to customers with complex buying needs; Endless Assortment is an online platform offering one-stop shopping across millions of products through Zoro in the United States and MonotaRO in Japan. American operations generated approximately 81% of consolidated net sales in 2025.

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Grainger was incorporated in Illinois in 1928 and distributes maintenance, repair and operating products and services, with operations mainly in North America and Japan. In the fourth quarter of 2025 it left the United Kingdom, completing the sale of the Cromwell business and closing the Zoro business there. Its two reportable segments are High-Touch Solutions North America and Endless Assortment, which match its two go-to-market models. High-Touch Solutions covers the Grainger-branded businesses in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico and sells to customers with complex buying needs; Endless Assortment is an online platform offering one-stop shopping across millions of products through Zoro in the United States and MonotaRO in Japan. American operations generated approximately 81% of consolidated net sales in 2025.

Who buys

The two models together serve more than 4.6 million customers worldwide, ranging from small businesses to large corporations, government bodies and other institutions across commercial, healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, and no single end customer was more than 10% of total sales in 2025. High-Touch customers are typically mid-size and large businesses with complex purchasing processes, focused on the total cost of procurement, often buying through electronic purchasing platforms that talk directly to Grainger's systems. Sales and service representatives help those customers select products and hold down costs by keeping Grainger as a consistent source of supply, and the KeepStock inventory service works on the customer's own site. North American customer service centres handle interactions by phone, email, e-commerce portals and online chat. Endless Assortment customers are typically smaller and mid-size businesses with straightforward needs who want transparent pricing and easy ordering, though MonotaRO also attracts and keeps large enterprise customers.

What it sells

The product offering is grouped into broad categories including safety and security, material handling and storage, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, metalworking and hand tools, with items added and dropped according to customer demand, market research and supplier recommendations. No single product category was more than 20% of sales in 2025. The high-touch businesses offer approximately 2 million products alongside services such as technical support and inventory management, with Grainger.com showing real-time availability and price and carrying search and compare tools. The endless assortment businesses reach far beyond traditional industrial categories: Zoro offers approximately 13 million products and MonotaRO gives access to approximately 29 million, mainly through their websites and catalogues, and both keep adding items and third-party held products. Grainger trades under marks including DAYTON, GRAINGER, CONDOR, WESTWARD, SPEEDAIRE, TOUGH GUY, LUMAPRO, ZORO and AIR HANDLER, and approximately 19% of 2025 United States stocked product sales in the high-touch segment were private label items carrying its own trademarks.

Supply and fulfilment

More than 5,000 primary suppliers worldwide provide more than 1.5 million products stocked in distribution centres and branches, and no single supplier was more than 5% of total purchases in 2025. In High-Touch Solutions the distribution centres are the main fulfilment channel, mostly shipping direct to customers, with automation allowing complete orders to go out for next-day delivery and replenishing branches that offer same-day availability. The North American network supplies inventory planning and management, transportation and distribution to all the group's businesses in the region, and branches also let customers collect items in person and draw on branch staff for technical expertise. The KeepStock programme adds on-site expertise, storage arrangements and customer tools. In Endless Assortment orders come mainly through online channels, with Zoro using the North American distribution network and third-party drop shipments and MonotaRO using local distribution centres and drop shipments.

Competition, seasons and people

Competitors include manufacturers, some of them Grainger's own suppliers, selling direct to parts of the market, alongside wholesale distributors, retailers and internet-based businesses, and they range from large broad line distributors and e-commerce retailers to small local and regional firms. Grainger separates itself on local product availability, the breadth of the product line, its sales and service representatives and its electronic and e-commerce technology, plus services such as inventory management and technical support. Demand for some products moves with winter or summer seasons or with natural disasters, though the filing states that historical seasonality has not been material to operating results. At 31 December 2025 the company had approximately 25,000 team members worldwide, approximately 22,100 of them full-time and 2,900 part-time or temporary, with approximately 90% in North America and 10% in Asia.

From W.W. Grainger's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025. The filing

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Latest results

Latest quarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026 · 10-Q filed 4 November 2026
Revenue
$5.2 billion
+11.3% on the year · +3.2% on the quarter
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Net income
$587 million
+99.7% on the year · +3.0% on the quarter
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026
Diluted EPS
$12.42
+102.9% on the year · +3.4% on the quarter
Q4 FY2024Q3 FY2026

this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.

Read the Q3 FY2026 results →the 10-Q on EDGAR ↗
Last full yearFY2025ended 31 December 2025 · 10-K filed 19 February 2026
Revenue
$17.9 billion
+4.5% on the year
FY2018FY2025
Net income
$1.7 billion
-10.6% on the year
FY2018FY2025
Diluted EPS
$35.40
-8.6% on the year
FY2018FY2025

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The years before, in wordsW.W. Grainger (GWW) reported revenue of $17.9 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 4.5% on the year before. Net income was $1.7 billion and diluted earnings per share $35.40. Revenue was $17.2 billion in fiscal 2024, $16.5 billion in fiscal 2023, $15.2 billion in fiscal 2022 and $13.0 billion in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was $1.9 billion, $1.8 billion, $1.5 billion and $1.0 billion. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026, W.W. Grainger reported revenue of $19.4 billion and net income of $2.2 billion. Revenue grew 8.7% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. W.W. Grainger declared $9.50 a share in dividends over the last four quarters and had 47 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 September 2026 it carried $2.7 billion of debt and $768 million of cash. At the close of 6 November 2026 the market cap of W.W. Grainger was $67.4 billion, 31.6 times its earnings over the last twelve months.
Read the FY2025 results →the 10-K on EDGAR ↗

Ratios

From the filings

ROE49.8%
ROCE43.6%
Operating margin15.8%
Net margin11.2%
FCF margin8.9%
Interest covern/a
Debt to equity0.62x
Cash conversion1.04x
Share count, last 12 months-1.5%
Sales CAGR, 3 years5.6%
Profit CAGR, 3 years3.3%
EPS, TTM$45.52

At the close of 6 November 2026

Price$1,440.66
Market cap$67.4 billion
Stock P/E31.6x
Price to book15.5x
EV / EBITDA20.4x
Dividend yield0.7%
Market cap / sales3.5x
52-week high$1,489.84
52-week low$918.18
Price, 1 year51.2%
Price CAGR, 3 years23.1%
Price CAGR, 5 years25.0%

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Quarterly results

Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023 †Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2026
Revenue3,3593,6473,8373,9423,8024,0914,1824,2083,9974,2354,3124,3884,2334,3064,5544,6574,4254,7425,0215,181
Cost of revenue2,1062,2642,3962,4232,2962,4572,5382,5532,4342,5672,6182,6682,5572,5962,7992,8592,6792,8463,0373,170
Gross profit1,2531,3831,4411,5191,5061,6341,6441,6551,5631,6681,6941,7201,6761,7101,7551,7981,7461,8961,9842,011
Gross margin37%38%38%39%40%40%39%39%39%39%39%39%40%40%39%39%39%40%40%39%
SG&A8368499079169629549839881,0069991,0451,0341,0431,0381,0771,2871,1121,1031,1771,183
Operating income417534534603544680661667557669649686633672678511634793807828
Operating margin12%15%14%15%14%17%16%16%14%16%15%16%15%16%15%11%14%17%16%16%
Pre-tax income401517517587525662645652541655636671622657661492620775798814
Tax rate25%26%25%25%24%23%24%24%24%24%23%25%20%24%23%35%23%25%25%24%
Net income283366371426384488470476395478470486475479482294451555570587
Net margin8%10%10%11%10%12%11%11%10%11%11%11%11%11%11%6%10%12%11%11%
Diluted EPS$5.44$7.07$7.19$8.27$7.54$9.61$9.28$9.43$7.89$9.62$9.51$9.87$9.71$9.86$9.97$6.12$9.44$11.65$12.01$12.42
Operating cash flow213343250380360454450523604661411611428646377597395739444661
Capital expenditure58.057.010645.048.098.095.012512711976.088.0258125175258126170111115
Free cash flow155286144335312356355398477542335523170521202339269569333546
Buybacks17079.0120184220142171193344268244227462281226291247237224278
Dividends paid96.084.099.010285.087.010710692.0105101115100115110133109108145145
Shares outstanding51m51m51m51m50m50m50m50m49m49m49m49m48m48m48m48m47m47m47m47m
Filing10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss)

FY2007FY2008 †FY2009 †FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue6,4186,8506,2227,1828,0788,9509,4389,9659,97310,13710,42511,22111,48611,79713,02215,22816,47817,16817,94219,369
Cost of revenue3,8144,0423,6234,1764,5675,0345,3015,6515,7426,0236,3276,8737,0897,5598,3029,3799,98210,41010,93311,732
Gross profit2,6042,8082,5993,0063,5113,9164,1364,3144,2314,1154,0984,3484,3974,2384,7205,8496,4966,7587,0097,637
Gross margin40.6%41.0%41.8%41.8%43.5%43.8%43.8%43.3%42.4%40.6%39.3%38.7%38.3%35.9%36.2%38.4%39.4%39.4%39.1%39.4%
Selling, general and administrative1,9332,0261,9332,1452,4582,7852,8402,9672,9313,0023,0633,1903,1353,2193,1733,6343,9314,1214,5144,575
Operating income6717836658601,0521,1311,2971,3471,3001,1131,0351,1581,2621,0191,5472,2152,5652,6372,4953,062
Operating margin10.4%11.4%10.7%12.0%13.0%12.6%13.7%13.5%13.0%11.0%9.9%10.3%11.0%8.6%11.9%14.5%15.6%15.4%13.9%15.8%
Interest expense3.014.58.88.29.116.113.210.133.676.089.088.0n/an/an/an/a93.077.081.0n/a
Pre-tax incomen/an/an/an/a1,0521,1181,2881,3341,2511,0199351,0811,2099471,4852,1462,5002,5842,4303,007
Income tax262298277340385419480522466386313258314192371533597595622731
Effective tax raten/an/an/an/a36.6%37.5%37.3%39.1%37.2%37.9%33.5%23.9%26.0%20.3%25.0%24.8%23.9%23.0%25.6%24.3%
Net income4204754305116586907978027696065867828496951,0431,5471,8291,9091,7062,163
Net margin6.5%6.9%6.9%7.1%8.2%7.7%8.4%8.0%7.7%6.0%5.6%7.0%7.4%5.9%8.0%10.2%11.1%11.1%9.5%11.2%
Diluted EPS$4.91$5.97$5.62$6.93$9.07$9.52$11.13$11.45$11.58$9.87$10.02$13.73$15.32$12.82$19.84$30.06$36.23$38.71$35.40$45.52
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment FY2009 to FY2025

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
High-Touch Solutions N.A.n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a9,0369,22110,18612,18213,26713,72013,99379.4%
Endless Assortmentn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1,8362,1782,5762,7872,9163,1343,62520.6%
Canada6518219931,1051,1141,075890734753653n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Other businesses1653896481,0061,0391,1751,4021,8812,1162,437n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
United States5,4065,9726,5016,8397,2857,7157,6817,5237,5568,131n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Not assigned to a part in the filingn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a614398260259295314324n/a
High-Touch Solutions N.A. FY2019 to FY2025Endless Assortment FY2019 to FY2025United States FY2009 to FY2018Other businesses FY2009 to FY2018Canada FY2009 to FY2018
7.2FY20109.4FY201310.1FY201610.9FY201915.0FY202217.6FY2025

$ billion; hover a block for its figure and share; the figure over a bar is its parts, before the lines named below; a part named with years is one the company split its revenue into only then

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in. Not assigned to a part in the filing is the company's own eliminations and corporate items, which take the parts to revenue: shown as filed, with no share and no block in the chart.

Profit by segment FY2011 to FY2025

The operating profit each segment reports. Costs W.W. Grainger does not charge to a segment are left out, so the segments can add up to more than the company's own operating profit.

FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025Margin
FY2025
High-Touch Solutions N.A.n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1,2781,1821,3341,9832,3342,3852,35416.8%
Endless Assortmentn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1221662322232332603459.5%
Canada10812712987.627.4-65.0-77.0-49.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
Other businesses31.020.37.6-37.848.140.056.08.0n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
United States1,0661,1331,3041,4441,3721,2691,2001,338n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a
High-Touch Solutions N.A. FY2019 to FY2025United States FY2011 to FY2018Endless Assortment FY2019 to FY2025Other businesses FY2011 to FY2018Canada FY2011 to FY2018
1,205FY20111,441FY20131,447FY20151,179FY20171,400FY20191,566FY20212,567FY20232,699FY2025

$ million; the figure over a bar is all the segments together; a year a segment lost money, it hangs below the line. Hover a block for its profit, sales and margin.

FY2025Share of salesShare of profit
High-Touch Solutions N.A.79%87%
Endless Assortment21%13%

Each column adds to 100%. A segment with a bigger share of the profit than of the sales makes more on each dollar it sells.

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where every segment with sales that year has an operating profit figure. A margin is a segment's operating profit over its own sales.

Revenue by region FY2018 to FY2025

FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
of the parts, latest year
United States8,6138,8659,20010,23612,32513,38913,94714,44180.5%
Japann/a1,1881,4361,7051,7191,7971,8932,17312.1%
Canada6585394945606216466616833.8%
Other foreign countries1,9508946675215636466676453.6%
United StatesJapan FY2019 to FY2025CanadaOther foreign countries
11.2FY201811.5FY201911.8FY202013.0FY202115.2FY202216.5FY202317.2FY202417.9FY2025

$ billion; hover a block for its figure and share; a part named with years is one the company split its revenue into only then

From the company's 10-Ks, in its own words (latest 10-K).
Read moreEach year's figures come from the most recent 10-K that includes that year. A year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow

FY2007FY2008 †FY2009 †FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow4695307325967468169869601,0361,0241,0571,0571,0421,1239371,3332,0312,1112,0152,239
Capital expendituren/an/a142127197250272387374284237239221197255256445541684522
Free cash flown/an/a5904695495667145726627408198188219266821,0771,5861,5701,3311,717
Free cash flow marginn/an/a9.5%6.5%6.8%6.3%7.6%5.7%6.6%7.3%7.9%7.3%7.1%7.8%5.2%7.1%9.6%9.1%7.4%8.9%
Cash from investing-197-203-263-169-535-306-399-384-843-262-146-166-202-179-226-263-422-520-645-730
Cash from financing-514-36.8-414-579-177-394-591-758-109-776-867-670-1,023-726-1,039-972-1,278-1,180-1,825-1,253
Depreciation and amortisation132140148150137146165190207223241257210169173206277311330333
Share-based compensation35.647.943.349.854.055.555.649.046.936.033.047.040.046.042.048.062.062.064.073.0
Buybacks-6473943735051513414385251,4007906054257006016956038501,2011,045986
Dividends paid-113122135152181220255291306303304316328338357370392421467507
Dividend per share$1.34$1.55$1.78$2.08$2.52$3.06$3.59$4.17$4.59$4.83$5.06$5.36$5.68$5.94$6.39$6.78$7.30$8.01$8.83n/a
Diluted shares, weighted84m78m75m72m71m71m71m69m66m61m58m57m55m54m52m51m50m49m48m47m
Shares outstanding at period endn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a47m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet

FY2007FY2008 †FY2009 †FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity2,0982,0342,1642,2052,6293,0243,2503,2102,2671,7981,6901,9211,8551,8281,8742,4403,1153,3583,7364,341
Non-controlling interest0.00.063.582.595.593.576.474.286.1108138172205265286295326345405397
Short-term borrowings10220.034.8n/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
Debt9.55094914945175655434841,9892,2472,3432,2202,2152,3972,3622,3192,3002,7782,4882,685
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a171162334318381327301310
Other liabilities8849529741,1221,4751,3331,3971,5171,5161,5411,6331,5601,5591,6431,7362,2162,0252,0212,0322,395
Total liabilities and equity3,0943,5153,7263,9044,7165,0155,2665,2845,8585,6945,8045,8736,0056,2956,5927,5888,1478,8298,96210,128
Owned
Fixed assets8789309539641,0601,1451,2091,3241,4311,4211,3921,3521,4001,3951,4241,4611,6581,9272,2682,488
Goodwill233213351387509544525507582527544424429391384371370355360521
Intangible assetsn/a20.8128145122n/a303264648586569460304228238232234243265327
Cash and equivalents1133964603133354524312272902743275383605852413256601,036585768
Receivables6035896257638899401,1021,1731,2101,2231,3251,3851,4251,4741,7542,1332,1922,2322,3292,877
Inventory9461,0108909921,2691,3021,3061,3561,4141,4061,4291,5411,6551,7331,8702,2532,2662,3062,3942,303
Other assets320356320340532632391433282256218173432489681813767730761844
Total assets3,0943,5153,7263,9044,7165,0155,2665,2845,8585,6945,8045,8736,0056,2956,5927,5888,1478,8298,96210,128
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At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded6.0%8.7%5.6%9.1%
Profit growth, compounded8.3%19.7%3.3%25.0%
Return on equity, average47.3%56.1%53.7%45.7%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was W.W. Grainger's revenue in fiscal 2025?

W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported revenue of $17.9 billion for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 4.5% on the year before.

How much did W.W. Grainger earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $1.7 billion for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $35.40.

What is W.W. Grainger's P/E ratio?

At the close of 6 November 2026, W.W. Grainger traded at 31.6 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 September 2026.

What is W.W. Grainger's market cap?

The market cap of W.W. Grainger was $67.4 billion at the close of 6 November 2026.

Does W.W. Grainger pay a dividend?

Yes. W.W. Grainger declared $9.50 a share in dividends over the four quarters to 30 September 2026.

Peers: Wholesale

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM		Debt to equityDiv. yield
McKesson Corp. MCK$122.5 billion27.28n/a1.6%8.2%n/a0.3%
W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW$67.4 billion31.6549.8%15.8%9.1%0.620.7%
Cencora, Inc. COR$63.6 billion24.7886.0%0.9%5.1%3.840.7%
Cardinal Health Inc. CAH$62.9 billion35.14n/a1.0%10.0%n/a0.8%
TE Connectivity plc TEL$59.9 billion20.3022.8%19.7%16.5%0.431.4%
Ferguson Enterprises Inc. FERG$45.2 billionn/an/an/an/a0.791.4%
Sysco Corp. SYY$37.8 billion20.4544.7%3.5%3.8%3.422.8%
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD$22.9 billion29.8018.3%3.3%3.1%1.18n/a
Reliance, Inc. RS$21.3 billion19.4514.3%8.8%24.7%0.211.2%
TD Synnex Corp. SNX$17.5 billion13.3314.3%2.7%24.1%0.590.9%
Genuine Parts Co. GPC$16.9 billion491.460.7%3.6%5.3%1.103.4%
Performance Food Group Co. PFGC$16.9 billion42.837.8%1.4%5.9%1.02n/a
All 65 in Wholesale
CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM		Debt to equityDiv. yield
McKesson Corp. MCK$122.5 billion27.28n/a1.6%8.2%n/a0.3%
W.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW$67.4 billion31.6549.8%15.8%9.1%0.620.7%
Cencora, Inc. COR$63.6 billion24.7886.0%0.9%5.1%3.840.7%
Cardinal Health Inc. CAH$62.9 billion35.14n/a1.0%10.0%n/a0.8%
TE Connectivity plc TEL$59.9 billion20.3022.8%19.7%16.5%0.431.4%
Ferguson Enterprises Inc. FERG$45.2 billionn/an/an/an/a0.791.4%
Sysco Corp. SYY$37.8 billion20.4544.7%3.5%3.8%3.422.8%
US Foods Holding Corp. USFD$22.9 billion29.8018.3%3.3%3.1%1.18n/a
Reliance, Inc. RS$21.3 billion19.4514.3%8.8%24.7%0.211.2%
TD Synnex Corp. SNX$17.5 billion13.3314.3%2.7%24.1%0.590.9%
Genuine Parts Co. GPC$16.9 billion491.460.7%3.6%5.3%1.103.4%
Performance Food Group Co. PFGC$16.9 billion42.837.8%1.4%5.9%1.02n/a
Wesco International Inc. WCC$14.2 billion18.1714.5%5.6%13.5%1.10n/a
Watsco Inc. WSO$12.6 billion26.8815.5%9.1%0.3%0.044.1%
Domino's Pizza, Inc. DPZ$11.0 billion18.42n/a19.7%4.5%n/a2.3%
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. AIT$10.3 billion25.0822.5%11.2%8.5%0.150.7%
Henry Schein Inc. HSIC$9.5 billion23.5813.3%5.2%6.2%1.12n/a
Arrow Electronics, Inc. ARW$9.2 billion9.1814.2%3.8%32.5%0.38n/a
Core & Main, Inc. CNM$8.8 billion18.9222.6%9.6%-0.5%1.21n/a
Qxo, Inc. QXO$8.4 billionn/a-4.9%-3.4%408.2%0.58n/a
Pool Corp. POOL$7.6 billion19.4732.3%10.5%2.9%0.952.4%
Avnet Inc. AVT$6.5 billion11.9010.7%3.3%44.3%0.791.8%
MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. MSM$6.3 billion28.4715.6%8.0%6.4%0.333.1%
Ingram Micro Holding Corp. INGM$6.0 billion12.8510.6%1.8%14.8%0.891.3%
LKQ Corp. LKQ$5.1 billion20.064.0%4.8%-1.4%0.596.0%
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. SITE$4.9 billion29.589.9%5.5%2.9%0.28n/a
Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. CHEF$4.2 billion44.5514.9%4.1%11.5%1.06n/a
Ashland Inc. ASH$3.5 billion67.142.7%7.4%-1.4%0.732.2%
Seaboard Corp. SEB$3.4 billion6.1410.0%2.6%7.0%0.300.3%
Hawkins Inc. HWKN$3.1 billion36.6615.2%11.1%9.0%0.410.5%
Central Garden & Pet Co. CENT$3.0 billion17.829.5%8.1%-1.2%0.68n/a
Resideo Technologies, Inc. REZI$2.9 billion8.5814.2%6.9%3.4%1.20n/a
United Natural Foods Inc. UNFI$2.7 billion33.795.2%0.7%-2.0%0.96n/a
Central Garden & Pet Co. CENTA$2.6 billion15.239.5%8.1%-1.2%0.68n/a
Boise Cascade Co. BCC$2.4 billion20.595.9%2.8%1.2%0.221.3%
Eplus Inc. PLUS$2.4 billionn/an/an/an/a0.000.8%
DXP Enterprises Inc. DXPE$2.2 billion23.3417.3%8.9%12.9%1.44n/a
PC Connection Inc. CNXN$2.0 billion19.5410.5%4.1%9.5%0.000.9%
Vestis Corp. VSTS$1.9 billionn/a-0.6%3.6%-0.4%1.240.2%
Andersons, Inc. ANDE$1.9 billion9.2615.0%n/a-4.3%0.801.5%
World Kinect Corp. WKC$1.8 billionn/a-13.1%-0.1%21.1%0.542.4%
Global Industrial Co. GIC$1.8 billion19.3325.9%8.3%10.2%0.002.4%
Distribution Solutions Group, Inc. DSGR$1.6 billion145.621.7%3.5%6.6%1.14n/a
Herbalife Ltd. HLF$1.6 billion9.10n/a9.6%6.4%n/an/a
Global Partners LP GLP$1.5 billionn/an/a1.5%29.5%n/an/a
Ryerson Holding Corp. RYZ$1.4 billionn/a1.1%1.0%53.2%0.772.7%
Gold.com, Inc. GOLD$1.1 billion12.5010.1%n/a110.1%0.002.1%
Willis Lease Finance Corp. WLFC$990 million13.5810.8%11.3%20.1%3.460.8%
Universal Corp. UVV$982 millionn/a-0.2%4.2%-9.4%0.868.4%
Scansource, Inc. SCSC$869 million13.387.4%2.5%14.8%0.36n/a
CrossAmerica Partners LP CAPL$756 million15.97n/a2.7%9.1%n/an/a
Climb Global Solutions, Inc. CLMB$740 million30.7617.7%4.0%24.2%0.000.4%
Weyco Group Inc. WEYS$586 million14.7015.0%17.1%1.5%0.005.1%
BlueLinx Holdings Inc. BXC$476 millionn/a-0.7%1.2%4.2%0.48n/a
L.B. Foster Co. FSTR$415 million30.987.4%4.4%15.8%0.15n/a
Aspen Aerogels Inc. ASPN$408 millionn/a-70.6%-59.3%-39.3%0.46n/a
Sempreon, Inc. MGPI$368 millionn/a-42.0%-57.2%-15.9%0.572.8%
Richardson Electronics, Ltd. RELL$229 million30.255.0%4.4%13.9%0.00n/a
AerSale Corp. ASLE$219 millionn/a-4.6%-3.9%-4.4%0.40n/a
NU Skin Enterprises, Inc. NUS$199 millionn/a-42.8%-2.0%-15.3%0.375.9%
Alta Equipment Group Inc. ALTG$193 millionn/an/a0.9%-1.8%n/a1.9%
Arko Petroleum Corp. APC$187 millionn/an/an/an/a0.76n/a
Hudson Technologies Inc. HDSN$176 millionn/a-0.5%0.4%2.3%0.00n/a
HF Foods Group Inc. HFFG$80 millionn/a-16.7%-2.8%2.8%0.86n/a
Capstone Holding Corp. CAPS$29 millionn/a-177.9%-17.2%38.9%2.05n/a
No other company here shares its SEC industry code (Wholesale-Durable Goods); these are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Wholesale, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

The public record on GWW

Dividends$9.50 a share over the four quarters to 30 September 2026, a 0.66% yield
Filings15 in twelve months: 7 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 1 officer or director change; 1 shareholder vote; 1 charter or bylaw amendment, or fiscal year change
Planned insider sales7 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $33.5 million; latest 12 May 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.64 by open interest at the 6 November 2026 close; the straddle prices a 3.9% move to 20 November 2026
13F holders1,373 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest BlackRock, Inc.
Insider trading62 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress1 House trade disclosed in six months
Short interest1.2 million shares short, 4.75 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 September 20264 November 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20264 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20267 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202519 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202531 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20251 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20251 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202420 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202431 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20241 August 2024EDGAR

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