GWW · WW Grainger Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $62.68B |
| P/E | 33.52 |
| Float | 44.25M |
| Beta | 0.97 |
| Volatility | 24.2% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Trading Companies & Distributors |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 86.2 |
| Price | 1,321.20 |
| Change | −0.71% |
| Prev Close | 1,330.70 |
| Open | 1,340.00 |
| Day Low | 1,319.36 |
| Day High | 1,349.88 |
| Avg Vol | 0 |
| Avg $ Vol | $338.9M |
| 52W High | 1,419.91 |
| 52W Low | 906.52 |
| 52W Pos | 80.8% |
| From High | −6.95% |
| From Low | +45.74% |
| Max DD 1Y | −13.35% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +2.98% |
| SMA 50 | +2.23% |
| SMA 200 | +8.26% |
| RSI (14) | 63.4 |
| Vol 30D | 18.4% |
| Vol 90D | 21.8% |
| 1Y Range | 907–1,420 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | +3.17% |
| Perf Month | +5.39% |
| Perf Quarter | −2.96% |
| Perf Half Y | +14.43% |
| Perf Year | +38.91% |
| Perf YTD | +31.62% |
| Prev Day | −0.71% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.67 |
| Curr Ratio | 2.83 |
| Int Cover | 34.1× |
| FCF Margin | 7.4% |
| Rev Growth | +4.5% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 1 / 11 |
What GWW does
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 segments, High-Touch Solutions North America and Endless Assortment.
It provides safety, security, material handling and storage equipment, pumps and plumbing equipment, cleaning and maintenance, and metalworking and hand tools.
The company also offers technical support and inventory management services. It serves smaller businesses to large corporations, government entities, and other institutions, as well as commercial, healthcare, and manufacturing industries through sales and service representatives, and electronic and ecommerce channels.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayGWW grades A-, 86.2 of 100. Steadiest on Macro Resilience (71), most exposed on News Sentiment (68, steady). 4 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Trading Companies & Distributors median. Ranks 1 of 11 in Trading Companies & Distributors by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| GWW | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.97 |
| Volatilityannualized | 24.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −13.3% |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.81% |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 13 (5%) |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| GWW | Trading Companies & Distributors median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.97 | — |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | Moderate 64% of 11 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Trading Companies & Distributors names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| GWW | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | +3.2% |
| 1 month | +5.4% |
| Year to date | +31.6% |
| 1 year | +38.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| GWW | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30 since 3 Aug |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 65 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 23 · 5 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 23 ↑ 5 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the Trading Companies & Distributors names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| GWW | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +4.5% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Trading Companies & Distributors median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openZacks Research raised its Q4 2026 earnings-per-share estimate for industrial products supplier W.W. Grainger in a research note to investors dated Wednesday, October 14th. The article body was cut off before the new estimate figure was provided.
Grainger's organic sales growth, stripping out currency effects, picked up from 12.2% in the first quarter to 13.7% in the second quarter. Management's 2026 adjusted earnings per share guidance midpoint points to roughly 17% growth, though past earnings include one-time costs from Grainger's 2025 exit of its UK business and pricing along with tariff refunds muddy the picture.
On September 29, Zacks Research raised its earnings per share estimate for W.W. Grainger's third quarter of 2028 to $14.19. The article provides no reason for the revision and no other company developments.
Zacks Research raised its earnings per share estimate for W.W. Grainger's first quarter of 2027 to $12.40 in a research note issued on September 29th.
An analyst piece questions whether Grainger's (GWW) share price of about $1,255 is supported by the cash its business generates, noting the stock has returned 232.2% over the past five years. The article body is truncated, so the full valuation argument is not available.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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