XNYS · Industrial Distribution
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$1,472.91+1.74%
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TickerWhale Score
58/100
Positive
Score components
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W.W. Grainger scores 58 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
What to watch
- Valuation
- Risk
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%77Strong
- Revenue growth 7.8%
- EPS growth -0.8%
Valuation
25%9Weak
- P/E 37.4
- EV/Sales 3.8
Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalog. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalog in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogs of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.
#192 by market cap in our coverage · ~25,000 employees · Listed 1972-06-01 · www.grainger.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#45 / 202sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 58 vs sector average 50.1 (+7.9)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 50%
Gross margin (industry)Top 30%
Return on equity (industry)Top 10%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 78%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
98/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 98th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 87/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Buy
6 buy · 1 sell · 1 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates GWW's technical setup strong — 98th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
9 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+17.8%
- vs 50-day+11.7%
Momentum
Constructive
- RSI (14)70 · sell
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIbuy
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Constructive
- ADX (14) trend strength35· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 9.749)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 9 buy vs 0 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 5 buy · 1 sell · 1 neutral.
Result — 6 buy vs 1 sell of 8 votes = Strong Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)37.4
- P/S (TTM)3.7
- P/B16.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales3.8
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin39.4%
- Net margin9.9%
- ROE46.4%
- Debt/Equity0.58
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)7.8%
- EPS growth (YoY)-0.8%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $69.9B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWWCurrentW.W. Grainger | 58 | 87 | 37.4 | — | 16.9 | 3.8 | $1,472.91 | +1.74% | +7.8% | ||
| AERAercap Holdings | 81 | 90 | 8.2 | — | 1.5 | 7.7 | $175.85 | +0.24% | +12.2% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 79 | 81 | 18.5 | — | 2.7 | 1.0 | $92.20 | +0.44% | +14.1% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 77 | 71 | 14.5 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.94 | +5.97% | +15.3% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 75 | 54 | 14.1 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $75.98 | +1.17% | +6.9% | ||
| LUVSouthwest Airlines Company | 71 | 74 | 27.3 | — | 3.2 | 0.8 | $46.32 | +0.04% | +9.5% |
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