W.W. Grainger (GWW)
Industrials · NYSE · US
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 13:34 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
W.W. Grainger trades at $1,242.68, close to the $1,329.97 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 69 out of 100, which is a moat, but not a deep one. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 37.0 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
GWW dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $7.24 | 3 |
| 2025 | $8.83 | 4 |
| 2024 | $8.01 | 4 |
| 2023 | $7.30 | 4 |
| 2022 | $6.78 | 4 |
| 2021 | $6.39 | 4 |
| 2020 | $5.94 | 4 |
| 2019 | $5.68 | 4 |
| 2018 | $5.36 | 4 |
| 2017 | $5.06 | 4 |
| 2016 | $4.83 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
GWW earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 18 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About W.W. Grainger
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.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
GWW passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
15 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Parnassus Investments, PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC$820.02M · 2.2% of book
- D. E. Shaw, D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$234.80M · 0.1% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$232.05M · 0.0% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$140.93M · 0.1% of book
- Renaissance Technologies, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$32.58M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Politician trades in GWW
We hold 6 disclosed trades in GWW by members of Congress and executive-branch officials. The latest 5:
- Jared Moskowitz · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 13 Jul 2026 · disclosed 27 Aug 2026
- David B. McKinley · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 21 Sept 2022 · disclosed 12 Oct 2022
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 18 Mar 2020 · disclosed 16 Apr 2020
- Gilbert Cisneros · HouseBuy · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 14 Aug 2019 · disclosed 11 Sept 2019
- Dean Phillips · HouseSell · $1,001 - $15,000 · traded 4 Jan 2019 · disclosed 18 Feb 2019
A disclosure reports a value band, not an amount, and is due up to 45 days after the trade; some arrive later. Every filer we track, each with their own page, is on the Congress trading tracker.
GWW peers
The largest companies in the same industry, then in the same sector.
- ATCO-A.ST Atlas Copco
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- SAND.ST Sandvik
- DSV.CO DSV
- ASSA-B.ST Assa Abloy
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- GE GE Aerospace
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Common questions
Is W.W. Grainger (GWW) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $1,329.97, GWW at $1,242.68 is 7% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own GWW?
15 of the institutions we track reported a position in GWW in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is GWW's P/E ratio?
GWW trades at 37.0 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does W.W. Grainger (GWW) pay a dividend?
Yes. W.W. Grainger yields 0.67% at the current share price. It has paid $9.50 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 41 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its GWW data?
Fundamentals for GWW come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYSE; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 13:34 UTC and is delayed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.