W. W. Grainger has grown revenue 5.6% a year over three years and 9.0% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 4.2%. Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate: +5.6% (Industrial Distribution median +6.5%). Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +9.0%, growth has slowed since the five-year average. Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +4.2%, earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something. Years of annual history on file: 19, FY2007 to FY2025, as filed.

GWWW. W. Grainger

Industrials

$1,289.89+29% 1Y

$1,289.89

$914.6052 weeks$1.4K

Is it growing?

Mixed

Neither accelerating nor breaking down: revenue roughly flat (+8% year on year) and earnings roughly flat (−1% year on year).

3 neutral

Revenue trend+8% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month revenue vs a year earlier, from the company's own filings. Five-year pace: +9% a year.

Earnings trend−1% in a year

Trailing-twelve-month earnings per share against a year earlier. Growing slower than revenue, so the growth is costing something.

Margin direction−0.7 points operating

Trailing-twelve-month operating margin, 14.5% now against 15.3% a year earlier.

All from SEC EDGAR, as of Jun 30, 2026.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

Revenue growth, 3 yearsmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. These are trailing numbers from the filings, not forecasts: an acquisition or a one-off year can flatter them, so check the quarters.

Is GWW growing?

W. W. Grainger has grown revenue 5.6% a year over three years and 9.0% a year over five, with earnings per share compounding at 4.2%.

+5.6%

Revenue growth, 3-year annual rate · Industrial Distribution median +6.5% · steady growth, ahead of inflation · compounded from trailing twelve-month revenue

Revenue growth, 5-year rate: +9.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year rate · +5.6% over three · growth has slowed since the five-year average
Earnings per share, 3-year rate: +4.2%
Earnings per share, 3-year rate · revenue +5.6% · earnings lagged revenue: the growth is costing something
Years of annual history on file: 19
Years of annual history on file · FY2007 to FY2025, as filed