Valuation
26% of the score
52median 56
W. W. Grainger is valued at 24.1x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
24.1x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
GWWW. W. Grainger
$1,255.21+27% 1Y
$1,255.21
$914.6052 weeks$1.4K
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 79 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. W. W. Grainger scores higher than 92% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and return on new capital, with nothing holding it far back.
Industrials median 61 · all companies 57
How the score has moved
At each fiscal year end, from the reports and price of the time76
77
83
82
81
82
79
202020212022202320242025today
The biggest move was up 6 points from 2021 to 2022, mostly return on new capital.
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 29% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
29%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 30%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
94median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 11 cents. New capital earned 55%, and 20% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
11%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
93median 64
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countDown 2.2% a year over 5 years: buybacks
905%
-3%
-2.2%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 7.3% a year, sales 8.8%
9612%
-2%
-1.4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
57median 62
Today's operating margin of 15% is 1.10x its normal 13%: above its usual level. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
1.1x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 15%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
99median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA0.6x a year of EBITDA
984.5x
0.5x
0.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 34x
1001.5x
12x
33.9x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
77median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.13x profit over 3 years
780.7x
1x
1.3x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 3.5% of assets
778%
0%
-8%
-3.5%
0 pointsfull points
Beneish M-score-2.56
77-1.50
-1.78
-2.22
-3.00
-2.56
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2026-06-30, latest annual report FY2025.
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