Is the price fair?
What GWW's price assumes
W. W. Grainger trades at 34.1× earnings against 27.2× for the median Industrial Distribution name, more expensive than its own group.
34.1
Trailing P/E · Industrial Distribution median 27.2 · 1.25× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 2.81
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 2.3%
Free cash flow yield · Industrial Distribution median 3.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +16%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +16% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +3.6% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 13.1
- EV / EBIT2026-Q1
- 20.4
- EV / sales2026-Q1
- 2.90
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Industrial Distribution median P/E17 names
- 27.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $1.51B
- Market capitalisation
- $64.5B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +5.6%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +3.6%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $773.00 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $847.30 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $1,013.71 |
| 52-week range | $914.60 – $1,401.86 |
| Today | $1,335.80 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Industrial Distribution
Ranks #7 of 17 by Smart Score