Growth Metrics

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger has reported Debt Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.28 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 11.77% to 0.28 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.28 through Dec 2025, down 11.77% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.28 for FY2025, 11.77% down from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.28 for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.38 in Q1 2021 and troughed at 0.05 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.29 (2023), against an average of 0.27.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio tumbled 80.65% in 2024 and then soared 390.99% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.36 in 2021, then fell by 14.71% to 0.31 in 2022, then decreased by 7.62% to 0.28 in 2023, then increased by 11.45% to 0.31 in 2024, then fell by 11.77% to 0.28 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Debt Ratio are 0.28 (Q4 2025), 0.27 (Q3 2025), and 0.26 (Q2 2025).