W.W. Grainger (GWW) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported Debt Ratio of 0.28 for Q4 2025, down 11.77% year-over-year from 0.31 in Q4 2024, and up 3.69% quarter-over-quarter from 0.27 in Q3 2025.

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has 17 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.28 in Q4 2025.

  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.28, down 11.77% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.28 (down 11.77% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.28, down 11.77% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio advanced to 0.28 in Q4 2025 per GWW's latest filing, 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.
  • A 5-year average of 0.27 and a median of 0.29 in 2023 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Debt Ratio slumped 80.65% in 2024, then soared 390.99% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.36 in 2021, then slipped by 14.71% to 0.31 in 2022, then declined by 7.62% to 0.28 in 2023, then advanced by 11.45% to 0.31 in 2024, then fell by 11.77% to 0.28 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows GWW's Debt Ratio at 0.28 in Q4 2025, 0.27 in Q3 2025, and 0.26 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 63.64 Bn 63.46 Bn 1.75 Bn 0.28
2 Fastenal 53.18 Bn 52.87 Bn 982.90 Mn 0.02
3 Ferguson Enterprises 45.51 Bn 44.69 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.23
4 Wesco International 17.33 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.34
5 Watsco 14.65 Bn 14.51 Bn 427.56 Mn 0.10
6 Qxo 12.24 Bn 9.19 Bn 409.30 Mn 0.18
7 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.99 Bn 11.82 Bn 380.80 Mn 0.12
8 Core & Main 9.98 Bn 9.84 Bn 428.00 Mn 0.35
9 Pool 7.00 Bn 6.92 Bn 329.87 Mn 0.31
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 377.59 Mn 0.21

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.28
Sep 30, 2025 0.27
Jun 30, 2025 0.26
Mar 31, 2025 0.26
Dec 31, 2024 0.31
Sep 30, 2024 0.05
Jun 30, 2024 0.06
Mar 31, 2024 0.06
Dec 31, 2023 0.28
Sep 30, 2023 0.28
Jun 30, 2023 0.29
Mar 31, 2023 0.30
Dec 31, 2022 0.31
Sep 30, 2022 0.32
Jun 30, 2022 0.33
Mar 31, 2022 0.33
Dec 31, 2021 0.36
Sep 30, 2021 0.37
Jun 30, 2021 0.37
Mar 31, 2021 0.38