Growth Metrics

W.W. Grainger (GWW) EBT Margin (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger has reported EBT Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 14.01% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 68.0% to 14.01% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 13.54% through Dec 2025, down 151.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 13.54% for FY2025, 151.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin was 14.01% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 10.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 16.18% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 9.95% in Q2 2021.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 14.35% (2022), against an average of 13.85%.
  • Year-over-year, EBT Margin skyrocketed 639bps in 2021 and then plummeted -473bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 11.94% in 2021, then grew by 16bps to 13.81% in 2022, then decreased by -2bps to 13.54% in 2023, then grew by 9bps to 14.69% in 2024, then dropped by -5bps to 14.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's EBT Margin are 14.01% (Q4 2025), 10.56% (Q3 2025), and 14.51% (Q2 2025).