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

W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported Equity Ratio of 0.46 for Q4 2025, up 10.17% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q4 2024, and up 14.81% quarter-over-quarter from 0.4 in Q3 2025.

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

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has 17 years of Equity Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.46 in Q4 2025.

  • Equity Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.46, up 10.17% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.46 (up 10.17% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.46, up 10.17% from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio advanced to 0.46 in Q4 2025 per GWW's latest filing, from 0.4 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Equity Ratio peaked at 0.46 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.33 in Q4 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.39 and a median of 0.4 in 2023 frame the typical range for Equity Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2023: Equity Ratio fell 8.17% in 2021, then advanced 17.18% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.33 in 2021, then gained by 10.0% to 0.36 in 2022, then climbed by 17.18% to 0.42 in 2023, then declined by 0.7% to 0.42 in 2024, then gained by 10.17% to 0.46 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows GWW's Equity Ratio at 0.46 in Q4 2025, 0.4 in Q3 2025, and 0.46 in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Equity Ratio (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 62.43 Bn 62.25 Bn 1.75 Bn 0.46
2 Fastenal 52.87 Bn 52.56 Bn 982.90 Mn 0.77
3 Ferguson Enterprises 43.71 Bn 42.89 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.33
4 Wesco International 17.21 Bn 16.51 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.30
5 Watsco 14.12 Bn 13.98 Bn 427.56 Mn 0.59
6 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.70 Bn 11.53 Bn 380.80 Mn 0.62
7 Qxo 11.53 Bn 8.48 Bn 409.30 Mn 0.61
8 Core & Main 9.91 Bn 9.77 Bn 428.00 Mn 0.34
9 Pool 6.54 Bn 6.47 Bn 329.87 Mn 0.28
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.47 Bn 6.42 Bn 377.59 Mn 0.56

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.46
Sep 30, 2025 0.40
Jun 30, 2025 0.46
Mar 31, 2025 0.44
Dec 31, 2024 0.42
Sep 30, 2024 0.42
Jun 30, 2024 0.43
Mar 31, 2024 0.42
Dec 31, 2023 0.42
Sep 30, 2023 0.42
Jun 30, 2023 0.40
Mar 31, 2023 0.39
Dec 31, 2022 0.36
Sep 30, 2022 0.36
Jun 30, 2022 0.35
Mar 31, 2022 0.34
Dec 31, 2021 0.33
Sep 30, 2021 0.33
Jun 30, 2021 0.33
Mar 31, 2021 0.33