Growth Metrics

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

W.W. Grainger has reported Equity Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.46 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Equity Ratio rose 10.17% to 0.46 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.46 through Dec 2025, up 10.17% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.46 for FY2025, 10.17% up from the prior year.
  • Equity Ratio was 0.46 for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up 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.
  • The 5-year median for Equity Ratio is 0.4 (2023), against an average of 0.39.
  • Year-over-year, Equity Ratio fell 8.17% in 2021 and then increased 17.18% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Equity Ratio shows it stood at 0.33 in 2021, then grew by 10.0% to 0.36 in 2022, then rose by 17.18% to 0.42 in 2023, then decreased by 0.7% to 0.42 in 2024, then grew by 10.17% to 0.46 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Equity Ratio are 0.46 (Q4 2025), 0.4 (Q3 2025), and 0.46 (Q2 2025).