Growth Metrics

W.W. Grainger (GWW) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.41 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 31.12% to 0.41 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.35, a 30.84% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.35, up 30.84% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.41 for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 0.39 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.77 in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.19 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.38 and a median of 0.3 in 2024 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 60.24% in 2022, then surged 204.99% in 2024.
  • W.W. Grainger's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.62 in 2021, then crashed by 56.01% to 0.27 in 2022, then decreased by 29.2% to 0.19 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 204.99% to 0.59 in 2024, then plummeted by 31.12% to 0.41 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.41 (Q4 2025), 0.39 (Q3 2025), and 0.54 (Q2 2025).