Growth Metrics

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

W.W. Grainger has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 10.82% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 92.0% to 10.82% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 10.08% through Dec 2025, down 151.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 10.08% for FY2025, 151.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 10.82% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 6.89% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 12.42% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 6.89% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 10.99% (2025), against an average of 10.47%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin skyrocketed 303bps in 2021 and then crashed -462bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 8.96% in 2021, then increased by 17bps to 10.44% in 2022, then fell by -1bps to 10.31% in 2023, then increased by 14bps to 11.74% in 2024, then fell by -8bps to 10.82% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Net Margin are 10.82% (Q4 2025), 6.89% (Q3 2025), and 11.16% (Q2 2025).