W.W. Grainger (GWW) Operating Margin (2009 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 14.33% in Q4 2025.

• Operating Margin for Q4 2025 came in at 14.33%, down 63.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 13.91% (down 145.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.91%, down 145.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin climbed to 14.33% in Q4 2025 per GWW's latest filing, from 10.97% in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 16.62% in Q1 2023 and troughed at 10.41% in Q2 2021.
• A 5-year average of 14.25% and a median of 14.77% in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2025: Operating Margin surged 631 bps in 2021, then plunged 466 bps in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 12.41% in 2021, then rose by 15 bps to 14.31% in 2022, then fell by 3 bps to 13.94% in 2023, then grew by 7 bps to 14.95% in 2024, then slipped by 4 bps to 14.33% in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows GWW's Operating Margin at 14.33% in Q4 2025, 10.97% in Q3 2025, and 14.89% in Q2 2025.