W.W. Grainger (GWW) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026)
W.W. Grainger's (GWW) Price to Earnings came in at 34.27 for Q2 2026, up 32.4% from 25.89 a year earlier and up 18.6% from the prior quarter.
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W.W. Grainger (GWW) Price to Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, W.W. Grainger's Price to Earnings stood at 28.02, up 5.2% from FY2024.
- Annual Price to Earnings has increased for three consecutive years.
- In prior years, W.W. Grainger's Price to Earnings was 26.62 in FY2024 (+19.5%), 22.28 in FY2023 (+23.4%), 18.05 in FY2022 (-28.9%) and 25.39 in FY2021 (-17.5%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Price to Earnings in data going back to Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Price to Earnings has increased in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 14.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Price to Earnings in the past five years was Q3 2024, with growth of 46.4%; the weakest was Q2 2022, with a decline of 33.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Price to Earnings for the three prior quarters was 28.90 (Q1 2026), 28.02 (Q4 2025) and 26.19 (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Rentals | 67.37 Bn | 66.13 Bn | 1.73 Bn |
| 2 | W.W. Grainger | 60.32 Bn | 58.30 Bn | 1.98 Bn |
| 3 | Fastenal | 58.24 Bn | 57.16 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 4 | Ferguson Enterprises | 43.34 Bn | 40.56 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 5 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 31.62 Bn | 31.50 Bn | 1.25 Bn |
| 6 | Reliance | 20.43 Bn | 19.48 Bn | 1.30 Bn |
| 7 | Wesco International | 18.60 Bn | 15.91 Bn | 1.46 Bn |
| 8 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.64 Bn | 12.52 Bn | 411.22 Mn |
| 9 | Watsco | 10.59 Bn | 8.75 Bn | 578.93 Mn |
| 10 | Avantor | 10.38 Bn | 9.17 Bn | 537.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 34.27 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 28.90 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 28.02 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 26.19 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.89 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 24.85 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 26.62 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 27.66 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.22 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 27.44 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 22.28 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 18.89 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.30 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 20.70 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.05 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.09 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.55 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 22.51 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 25.39 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 21.82 |
API Access
W.W. Grainger Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=GWW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "GWW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=GWW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();