Growth Metrics

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Return on Assets (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has disclosed Return on Assets for 17 consecutive years, with 0.2% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Assets fell 2.0% to 0.2% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.2%, a 2.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.2%, down 3.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Assets was 0.2% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, down from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Assets ranged from a high of 0.23% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.13% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2% and a median of 0.22% in 2022 define the central range for Return on Assets.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Assets: increased 6bps in 2021, then decreased -2bps in 2024.
  • W.W. Grainger's Return on Assets stood at 0.17% in 2021, then increased by 27bps to 0.22% in 2022, then rose by 7bps to 0.23% in 2023, then decreased by -5bps to 0.22% in 2024, then decreased by -8bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Return on Assets are 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.21% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q2 2025).