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W.W. Grainger (GWW) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 17 consecutive years, with 0.36% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 4.0% to 0.36% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.36%, a 4.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.36%, down 7.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.36% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, down from 0.36% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.44% in Q1 2024 to a low of 0.25% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.37% and a median of 0.39% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 13bps in 2021, then decreased -5bps in 2025.
  • W.W. Grainger's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.31% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 32bps to 0.41% in 2022, then dropped by -1bps to 0.41% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 0.4% in 2024, then decreased by -9bps to 0.36% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Return on Capital Employed are 0.36% (Q4 2025), 0.36% (Q3 2025), and 0.39% (Q2 2025).