W.W. Grainger (GWW) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2025)

W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported Return on Invested Capital of 0.0% for Q4 2025, little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q4 2024, and down 2.47% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q3 2025.

W.W. Grainger (GWW) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has 17 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q4 2025.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital slipped to 0.0% in Q4 2025 per GWW's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.01% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 0.0% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.0% and a median of 0.0% in 2021 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • On a YoY basis, Return on Invested Capital climbed as much as 0 bps in 2021 and fell as far as 0 bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then increased by 15 bps to 0.01% in 2022, then tumbled by 32 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then fell by 25 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then decreased by 8 bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows GWW's Return on Invested Capital at 0.0% in Q4 2025, 0.0% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 63.64 Bn 63.46 Bn 1.75 Bn 0.00%
2 Fastenal 53.18 Bn 52.87 Bn 982.90 Mn 0.00%
3 Ferguson Enterprises 45.51 Bn 44.69 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.00%
4 Wesco International 17.33 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.29 Bn 0.00%
5 Watsco 14.65 Bn 14.51 Bn 427.56 Mn 0.00%
6 Qxo 12.24 Bn 9.19 Bn 409.30 Mn 0.00%
7 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.99 Bn 11.82 Bn 380.80 Mn 0.00%
8 Core & Main 9.98 Bn 9.84 Bn 428.00 Mn 0.00%
9 Pool 7.00 Bn 6.92 Bn 329.87 Mn 0.00%
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 377.59 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.01%
Jun 30, 2023 0.01%
Mar 31, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Sep 30, 2022 0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 0.01%
Mar 31, 2022 0.01%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%