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

W.W. Grainger (GWW) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.3% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 4.0% to 0.3% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.3%, a 4.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.3%, down 4.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.3% for Q4 2025 at W.W. Grainger, up from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.62% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.29% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.46% and a median of 0.45% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 21bps in 2021, then fell -26bps in 2024.
  • W.W. Grainger's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.54% in 2021, then increased by 15bps to 0.62% in 2022, then crashed by -32bps to 0.43% in 2023, then fell by -22bps to 0.33% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 0.3% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GWW's Return on Invested Capital are 0.3% (Q4 2025), 0.29% (Q3 2025), and 0.33% (Q2 2025).