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GWW - W.W. Grainger, Inc.

NYSE -> Industrials -> Industrial Distribution
Lake Forest, United States
Type: Equity

GWW price evolution
GWW
(in millions $) 31 Jan 2024 30 Sep 2023 30 Jun 2023 31 Mar 2023
Current assets
Cash $660 $601 $515 $461
Short term investments
Net receivables $2192 $2444 $2418 $2294
Inventory $2266 $2196 $2223 $2252
Total current assets $5274 $5412 $5343 $5190
Long term investments
Property, plant & equipment $2087 $1956 $1913 $1854
Goodwill & intangible assets $604 $602 $605 $604
Total noncurrent assets $2873 $2728 $2688 $2635
Total investments
Total assets $8147 $8140 $8031 $7825
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $954 $1067 $1158 $1074
Deferred revenue
Short long term debt $105 $107 $107 $102
Total current liabilities $1831 $1898 $1920 $1924
Long term debt $2266 $2621 $2650 $2618
Total noncurrent liabilities $2875 $2860 $2884 $2856
Total debt $2752 $2728 $2757 $2720
Total liabilities $4706 $4758 $4804 $4780
Shareholders' equity
Retained earnings $12162 $11859 $11477 $11101
Other shareholder equity $3441 -$219 -$184 -$176
Total shareholder equity $3115 $3090 $2935 $2735
(in millions $) 31 Jan 2024 31 Jan 2023 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020
Current assets
Cash $660 $325 $241 $585
Short term investments
Net receivables $2192 $2133 $1754 $1474
Inventory $2266 $2253 $1870 $1733
Total current assets $5274 $4977 $4011 $3919
Long term investments $21
Property, plant & equipment $2087 $1828 $1817 $1395
Goodwill & intangible assets $604 $603 $622 $619
Total noncurrent assets $2873 $2611 $2581 $2376
Total investments
Total assets $8147 $7588 $6592 $6295
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $954 $1047 $816 $779
Deferred revenue
Short long term debt $105 $103 $66 $8
Total current liabilities $1831 $2010 $1528 $1441
Long term debt $2266 $2284 $2696 $2389
Total noncurrent liabilities $2875 $2843 $2904 $2761
Total debt $2752 $2705 $2762 $2397
Total liabilities $4706 $4853 $4432 $4202
Shareholders' equity
Retained earnings $12162 $10700 $9500 $8779
Other shareholder equity $3441 $2735 -$96 -$61
Total shareholder equity $3115 $2440 $1874 $1828
(in millions $) 31 Jan 2024 30 Sep 2023 30 Jun 2023 31 Mar 2023
Revenue
Total revenue $3997 $4208 $4182 $4091
Cost of revenue $2553 $2538 $2457
Gross Profit $1563 $1655 $1644 $1634
Operating activities
Research & development
Selling, general & administrative $988 $983 $954
Total operating expenses $1006 $988 $983 $954
Operating income $667 $661 $680
Income from continuing operations
EBIT $657 $649 $666
Income tax expense $129 $159 $155 $154
Interest expense -$23 $22 $24 $24
Net income
Net income $395 $476 $470 $488
Income (for common shares) $476 $470 $488
(in millions $) 31 Jan 2024 31 Dec 2022 31 Jan 2022 31 Dec 2020
Revenue
Total revenue $16478 $15228 $11797
Cost of revenue $9379 $7559
Gross Profit $6496 $5849 $4238
Operating activities
Research & development
Selling, general & administrative $3634 $3219
Total operating expenses $3931 $3634 $3219
Operating income $2215 $1019
Income from continuing operations
EBIT $2173 $980
Income tax expense $597 $533 $192
Interest expense -$93 $93 $93
Net income
Net income $1829 $1547 $695
Income (for common shares) $1547 $695
(in millions $) 31 Jan 2024 30 Sep 2023 30 Jun 2023 31 Mar 2023
Net income $476 $470 $488
Operating activities
Depreciation $56 $55 $51
Business acquisitions & disposals
Stock-based compensation $18 $19 $12
Total cash flows from operations $523 $450 $454
Investing activities
Capital expenditures -$116 -$95 -$96
Investments
Total cash flows from investing -$422 -$116 -$95 -$96
Financing activities
Dividends paid -$392 -$106 -$107 -$87
Sale and purchase of stock -$192 -$166 -$119
Net borrowings -$18 -$12
Total cash flows from financing -$1278 -$318 -$297 -$224
Effect of exchange rate $4 -$3 -$4 $2
Change in cash and equivalents $335 $86 $54 $136
(in millions $) 31 Jan 2024 31 Dec 2022 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020
Net income $1547 $1043 $695
Operating activities
Depreciation $217 $185 $182
Business acquisitions & disposals $28 $29 $20
Stock-based compensation $48 $42 $46
Total cash flows from operations $1333 $937 $1123
Investing activities
Capital expenditures -$256 -$255 -$197
Investments
Total cash flows from investing -$422 -$263 -$226 -$179
Financing activities
Dividends paid -$392 -$370 -$357 -$338
Sale and purchase of stock -$577 -$647 -$531
Net borrowings $1 -$8 $161
Total cash flows from financing -$1278 -$972 -$1039 -$726
Effect of exchange rate $4 -$14 -$16 $7
Change in cash and equivalents $335 $84 -$344 $225
Fundamentals
Market cap $50.72B
Enterprise value $52.82B
Shares outstanding 49.72M
Revenue $16.48B
EBITDA N/A
EBIT N/A
Net Income $1.83B
Revenue Q/Q 5.13%
Revenue Y/Y 8.21%
P/E ratio 27.73
EV/Sales 3.21
EV/EBITDA N/A
EV/EBIT N/A
P/S ratio 3.08
P/B ratio -155.60
Book/Share -6.56
Cash/Share 13.27
EPS $36.79
ROA 22.76%
ROE 61.61%
Debt/Equity 1.51
Net debt/EBITDA N/A
Current ratio 2.88
Quick ratio 1.64