Company Dossier · Industrials
W. W. Grainger
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What W. W. Grainger is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $18.9 billion, up 7.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $1.51 billion, up 6.3% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $0.67 billion, up 3.1% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $1.05 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.09 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 4, 2026): sentiment 0.20 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.70 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 11 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 19, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q2 2026: $4.9 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,369 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+94 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 56 (36 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What W. W. Grainger is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Mixed
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending21st pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex75th pct
- Hiring filings62nd pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications51st pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Mixed
- Call sentiment27th pct
- Call confidence35th pct
- Guidance changes91st pct
- Risk factors added72nd pct
- Insider open-market trades44th pct
- + Guidance changes
- − Call sentiment
- + Risk factors added
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver49th pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →W. W. Grainger's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$2.4B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $2.4B
- Default point $1.2B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2024 | $500M | 4.450% | 2034 (10y) | +73bp | 4.463% |
From the pricing term sheets W. W. Grainger filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AXADVOCACY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)third_quarter 2026
- Aug 3, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AXADVOCACY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 16, 2026Trademark
- May 1, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AXADVOCACY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Feb 19, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (AXADVOCACY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jan 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.0 million
- Oct 31, 2025Trademark
- Sep 10, 2025Risk event
- May 29, 2025Trademark
- May 5, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 20, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 22, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 1 removed
Peers
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| Hubbell Incorporated HUBB | $6.0B | $0.9B | Mar 31, 2026 |