W.W. Grainger, Inc.
NYSE:GWW
1068.98 (USD) • At close December 27, 2024
Overview | Financials
Numbers are in millions (except for per share data and ratios) USD.
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | |
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| Operating Activities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Income
| 1,829 | 1,613 | 1,114 | 755 | 895 | 823 | 622.443 | 632.838 | 785.174 | 812.296 | 807.749 | 698.849 | 666.412 | 513.582 | 430.772 | 475.355 | 420.12 | 383.399 | 346.324 | 286.923 | 226.971 | 211.567 | 174.53 | 192.903 | 180.7 | 238.5 | 231.8 | 208.5 | 186.7 | 127.9 | 149.3 | 137.2 | 127.7 | 126.8 | 119.6 |
| Depreciation & Amortization
| 214 | 217 | 185 | 182 | 229 | 257 | 264.064 | 248.857 | 227.967 | 208.326 | 180.613 | 159.049 | 149.2 | 149.678 | 147.531 | 139.57 | 131.999 | 118.568 | 108.782 | 98.256 | 90.253 | 93.488 | 103.209 | 106.893 | 98.2 | 78.9 | 79.7 | 74.3 | 70.9 | 66.7 | 59.2 | 49.1 | 33 | 33.1 | 33.3 |
| Deferred Income Tax
| -9 | 8 | 27 | -5 | 4 | 7 | -5.048 | -5.884 | -2.424 | -13.732 | 15.573 | 12.343 | -20.755 | -5.553 | 21.683 | 3.161 | -18.632 | 9.858 | 23.663 | -4.45 | 5.382 | -6.48 | -6.853 | -21.077 | -5.3 | -7.9 | 2.2 | 0.1 | -5.5 | -31.8 | -22.4 | -12.4 | -0.9 | -8.8 | -0.5 |
| Stock Based Compensation
| 62 | 48 | 42 | 46 | 40 | 47 | 32.661 | 35.735 | 46.861 | 49.032 | 55.59 | 55.5 | 54.02 | 47.221 | 40.407 | 45.945 | 35.551 | 33.754 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Change In Working Capital
| -255 | -565 | -443 | -170 | -255 | -242 | 69.299 | 20.505 | -70.259 | -165.321 | -82.65 | -129.02 | -129.371 | -114.721 | 121.772 | -141.011 | -106.36 | -100.16 | -57.101 | 8.268 | 55.766 | -34.011 | 168.155 | -5.396 | -257.5 | 13.5 | 100 | -22.9 | -133.8 | -49.8 | -32.5 | 11.4 | -22.2 | 21.9 | -100.3 |
| Accounts Receivables
| -98 | -436 | -324 | -121 | -42 | -79 | -103.126 | -45.6 | -0.96 | -122.58 | -126.465 | -45.953 | -85.083 | -127.79 | 2.794 | -5.592 | 15.436 | 6.057 | 1.326 | 5.159 | 9.263 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Inventory
| -16 | -412 | -152 | -158 | -106 | -129 | -4.915 | -4.403 | -36.069 | -101.547 | -23.636 | -14.872 | -219.68 | -80.545 | 175.286 | -92.518 | -97.234 | -33.839 | -84.031 | -30.728 | 83.53 | -97.297 | 66.446 | 54.468 | -135.8 | -14.6 | 74.8 | -7.4 | -82.7 | -70.1 | -34 | 23.7 | -23.6 | 15.6 | -79.4 |
| Accounts Payables
| -65 | 225 | 54 | 80 | 32 | -51 | 72.332 | 72.882 | 22.076 | 48.523 | 64.613 | -54.314 | 86.395 | 36.219 | -16.736 | -6.96 | -39.436 | 10.888 | 27.121 | 29.302 | -37.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Working Capital
| -76 | 58 | -21 | 29 | -139 | 17 | 105.008 | -2.374 | -55.306 | 10.283 | 2.838 | -13.881 | 88.997 | 57.395 | -39.572 | -35.941 | 14.874 | -83.266 | -1.517 | 4.535 | 0.393 | 63.286 | 101.709 | -59.864 | -121.7 | 28.1 | 25.2 | -15.5 | -51.1 | 20.3 | 1.5 | -12.3 | 1.4 | 6.3 | -20.9 |
| Other Non Cash Items
| 190 | 12 | 12 | 315 | 129 | 165 | 73.138 | 70.925 | 24.338 | 69.213 | 9.623 | 19.474 | 4.181 | 6.238 | -29.769 | 7.457 | 6.197 | -8.666 | 7.733 | 3.034 | 1.938 | 4.009 | 3.97 | 2.322 | 13.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Operating Cash Flow
| 2,031 | 1,333 | 937 | 1,123 | 1,042 | 1,057 | 1,056.557 | 1,002.976 | 1,011.657 | 959.814 | 986.498 | 816.195 | 723.687 | 596.445 | 732.396 | 530.477 | 468.875 | 436.753 | 432.543 | 406.487 | 394.108 | 303.47 | 510.794 | 277.757 | 29.7 | 334.6 | 426.1 | 271.4 | 126.3 | 191.4 | 162.5 | 196.4 | 150.6 | 182.8 | 46.9 |
| Investing Activities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Investments In Property Plant And Equipment
| -445 | -256 | -255 | -197 | -221 | -239 | -237.283 | -284.249 | -373.868 | -387.39 | -272.145 | -249.86 | -189.664 | -120.616 | -140.73 | -181.356 | -197.423 | -136.764 | -112.297 | -128.276 | -74.064 | -133.978 | -100.451 | -94.913 | -114.1 | -130.2 | -108.3 | -62.1 | -111.9 | -120.4 | -98.4 | -217.2 | -32.8 | -35 | -34.8 |
| Acquisitions Net
| 0 | 28 | 29 | 20 | 2 | -13 | -34.754 | -33.469 | -484.813 | -30.713 | -153.915 | -64.808 | -345.406 | -48.543 | -123.093 | -34.29 | -4.698 | -34.39 | -24.817 | 0 | -36.713 | 0 | -14.407 | 1.701 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Purchases Of Investments
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -13 | -35 | -34.103 | -20.382 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6.487 | -17.079 | -13.187 | 0 | 0 | 12.144 | 0 | 10.467 | -5 | -18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sales Maturities Of Investments
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.848 | 12.765 | 27.843 | 0 | 0.05 | 6.115 | 15.957 | 1.015 | 31.665 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 |
| Other Investing Activites
| 23 | -35 | 29 | -2 | 17 | 86 | 125.954 | 55.454 | 23.424 | 34.045 | 26.633 | 9.012 | 13.892 | 13.529 | 1.26 | -0.35 | 9.478 | 16.752 | -25.871 | -14.166 | -12.763 | 12.263 | -12.301 | -27.636 | -16.8 | -46.1 | 5.2 | -129 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.4 | -1.6 | -35.2 | -3.7 | 14.5 |
| Investing Cash Flow
| -422 | -263 | -226 | -179 | -202 | -166 | -146.083 | -262.264 | -835.257 | -384.058 | -399.427 | -305.656 | -535.07 | -169.159 | -262.563 | -202.635 | -196.957 | -139.746 | -162.985 | -142.392 | -105.281 | -105.758 | -115.677 | -94.183 | -149.4 | -176.3 | -103.1 | -191.1 | -106.6 | -118 | -97 | -218.8 | -68 | -38.7 | -13.7 |
| Financing Activities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debt Repayment
| -30 | 1 | -8 | 161 | -37 | -101 | 23 | 292.182 | 1,555.556 | -23.959 | -26.326 | 36.204 | 17.728 | -33.624 | -16.314 | 418.575 | 102.303 | 0 | 0 | -140.8 | -4.564 | -8.78 | -179.262 | -123.368 | 208.7 | 84 | -8.2 | 110.7 | 16.9 | -23.6 | 30.3 | -7 | -5.8 | -11.3 | 4.6 |
| Common Stock Issued
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.437 | 65.997 | 72.275 | 0 | 17.076 | 32.347 | 6.011 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Common Stock Repurchased
| -850 | -603 | -695 | -601 | -700 | -425 | -605 | -790 | -1,400.071 | -525.12 | -438.473 | -340.532 | -151.082 | -504.803 | -372.727 | -394.247 | -647.293 | -472.787 | -137.473 | -100.872 | -41.204 | -99.882 | -74.631 | -0.947 | -15.3 | -194 | -346.8 | -32.1 | 0 | 0 | -104.7 | -38.6 | -54.8 | -37.9 | -3 |
| Dividends Paid
| -392 | -370 | -357 | -338 | -328 | -316 | -304.473 | -302.971 | -306.474 | -291.395 | -255.466 | -220.077 | -180.527 | -152.338 | -134.684 | -121.504 | -113.093 | -97.896 | -82.663 | -71.243 | -67.281 | -66.467 | -65.445 | -62.863 | -58.8 | -56.7 | -53.9 | -50 | -45.2 | -39.6 | -36.3 | -34.3 | -32.7 | -31 | -27.2 |
| Other Financing Activities
| -6 | 0 | 21 | 52 | 42 | 172 | 19 | 24.789 | 88.438 | 82.351 | 129.396 | 129.969 | 136.435 | 112.178 | 110.195 | 60.366 | 144.196 | 13.373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.091 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Financing Cash Flow
| -1,278 | -972 | -1,039 | -726 | -1,023 | -670 | -866.544 | -754.532 | -144.801 | -758.123 | -590.869 | -394.436 | -177.446 | -578.587 | -413.53 | -37.221 | -513.887 | -492.873 | -154.139 | -240.64 | -97.878 | -158.053 | -287.082 | -181.067 | 139.2 | -162.1 | -402.9 | 35.1 | -23.5 | -60.6 | -107.7 | -73.8 | -89.1 | -78.1 | -24.3 |
| Other Information: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Effect Of Forex Changes On Cash
| 4 | -14 | -16 | 7 | 5 | -10 | 8.8 | -2.17 | -17.982 | -21.633 | -17.621 | 0.469 | 10.866 | 4.884 | 7.278 | -7.768 | 6.935 | -0.557 | 0.229 | 2.967 | 3.347 | 0.023 | -2.573 | -1.806 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net Change In Cash
| 335 | 84 | -344 | 225 | -178 | 211 | 52.73 | -15.99 | 13.617 | -204 | -21.419 | 116.572 | 22.037 | -146.417 | 63.581 | 282.853 | -235.034 | -196.423 | 115.648 | 26.422 | 194.296 | 39.682 | 105.462 | 0.701 | 19.5 | -3.8 | -79.9 | 115.4 | -3.8 | 12.8 | -42.2 | -96.2 | -6.5 | 66 | 8.9 |
| Cash At End Of Period
| 660 | 325 | 241 | 585 | 360 | 538 | 326.876 | 274.146 | 240.261 | 226.644 | 430.644 | 452.063 | 335.491 | 313.454 | 459.871 | 396.29 | 113.437 | 348.471 | 544.894 | 429.246 | 402.824 | 208.528 | 168.846 | 63.384 | 62.7 | 43.1 | 47 | 126.9 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 2.6 | 44.8 | 141 | 147.4 | 81.5 |