W.W. Grainger forward PE GWW

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 27.8×
10-year median: 20.5×
Against its 10-year history: 96th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 13.4× to 30.7×
Peer median: 28.3×

W.W. Grainger's forward PE is 27.8× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 20.5×, higher than on 96% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 13.4× in Mar 2020 to 30.7× in Nov 2024.

The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 28.3×.

Forward PE over time

median 20.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	27.8×	23.5×	29.8×
2025	24.0×	21.7×	28.6×
2024	27.2×	22.0×	30.7×
2023	22.3×	16.5×	22.3×
2022	16.6×	15.0×	20.0×
2021	20.5×	17.1×	22.3×
2020	22.6×	13.4×	23.0×
2019	21.0×	14.8×	21.0×
2018	16.9×	16.3×	22.8×
2017	19.1×	14.6×	25.4×
2016	22.9×	17.2×	23.6×
2015	18.6×	17.5×	23.8×
2014	21.6×	19.4×	22.2×
2013	21.5×	18.1×	23.1×
2012	17.5×	16.6×	20.2×
2011	18.4×	14.0×	18.6×
2010	18.4×	15.0×	19.3×
2009	17.3×	14.2×	18.3×
2008	17.2×	13.7×	20.7×
2007	16.8×	15.7×	19.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest W.W. Grainger's size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
GWWW.W. Grainger	27.8×
FASTFastenal	37.7×
FERGFerguson	18.9×
WCCWESCO International	n/m
WSOWatsco	n/m
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	n/m
CNMCore & Main	n/m
POOLPool	n/m
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	n/m
Peer median	28.3×

Where W.W. Grainger ranks

#47of 67Industrial stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.