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W.W. Grainger price to book ratio GWW

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2009.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
15.4×
10-year median
12.0×
Against its 10-year history
94th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
5.3× to 16.8×
Peer median
4.5×

W.W. Grainger's price to book ratio is 15.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 12.0×, higher than on 94% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.3× in Aug 2017 to 16.8× in Oct 2024.

The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 4.5×.

Price to book ratio over time

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

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far15.4×13.2×16.8×
202513.7×12.3×15.6×
202414.9×13.2×16.8×
202313.3×11.4×14.8×
202212.2×10.9×14.3×
202114.6×9.2×14.6×
202010.3×6.2×10.7×
20199.7×7.3×9.7×
20188.2×7.4×10.8×
20177.6×5.3×8.2×
20166.8×5.0×7.0×
20155.4×4.5×5.6×
20145.2×4.7×5.6×
20135.4×5.0×5.9×
20124.8×4.6×5.9×
20115.1×3.7×5.2×
20104.6×3.1×4.6×
20093.1×3.0×3.2×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPrice to book ratio
GWWW.W. Grainger15.4×
FASTFastenal14.6×
FERGFergusonn/m
WCCWESCO International3.0×
WSOWatsco4.4×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies6.2×
CNMCore & Main3.9×
POOLPool5.7×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct4.5×
Peer median4.5×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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