W.W. Grainger price to free cash flow GWW

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 42.1×
10-year median: 25.5×
Against its 10-year history: 97th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 12.5× to 47.8×
Peer median: 25.3×

W.W. Grainger's price to free cash flow is 42.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 25.5×, higher than on 97% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.5× in Aug 2017 to 47.8× in Jul 2026.

The median for 8 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 25.3×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 25.5×

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	42.1×	37.1×	47.8×
2025	39.5×	26.7×	39.6×
2024	27.7×	24.7×	34.0×
2023	28.9×	24.7×	37.2×
2022	30.6×	29.5×	42.7×
2021	32.6×	21.1×	32.6×
2020	25.8×	14.0×	26.3×
2019	21.4×	16.7×	21.5×
2018	18.4×	16.6×	23.6×
2017	17.0×	12.5×	25.9×
2016	23.4×	18.6×	24.2×
2015	20.1×	18.9×	31.9×
2014	32.2×	22.0×	32.3×
2013	24.0×	23.4×	29.9×
2012	25.8×	24.1×	32.6×
2011	26.9×	10.2×	27.2×
2010	10.8×	8.0×	10.8×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
GWWW.W. Grainger	42.1×
FASTFastenal	51.5×
FERGFerguson	n/m
WCCWESCO International	99.9×
WSOWatsco	19.1×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	25.3×
CNMCore & Main	12.7×
POOLPool	24.0×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	28.9×
Peer median	25.3×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.