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accession: "0000277135-21-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T16:21:03.384429+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q3 2021 sales $3.4B, EPS $5.65, beat expectations; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Sales $3.37B, +11.7% YoY (+11.9% organic daily constant currency).
- Operating earnings $438M (+17.4%); gross margin 37.1%, +145 bps YoY.
- Diluted EPS $5.65, +25% adjusted YoY; returned $327M via dividends and buybacks.
- High-Touch N.A. daily sales +12.0%, Endless Assortment +12.7%.
- FY 2021 guidance reaffirmed: revenue $12.7-13.0B, EPS $19.00-20.50.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-21-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713521000022/0000277135-21-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713521000022/gww-20211029.htm

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