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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:57:00.659131+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q4 sales $3.4B +14.2%, EPS $5.44 vs $3.12; issues 2022 guidance above consensus

## Summary
- Q4 sales $3.4B (+14.2% reported, +16.9% daily constant currency); gross margin 37.3% +240 bps.
- Reported EPS $5.44 (+74% YoY); adjusted EPS also $5.44; full year reported EPS $19.84 (+55%).
- 2022 guidance: sales $14.1-14.5B, EPS $23.50-$25.50, operating margin 12.5-13.1%.
- Q4 operating cash flow $213M (-37% YoY) due to inventory build; full year $937M (-17%).
- High-Touch N.A. sales +16.3% daily constant currency; Endless Assortment +20.6% daily constant currency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713522000003/0000277135-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713522000003/gww-20220203.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000277135-22-000003.txt

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