---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-24-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:24:04.057415+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q1 EPS $9.62 (+0.1%), sales $4.2B (+3.5%), reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Sales $4.2B up 3.5% (4.9% daily organic constant currency) vs Q1 2023.
- Diluted EPS $9.62 up $0.01 YoY; operating margin 15.8% down 80 bps.
- Operating cash flow $661M; returned $360M via dividends and buybacks.
- Reaffirmed FY 2024 guidance: EPS $38.00-$40.50, sales $17.2-$17.7B.
- Dividend increased 10%; share repurchase authorization refreshed for up to 5M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-24-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000057/0000277135-24-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000057/gww-20240425.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  W.W. GRAINGER, INC. reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $4.2 billion, EPS $9.62. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $4.2 billion
  - EPS: $9.62
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER 2024 Strategic focus driving business forward; Company reaffirms full year 2024 guidance ranges First Quarter Highlights • Delivered sales of $4.2 billion, up 3.5%, or 4.9% on a daily, organic constant currency basis • Achieved operating margin of 15.8%, down 80 basis points • Increased diluted EPS by $0.01 to $9.62 • Generated
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000057/0000277135-24-000057-index.htm

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