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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-24-000169"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:43:37.209579+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q3 EPS $9.87, sales $4.4B up 4.3%; narrows 2024 EPS guidance to $38.65-$39.35

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $9.87, up 4.7% YoY; sales $4.4B, up 4.3% (4.0% daily organic constant currency).
- Operating margin 15.6%, down 30bps; gross margin 39.2%, down 10bps.
- High-Touch Solutions N.A. sales up 3.3%; Endless Assortment sales up 8.1% (11.5% daily constant currency).
- Generated $611M operating cash flow; returned $328M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- 2024 guidance narrowed: daily organic sales growth 4.5%-5.25%, adjusted EPS $38.65-$39.35.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-24-000169
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000169/0000277135-24-000169-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713524000169/gww-20241031.htm

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