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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:54:59.434528+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q4 EPS $9.71, sales $4.2B; issues 2025 guidance EPS $39.00-$41.50

## Summary
- Q4 sales $4.2B (+5.9% reported, +4.7% organic constant currency); diluted EPS $9.71 (+23.1% reported).
- FY 2024 sales $17.2B (+4.2%); diluted EPS $38.71 (+6.8% reported); adjusted EPS $38.96 (+6.2%).
- Reported operating margin 15.0% (up 110 bps Q4); FY adjusted operating margin 15.5% (down 20 bps).
- 2025 guidance: net sales $17.6-18.1B, EPS $39.00-$41.50, operating margin 15.1%-15.5%.
- Generated $2.1B operating cash flow in FY 2024; returned $1.6B via dividends and share repurchases.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+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/277135/000027713525000004/0000277135-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713525000004/gww-20250131.htm

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