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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-25-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:19:02.947026+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q1 2025 EPS $9.86 (+2.5%), sales $4.3B; dividend raised 10%

## Summary
- Sales $4.3B, up 1.7% (4.4% daily constant currency); operating margin 15.6%, down 20 bps.
- Diluted EPS $9.86 vs $9.62 YoY; net earnings $479M; gross margin expanded 30 bps to 39.7%.
- Operating cash flow $646M; free cash flow $521M; returned $380M via dividends and buybacks.
- Quarterly dividend increased 10%; company reaffirms FY2025 EPS guidance of $39.00-$41.50.
- High-Touch Solutions N.A. sales flat; Endless Assortment segment sales up 10.3%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-25-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- 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/277135/000027713525000065/0000277135-25-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713525000065/gww-20250501.htm

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