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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-25-000126"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T21:58:34.780270+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q2 EPS $9.97 (+2.2% adj); lowers FY EPS guidance to $38.50-$40.25

## Summary
- Q2 sales $4.6B (+5.6%); gross margin 38.5% (-80 bps) due to tariff-related price/cost timing.
- High-Touch Sol.-NA segment sales +2.5%; Endless Assortment sales +19.7% led by MonotaRO & Zoro.
- Updated FY 2025 EPS guidance $38.50-$40.25 (prev. $39.00-$41.50); operating margin now 14.7%-15.1%.
- Operating cash flow $377M; returned $336M to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- Management cites macroeconomic uncertainty and tariff impacts as influencing updated outlook.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-25-000126
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/277135/000027713525000126/0000277135-25-000126-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713525000126/gww-20250801.htm

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