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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-25-000145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:09:59.914138+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q3 adjusted EPS $10.21 (+3.4%), narrows FY guidance to $39-$39.75

## Summary
- Sales $4.7B (+6.1%), daily constant currency +5.4%.
- Reported EPS $6.12 (-38%) on $196M non-cash loss from planned Cromwell exit; adjusted EPS $10.21 (+3.4%).
- Adjusted operating margin 15.2% (down 40 bps) as tariff costs weighed on High-Touch Solutions.
- FY 2025 adjusted EPS guidance narrowed to $39.00-$39.75 from $38.50-$40.25; sales guidance lowered to $17.8-$18.0B.
- Operating cash flow $597M; $399M returned via dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-25-000145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713525000145/0000277135-25-000145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713525000145/gww-20251031.htm

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