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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000277135-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWW"
cik: "0000277135"
company_name: "W.W. GRAINGER, INC."
filed_at: "2026-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T05:26:58.951520+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Grainger Q4 sales up 4.5% to $4.4B; EPS down 2.8%; issues 2026 growth outlook 6.5-9%

## Summary
- Q4 2025 sales $4.4B, +4.5% YoY; daily organic constant currency sales +4.6%.
- Q4 diluted EPS $9.44 (-2.8%); operating margin 14.3%, down 70 bps.
- FY 2025 sales $17.9B (+4.5%); reported EPS $35.40 (-8.6%), adjusted EPS $39.48 (+1.3%).
- Operating cash flow $2.0B; $1.5B returned via dividends and share repurchases.
- 2026 outlook: daily organic constant currency sales growth of 6.5% to 9.0%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000277135-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWW
- cik: 0000277135
- company_name: W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-02-03T23:59:59+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/277135/000027713526000004/0000277135-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/277135/000027713526000004/gww-20260203.htm

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