GWW · CIK 0000277135 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
W.W. GRAINGER, INC.
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Model
Z″
FY2025
10.66
Zone
Safe
Prior
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Market DD
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1y PD
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10.66
Classic Z 6.16
Z″ 10.66 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.
Z″ factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.
0.406.56 × = 2.59X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
1.673.26 × = 5.44X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
0.286.72 × = 1.87X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names are not punished for turnover.
0.711.05 × = 0.75
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings rather than invent a series.
Overview
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W.W. GRAINGER, INC. is on Z″ at 10.66 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ drops sales/assets so asset-light names are not punished for turnover. X4 is book equity on every name.
Book screen Safe; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Z″ scores · 98th percentile in Consumer.
- AHMASafeAMBITIONS ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT CO. L.L.C10.88
- RAVESafeRAVE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.11.55
- RELLSafeRICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.9.76
- YDDLSafeOne & one Green Technologies. INC9.75
- DDSSafeDILLARD'S, INC.9.73
- PEWSafeGrabAGun Digital Holdings Inc.9.63
- JCTCSafeJEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD11.69
- SPRSSafeSURGE COMPONENTS INC9.60
KPI widgets
Current assets
$5.5B
Total assets
$9.0B
Current liabilities
$1.9B
Total liabilities
$5.2B
Working capital
$3.5B
Retained earnings
$15.0B
EBIT
$2.5B
Total sales
$17.9B
Book equity
$3.7B
Accession 0000277135-26-000011. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 12 Sept 2026.