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W.W. Grainger (MIC:GWW-RM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 29, 2025)


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What is W.W. Grainger Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

Note: If the price history is too short, we do not calculate current Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for this stock. All the historical data is shown as the company's primary share's data instead.

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W.W. Grainger Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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W.W. Grainger Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

W.W. Grainger Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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W.W. Grainger Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 52.43 44.97 50.12 50.67 44.81

Competitive Comparison of W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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W.W. Grainger Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

W.W. Grainger's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, W.W. Grainger's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=9.795/134.9266*134.9266
=9.795

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

W.W. Grainger Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.878 100.684 2.517
201509 3.877 100.392 5.211
201512 2.636 99.792 3.564
201603 1.574 100.470 2.114
201606 1.866 101.688 2.476
201609 3.509 101.861 4.648
201612 4.213 101.863 5.581
201703 1.614 102.862 2.117
201706 2.120 103.349 2.768
201709 4.210 104.136 5.455
201712 4.303 104.011 5.582
201803 1.409 105.290 1.806
201806 2.936 106.317 3.726
201809 4.255 106.507 5.390
201812 3.814 105.998 4.855
201903 1.061 107.251 1.335
201906 4.409 108.070 5.505
201909 4.406 108.329 5.488
201912 3.567 108.420 4.439
202003 3.263 108.902 4.043
202006 3.125 108.767 3.877
202009 3.969 109.815 4.877
202012 4.479 109.897 5.499
202103 3.529 111.754 4.261
202106 3.083 114.631 3.629
202109 1.811 115.734 2.111
202112 2.658 117.630 3.049
202203 5.052 121.301 5.619
202206 2.655 125.017 2.865
202209 6.621 125.227 7.134
202212 5.821 125.222 6.272
202303 6.584 127.348 6.976
202306 6.514 128.729 6.828
202309 7.444 129.860 7.734
202312 8.837 129.419 9.213
202403 10.094 131.776 10.335
202406 6.326 132.554 6.439
202409 9.578 133.029 9.715
202412 3.300 133.157 3.344
202503 9.795 134.927 9.795

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


W.W. Grainger  (MIC:GWW-RM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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W.W. Grainger Business Description

Address
100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest, IL, USA, 60045-5201
Founded in 1927, W.W. Grainger originally distributed various motors via a mail-order catalogue. Over the course of the 20th century, the firm expanded into new industrial product categories and launched its first digital catalogue in 1995. Today, the company organizes itself into two segments focused on different customer bases. Its larger segment, high-touch solutions, offers a vast array of maintenance, repair, and operations, or MRO, supplies and bespoke inventory management services to larger businesses. Its smaller segment, endless assortment, operates two online platforms, Zoro and MonotaRO, that offer comprehensive catalogues of MRO supplies to smaller businesses. Grainger has operations throughout the world but primarily generates sales within the US.

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