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GWW (W.W. Grainger) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.94 (As of Dec. 13, 2024)


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What is W.W. Grainger 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

W.W. Grainger's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.94.


The historical rank and industry rank for W.W. Grainger's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

GWW' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.88   Med: 2.29   Max: 4.19
Current: 0.94


During the past 13 years, W.W. Grainger's highest Yield on Cost was 4.19. The lowest was 0.88. And the median was 2.29.


GWW's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
92.38% of 105 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 3.48 vs GWW: 0.94

Competitive Comparison of W.W. Grainger's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, W.W. Grainger's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % 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 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, W.W. Grainger's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where W.W. Grainger's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



W.W. Grainger 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of W.W. Grainger is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

W.W. Grainger  (NYSE:GWW) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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W.W. Grainger Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 Grainger Parkway, Lake Forest, IL, USA, 60045-5201
W.W. Grainger distributes maintenance, repair, and operations products that are sourced from over 5,000 suppliers. The company serves more than 4.5 million customers through its online and electronic purchasing platforms, vending machines, catalog distribution, and network of over 300 global branches.
Executives
Laurie R Thomson officer: VP, Controller 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Berardinelli Krantz Nancy L officer: Sr. VP & CLO 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Paige K Robbins officer: Sr. VP (see Remarks) 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Deidra C Merriwether officer: Sr. VP (See Remarks) 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Donald G Macpherson director, officer: Chairman and CEO 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Matt Fortin officer: SVP & Chief HR Officer 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
George S Davis director 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Stuart L Levenick director 100 NE ADAMS STREET, PEORIA IL 61629
Neil S Novich director RYERSON LTULL INC, 2621 W 15TH PLACE, CHICAGO IL 60603
Katherine D. Jaspon director 130 ROYALL STREET, C/O DUNKIN' BRANDS, INC., CANTON MA 02021
Rodney C Adkins director 55 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Susan Slavik Williams director 4450 MACARTHUR BLVD., SECOND FLOOR, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Lucas E Watson director 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Ernest Scott Santi director ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., 155 HARLEM AVE., GLENVIEW IL 60025
Beatriz R Perez director ONE COCA-COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA 30313