
Some companies can raise prices, watch customers walk, and still make more money. These five boring businesses in trash, chemicals, and payroll have the numbers to prove it works.
W. W. Grainger, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 industrial supply company founded in 1927 in Chicago by William W. (Bill) Grainger.
| Revenue (TTM) | $18.84B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $7.42B |
| EBITDA | $3.22B |
| Operating Margin | 16.10% |
| Return on Equity | 46.10% |
| Return on Assets | 19.90% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $396.74 |
| Book Value | $87.71 |
| Price-to-Book | 14.49 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 3.33 |
| EV/Revenue | 3.293 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.53 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 20.50% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 10.30% |
| Shares Outstanding | $47.10M |
| Float | $43.10M |
| % Insiders | 6.28% |
| % Institutions | 76.89% |
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