W.W. Grainger, Inc. (GWW) Spending and interest coverage
- R&D / revenue · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months: Value 0.36%; Formula and calculation Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30..
- Interest coverage · 12 months: Value (m); Formula and calculation Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified..
Spending and interest coverage
Overview →Financial period ending 2026-06-30; current quote (m). Amounts retain their stated periods and units.
| Metric | Value | Formula and calculation |
|---|---|---|
| R&D / revenue · 12 months | (m) | Research and development expense / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue · 12 months | 0.36% | Share-based compensation / revenue. Period ending 2026-06-30. $68.00M ÷ $18.84B × 100 ≈ 0.36% |
| Interest coverage · 12 months | (m) | Estimated: average term debt × dated USD coupon proxy + average commercial paper × matching-currency disclosed rate at or before period end. Swaps, foreign-exchange, lease interest and amortization are not quantified. Calculation unavailable: missing inputs remain (m). |
Calculation inputs
| Input | Amount with unit | Raw financial data |
|---|---|---|
| Research and development spending | (m) | |
| Revenue | 18.84B USD | Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax |
| Stock-based compensation | 68.00M USD | Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense |
| Operating income | 2.75B USD | Operating Income (Loss) |
| Interest expense · reported / estimated | (m) | Interest Expense · Estimated expense assumptions |
Latest interest expense basis: (m). Estimated values carry *; expand each history row’s basis for its dated balances and rate assumptions.
Calculated history
Changes compare with the next older row (previous quarter), unless explicitly labeled otherwise. Rolling 12-month growth compares two successive quarter-end rolling totals; it is not year-over-year growth.
| Period ending | Research and development spending (USD) | Revenue (USD) | Stock-based compensation (USD) | Operating income (USD) | Interest expense · reported / estimated (USD) | R&D / revenue | SBC / revenue | Interest coverage | Interest expense basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | (m) | $18.84B | $68.00M | $2.75B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2026-03-31 | (m) | $18.38B | $66.00M | $2.62B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-12-31 | (m) | $17.94B | $64.00M | $2.50B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-09-30 | (m) | $17.75B | $63.00M | $2.49B | (m) | (m) | 0.35% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-06-30 | (m) | $17.48B | $63.00M | $2.67B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2025-03-31 | (m) | $17.24B | $63.00M | $2.64B | (m) | (m) | 0.37% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-12-31 | (m) | $17.17B | $62.00M | $2.64B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-09-30 | (m) | $16.93B | $61.00M | $2.56B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-06-30 | (m) | $16.75B | $65.00M | $2.54B | (m) | (m) | 0.39% | (m) | (m) |
| 2024-03-31 | (m) | $16.62B | $61.00M | $2.55B | (m) | (m) | 0.37% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-12-31 | (m) | $16.48B | $62.00M | $2.56B | (m) | (m) | 0.38% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-09-30 | (m) | $16.28B | $59.00M | $2.55B | (m) | (m) | 0.36% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-06-30 | (m) | $16.02B | $52.00M | $2.49B | (m) | (m) | 0.32% | (m) | (m) |
| 2023-03-31 | (m) | $15.67B | $51.00M | $2.36B | (m) | (m) | 0.33% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-12-31 | (m) | $15.23B | $48.00M | $2.21B | (m) | (m) | 0.32% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-09-30 | (m) | $14.79B | $47.00M | $2.09B | (m) | (m) | 0.32% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-06-30 | (m) | $14.21B | $44.00M | $1.92B | (m) | (m) | 0.31% | (m) | (m) |
| 2022-03-31 | (m) | $13.59B | $43.00M | $1.72B | (m) | (m) | 0.32% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-12-31 | (m) | $13.02B | $42.00M | $1.55B | (m) | (m) | 0.32% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-09-30 | (m) | $12.60B | $43.00M | $1.41B | (m) | (m) | 0.34% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-06-30 | (m) | $12.25B | $45.00M | $1.35B | (m) | (m) | 0.37% | (m) | (m) |
| 2021-03-31 | (m) | $11.88B | $45.00M | $1.22B | (m) | (m) | 0.38% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-12-31 | (m) | $11.80B | $46.00M | $1.02B | (m) | (m) | 0.39% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-09-30 | (m) | $11.70B | $44.00M | $925.00M | (m) | (m) | 0.38% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-06-30 | (m) | $11.63B | $43.00M | $883.00M | (m) | (m) | 0.37% | (m) | (m) |
| 2020-03-31 | (m) | $11.69B | $44.00M | $1.06B | (m) | (m) | 0.38% | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-12-31 | (m) | $11.49B | $40.00M | $1.26B | (m) | (m) | 0.35% | (m) | (m) |
| 2019-09-30 | (m) | $11.40B | $43.00M | $1.37B | $82.00M | (m) | 0.38% | 16.72× | Reported |
| 2019-06-30 | (m) | $11.29B | $42.00M | $1.22B | $83.00M | (m) | 0.37% | 14.72× | Reported |
| 2019-03-31 | (m) | $11.25B | $40.00M | $1.19B | $84.00M | (m) | 0.36% | 14.12× | Reported |
| 2018-12-31 | (m) | $11.22B | $47.00M | $1.16B | $88.00M | (m) | 0.42% | 13.16× | Reported |
| 2018-09-30 | (m) | $11.09B | $41.75M | $1.12B | $85.43M | (m) | 0.38% | 13.08× | Reported |
| 2018-06-30 | (m) | $10.90B | $40.46M | $1.21B | $86.87M | (m) | 0.37% | 13.88× | Reported |
| 2018-03-31 | (m) | $10.65B | $37.56M | $1.09B | $86.41M | (m) | 0.35% | 12.63× | Reported |
| 2017-12-31 | (m) | $10.42B | $32.66M | $1.05B | $80.46M | (m) | 0.31% | 13.03× | Reported |
| 2017-09-30 | (m) | $10.26B | $35.34M | $982.95M | $76.42M | (m) | 0.34% | 12.86× | Reported |
| 2017-06-30 | (m) | $10.22B | $34.63M | $1.02B | $72.69M | (m) | 0.34% | 14.09× | Reported |
| 2017-03-31 | (m) | $10.17B | $35.04M | $1.10B | $69.59M | (m) | 0.34% | 15.78× | Reported |
| 2016-12-31 | (m) | $10.14B | $35.73M | $1.12B | $66.33M | (m) | 0.35% | 16.88× | Reported |
| 2016-09-30 | (m) | $10.14B | $38.78M | $1.20B | $62.41M | (m) | 0.38% | 19.18× | Reported |
| 2016-06-30 | (m) | $10.08B | $40.95M | $1.22B | $58.28M | (m) | 0.41% | 20.85× | Reported |
| 2016-03-31 | (m) | $10.04B | $45.16M | $1.27B | $45.66M | (m) | 0.45% | 27.73× | Reported |
| 2015-12-31 | (m) | $9.97B | $46.86M | $1.30B | $33.57M | (m) | 0.47% | 38.73× | Reported |
| 2015-09-30 | (m) | $10.01B | $45.80M | $1.32B | $21.82M | (m) | 0.46% | 60.29× | Reported |
| 2015-06-30 | (m) | $10.04B | $47.09M | $1.36B | $10.29M | (m) | 0.47% | 132.14× | Reported |
| 2015-03-31 | (m) | $10.02B | $46.93M | $1.34B | $8.87M | (m) | 0.47% | 151.59× | Reported |
| 2014-12-31 | (m) | $9.96B | $49.03M | $1.35B | $10.09M | (m) | 0.49% | 133.47× | Reported |
| 2014-09-30 | (m) | $9.83B | $50.42M | $1.34B | $11.12M | (m) | 0.51% | 120.27× | Reported |
| 2014-06-30 | (m) | $9.67B | $53.21M | $1.30B | $12.48M | (m) | 0.55% | 104.07× | Reported |
| 2014-03-31 | (m) | $9.54B | $55.30M | $1.31B | $12.92M | (m) | 0.58% | 101.21× | Reported |
| 2013-12-31 | (m) | $9.44B | $55.59M | $1.30B | $13.22M | (m) | 0.59% | 98.06× | Reported |
| 2013-09-30 | (m) | $9.29B | $56.71M | $1.30B | $15.46M | (m) | 0.61% | 83.98× | Reported |
| 2013-06-30 | (m) | $9.17B | $56.30M | $1.21B | $16.48M | (m) | 0.61% | 73.20× | Reported |
| 2013-03-31 | (m) | $9.04B | $55.60M | $1.17B | $16.19M | (m) | 0.62% | 72.28× | Reported |
| 2012-12-31 | (m) | $8.95B | $55.50M | $1.13B | $16.08M | (m) | 0.62% | 70.35× | Reported |
| 2012-09-30 | (m) | $8.80B | $55.30M | $1.09B | $13.37M | (m) | 0.63% | 81.83× | Reported |
| 2012-06-30 | (m) | $8.63B | $55.18M | $1.14B | $11.20M | (m) | 0.64% | 102.04× | Reported |
| 2012-03-31 | (m) | $8.39B | $54.58M | $1.09B | $10.27M | (m) | 0.65% | 106.54× | Reported |
| 2011-12-31 | (m) | $8.08B | $54.02M | $1.05B | $9.09M | (m) | 0.67% | 115.77× | Reported |
| 2011-09-30 | (m) | $7.83B | $53.17M | $1.04B | $8.42M | (m) | 0.68% | 123.79× | Reported |
| 2011-06-30 | (m) | $7.61B | $53.24M | $990.57M | $7.79M | (m) | 0.70% | 127.08× | Reported |
| 2011-03-31 | (m) | $7.39B | $51.55M | $940.20M | $8.04M | (m) | 0.70% | 117.01× | Reported |
| 2010-12-31 | (m) | $7.18B | $49.80M | $860.48M | $8.19M | (m) | 0.69% | 105.10× | Reported |
| 2010-09-30 | (m) | $6.99B | $44.20M | $814.43M | $8.24M | (m) | 0.63% | 98.89× | Reported |
| 2010-06-30 | (m) | $6.68B | $41.53M | $749.88M | $8.48M | (m) | 0.62% | 88.43× | Reported |
| 2010-03-31 | (m) | $6.43B | $40.03M | $688.89M | $8.58M | (m) | 0.62% | 80.31× | Reported |
| 2009-12-31 | (m) | $6.22B | $40.41M | $665.22M | $8.77M | (m) | 0.65% | 75.89× | Reported |
| 2009-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2009-03-31 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-12-31 | (m) | $6.85B | $45.95M | $782.67M | $14.48M | (m) | 0.67% | 54.03× | Reported |
| 2008-09-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2008-06-30 | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |
| 2007-12-31 | (m) | $6.42B | $35.55M | $670.65M | $2.97M | (m) | 0.55% | 225.51× | Reported |
(m) means missing inputs. Historical market-based ratios use the saved close on or immediately before period ending and that period’s reported shares; current quotes are not substituted. Five-year projections repeat historical CAGR, not analyst forecasts.