Share buybacks · 2011–2025
W.W. Grainger share buybacks
$1.0B−13.0% · FY2025
W.W. Grainger (GWW) reported $1.0B in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, −13.0% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $1.0B | −13.0% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $1.2B | +41.3% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $850M | +41.0% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $603M | −13.2% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $695M | +15.6% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $601M | −14.1% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $700M | +64.7% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $425M | −29.8% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $605M | −23.4% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $790M | −43.6% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $1.4B | +166.6% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $525M | +19.8% | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $438M | +28.8% | Open → |
| FY20122012-12-31 | $341M | +125.4% | Open → |
| FY20112011-12-31 | $151M | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +14.8%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). W.W. Grainger share buybacks. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/ww-grainger/share-buybacksBibTeX
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note = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000277135-26-000011 · February 19, 2026
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