W.W. Grainger, Inc.
GWWIndustrial DistributionClosed
1446.20+0.4%Up to 1000x leverageTrade GWW
What it reported
Reported 6 days ago, on 2026-11-04.
Forecast against the result
| Forecast | Reported | Surprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5.1B | 5.2B+11.3% year on year | +2.0% |
| Earnings per share | 11.68 | 12.54+22.8% year on year | +7.4% |
Year on year compares the same quarter a year earlier (2025-10-31), not the quarter before.
GWW trades at up to 1000x here. At 1000x, a 0.10% move against you wipes out the whole margin. This ignores fees, funding and maintenance margin, all of which bring liquidation forward. Your actual liquidation price is the one shown on the order page.
You can hold through the announcement here
GWW is quoted here 24 hours a day and does not stop when the US market closes. On a US exchange the same news only shows up as a gap at the next open.
Track record
Next report expected 2027-02-02. Reports quarterly.
Beat estimates 5 of the last 8 quarters. The typical gap is +0.30 per share.
How much it actually moves
±6.0%
Median move across the two sessions around the report, over its last 8 results. On an ordinary two-day stretch it moves 1.1%.
2026-11-04+4.09%
2025-01-31Move over the two sessions around each report2026-11-04
Beat or miss, then up or down
| Rose | Fell | |
|---|---|---|
| Beat | 4 | 1 |
| Missed | 1 | 2 |
Counted across 8 results. This is what happened, not what will.
Reported results
| Reported | EPS forecast | EPS actual | Surprise | Revenue surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | 11.68 | 12.54 | +7.4% | +2.0% |
| 2026-08-04 | 11.3 | 12.01 | +6.3% | +1.3% |
| 2026-05-07 | 10.21 | 11.65 | +14.1% | +3.6% |
| 2026-02-03 | 9.46 | 9.44 | -0.2% | +0.6% |
| 2025-10-31 | 9.98 | 10.21 | +2.3% | +0.3% |
| 2025-08-01 | 10.07 | 9.97 | -1.0% | +0.6% |
| 2025-05-01 | 9.48 | 9.86 | +4.0% | -0.3% |
| 2025-01-31 | 9.74 | 9.71 | -0.3% | -0.2% |
| 2024-10-31 | 9.97 | 9.87 | -1.0% | -0.3% |
| 2024-08-01 | 9.58 | 9.76 | +1.9% | -0.9% |
| 2024-04-25 | 9.62 | 9.62 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 2024-02-02 | 8.05 | 8.33 | +3.5% | -1.0% |
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QXO EPS history for GWW runs from 1985-09-30 to 2026-11-04, 136 reports.Reaction history covers its last 8 results, which is as deep as our daily price baseline reaches.