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Is W.W. Grainger Fairly Priced?

W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) is a large cap stock with a market capitalization of $10.1 billion. The company is a distributor of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) supplies and other related products and services.

GWW is located to the industrial equipment wholesale industry. The biggest competitors are Fastenal (NYSE: FAST), HD Supply Holdings (NYSE: HDS) and MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE: MSM).

Over the past year, the GWW stock is down 26.41%, which is a clear underperformance compared to the S&P 500 and Dow Jones. Each of the larger indices gained during the same period over 10%.



Is it now a good time to buy, not to buy, wait or sell the stock? In this article, I will check the financials and valuation figures of the company and give a clear statement.

I developed a simple system to diagnose the financial health of a company. It looks at the following six key metrics...