W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Overview

Date Founded

1927

Headquarters

100 Grainger Pkwy, Lake Forest, Illinois, 600455202, USA

Type of Company

Public

Employees (Worldwide)

24.6K

Industries

Wholesale: Industrial Products & Manufacturing
Consumer Services
Industrial Machinery & Manufacturing
Hotels, Resorts, and Cruiselines
Hospitals & Patient Services

Company Description

Grainger helps customers save time and money by providing them the right products to keep their facilities up and running. Grainger's customers are 2.0 million businesses and institutions in 157 countries. While each customer has a unique facility to operate and a different problem to solve, our customers all share the same requirement: when they need one of Grainger's products, they often need it right away. With more than 21,446 team members, the Grainger team works closely with customers to better understand their challenges and provide cost-saving solutions. Grainger's team members serve customers around 96,000 times every day through multiple channels. With 2011 sales at $8.1 billion, Grainger is a Fortune 500 company and a perennial member of Fortune magazine's Most Admired Companies list

Website

http://www.grainger.com

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In The News

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November 8, 2019

John L. Howard sold $1.19M worth of shares in W.W. Grainger, Inc. in October 2019

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November 2, 2019

W.W. Grainger Assigned Patent for Method for Providing User Interface

PR Newswire

October 30, 2019

Grainger Declares Quarterly Dividend

SEC

October 23, 2019

W.W. Grainger, Inc. filed form 10-Q

PR Newswire

October 23, 2019

Grainger Reports Results For The 2019 Third Quarter; Sales performance and strong expense management lead to share gain and operating earnings growth despite slower macroeconomic environment

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Executives & Employees

D. G. Macpherson

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Thomas B. Okray

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

John L. Howard

Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Eric R. Tapia

Chief Accounting Officer, Vice President & Controller

Paige K. Robbins

Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer

Kathleen S. Carroll

Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer

Joe Micucci

Senior Director, External Affairs

Deidra Cheeks Merriwether

Senior Vice President

Henry Lees-Buckley

Vice President-Specialty Brand Companies & Mergers

Valerie Berglind

Owner

Board of Directors

D. G. Macpherson

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Scott Santi

Chief Executive Officer at Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

Brian P. Anderson

Associate Program Director at The Demand Institute

Stuart. L Levenick

Former General Manager, Commonwealth of Independent States at Caterpillar, Inc.

Beatriz Perez

Chief Public Affairs & Communications Officer, Senior Vice President at The Coca-Cola Company

Michael J. Roberts

Former President & Chief Operating Officer at McDonald's Corp.

Neil S. Novich

Member-Dean Counsel at The University of Chicago

V. Ann Hailey

Former Chief Financial Officer at Gilt Groupe, Inc.

James D. Slavik

Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Mark IV Capital, Inc.

Lucas E. Watson

Chief Marketing Officer & General Manager at GM Cruise LLC

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Owners & Shareholders

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Longview Partners LLP

Longview Partners is a specialist asset management company focused entirely on the management of Global Equity portfolios. They are an active manager which utilizes a bottom-up, evidence-based process to seek investment opportunities based on fundamental research. The primary focus of the firm's investment process is to invest in high quality companies with strong business fundamentals and attractive cash-based valuations. Longview Partners uses its own in-house models to conduct this analysis. Longview Partners focus on three criteria for security selection: Quality, Business Fundamentals and Valuation. They also have a strict sell-discipline which is consistently adhered to. It is these bottom-up buy and sell decisions that drive portfolio construction.

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ClearBridge Investments LLC

ClearBridge Investments offers strong leadership, seasoned Portfolio Managers, and a well-resourced, centralized investment infrastructure operating from offices in New York and San Francisco. We benefit from the formidable strength of the Legg Mason organization, while continuing to operate with investment independence — maintaining our own investment strategies, philosophies and investment decision-making authority. ClearBridge currently has over 158 employees, including more than 54 investment professionals.

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Mackenzie Financial Corp.

MFC uses different methods of analysis depending on the account's mandate including fundamental analysis, technical analysis, cyclical investing and charting. They offer a wide range of investment strategies including Canadian and global growth and value strategies across all market-caps, a Canadian Bond strategy, a North American large-cap growth strategy, Canadian balanced large-cap, large-cap growth and all-cap value strategies, and Canadian and global resources strategies. The majority of their US and non-North American equity investments are run by outside money managers.

Recent Transactions

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TestEquity LLC, LKCM Capital Group LLC purchase Techni-Tool, Inc. from W.W. Grainger, Inc.

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W.W. Grainger, Inc. purchases Cromwell Group (Holdings) Ltd. from Gregory Family Office Ltd.

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W.W. Grainger, Inc., Acklands - Grainger, Inc. purchase WFS Ltd.

Insider Transactions

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Paige K. Robbins

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John L. Howard

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Eric R. Tapia

Transaction Advisors

Accountant

Grant Thornton LLP

Advised onW.W. Grainger, Inc., GHC Specialty Brands LLC purchase AW Direct, Inc.

Legal Advisor

Mayer Brown LLP

Advised onW.W. Grainger, Inc. purchases Asia Pacific Brands India Pvt Ltd.

Legal Advisor

DLA Piper

Advised onW.W. Grainger, Inc. purchases FABORY International BV

Director

Alex Murrill

Advised onTestEquity LLC, LKCM Capital Group LLC purchase Techni-Tool, Inc. from W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Partner

Andrea Rose

Advised onW.W. Grainger, Inc. purchases FABORY International BV

Partner

Andrew Brimmer

Advised onW.W. Grainger, Inc. purchases FABORY International BV

Advisors & Consultants

Legal Advisor

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP

Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP was founded in 1977, is a California-based law firm that provides legal services. The firm's broad areas of practice include real estate, land use, construction, real estate finance, business litigation, corporate and securities, intellectual property, environmental, taxation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights and employment and labor law.

Legal Advisor

Brian M. Schafer

Partner at Winston & Strawn LLP

Consultant

Barry J. Moze

Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer at Horizon Therapeutics Plc

Legal Advisor

David Raff

Partner at DLA Piper

Clients

Coupa Software, Inc.

Coupa Software, Inc. engages in providing business spend management (BSM) solutions. It offers cloud-based BSM platform that delivers a broad range of capabilities that would typically require the purchase and use of multiple disparate point applications. Its platform consists of procurement, invoicing, expense management and payments modules that form the transactional engine for managing a company's business spend. The company was founded by Noah Eisner and Dave Stephens in 2006 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

DIGITAL ALLY INC

Digital Ally, Inc. engages in designing and manufacturing of digital technology. It produces digital video imaging and storage products for use in law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, security, and commercial fleet industries. The firm's products include in-car digital video or audio recorder contained in a rear-view mirror for use in law enforcement and commercial fleets, a system that provides law enforcement customers with audio or video surveillance from multiple vantage points and automatic activation of body-worn cameras and in-car video systems; a miniature digital video system designed to be worn on an individual's body; and cloud storage solutions including cloud-based fleet management, and driver monitoring or training applications. The company was founded on December 13, 2000 and is headquartered in Lenexa, KS.

Key Stats and Financials As of 2019

Market Capitalization

$17.2B

Total Enterprise Value

$17.8B

Earnings Per Share

$13.73

Revenue

$137M

Total Debt

$2.22B

Total Equity

$2.09B

Enterprise Value Sales

1.59x

TEVNet Income

22.96x

Debt TEV

0.12x

Net Profit

$776M

EBITDAMargin

14.24%

Enterprise Value EBITDAOperating

11.15x

EBITDA

$1.6B

Three Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

4.01%

Five Year Compounded Annual Growth Rate Of Revenue

3.52%

Non-Profit Donations & Grants

$250 - $499

2017

Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly

$5,000 - $15K

2015

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

$10K - $20K

2015

Ravinia Festival Association

Suppliers

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RPM International, Inc. Private Equity & Venture Capital | Medina, Ohio

RPM International, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of coatings, sealants, building materials, and related services. It operates through the following business segments: Industrial, Consumer, and Specialty. The Industrial segment is the maintenance and protection products for roofing and waterproofing systems, flooring, passive fire protection, corrosion control, high-performance sealing and bonding solutions, infrastructure rehabilitation and repair, and other construction chemicals. The Consumer segment is comprised of rust-preventative, special purpose and decorative paints, caulks, sealants, primers, nail enamels, cement and wood care coatings, and other branded consumer products. The Specialty segment includes industrial cleansers, restoration services equipment, colorants, exterior finishes, edible coatings, and other specialty original equipment manufacturer coatings. The company was founded by Frank C. Sullivan in May 1947 and is headquartered in Medina, OH.

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Awards & Honors

Rank #285

2016

Fortune Magazine - Fortune 1000 Companies