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The cash flow of W.W. Grainger, Inc. over the past 10 years

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In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, W.W. Grainger, Inc.'s operating cash flow was $2.02B and its capital expenditures $684M, leaving free cash flow of $1.33B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $682M in fiscal 2021 to $1.59B in fiscal 2023. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2025, at $684M.

Year by year

Fiscal yearOperating cash flowCapital expendituresFree cash flow*
2025ended Dec 31, 2025$2.02B$684M$1.33B
2024ended Dec 31, 2024$2.11B$541M$1.57B
2023ended Dec 31, 2023$2.03B$445M$1.59B
2022ended Dec 31, 2022$1.33B$256M$1.08B
2021ended Dec 31, 2021$937M$255M$682M
2020ended Dec 31, 2020$1.12B$197M$926M
2019ended Dec 31, 2019$1.04B$221M$821M
2018ended Dec 31, 2018$1.06B$239M$818M
2017ended Dec 31, 2017$1.06B$237M$820M
2016ended Dec 31, 2016$1.02B$284M$740M

Fiscal years as W.W. Grainger, Inc. reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.

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