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...
