| Ticker Symbol: | GWW |
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| Exchange: | NYSE |
| Contact Info: | 100 Grainger Parkway Lake Forest IL 60045-5201 847-535-1000 |
| CEO/President: | Richard L. Keyser |
| Industry: | Machinery - General Industrial / Standard Industry Code: 5000 |
| Description: | Grainger offers a breadth of MRO solutions by combining products, services, and information. The company tailors its capabilities toward the objective of providing the lowest total cost MRO solution to select customer groups. The Branch-based Distribution Businesses serve immediate and/or planned purchase MRO needs. The Digital Businesses offer a broad array of indirect materials and related information to meet the needs of businesses looking to reduce process costs through Internet-enabled solutions. |
| Shares Outstanding: | 76,240 (000) | Market Value: | 4,959,850 ($000) |
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| Percentage of Inst.Shareholders: | 72.69% | Number of Inst.Shareholders: | 17.00% |
| Last Quarter Sales: | 1839.47 ($Mil.) | Last Quarter Net Income: | 140.02 ($Mil.) |
| Last Quarter EPS: | 1.79 | P/E Ratio: | 11 |
| Most Recent Earnings: | 1.79 on 10/14/08 | Earnings Per Share: | 5.93 |
| Most Recent Split: | 2-1 on 06/15/98 | Annual Dividend Rate: | 1.6 |
| Most Recent Dividend: | 0.400 on 11/06/08 | Annual Dividend Yield: | 2.46% |


| ILL TOOL WORKS | -46.80 | 31.84 | |
| GRAFTECH INTL L | -73.50 | 4.79 | |
| EATON CP | -60.00 | 41.15 | |
| COOPER INDS CL | -56.20 | 26.92 | |
| FLOWSERVE CP | -55.70 | 48.39 |
