W.W. Grainger GWW has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.57% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.13%. Currently, W.W. Grainger has a market capitalization of $51.02 billion.

Buying $1000 In GWW: If an investor had bought $1000 of GWW stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $3,095.69 today based on a price of $1045.00 for GWW at the time of writing.

W.W. Grainger's Performance Over Last 5 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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