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Company

Ticker

GWW

FAST

Headquarter

Lake Forest ,IL

US

Winona ,MN

US

CEO

Donald G. Macpherson

Daniel L. Florness

Industry

Industrial - Distribution

Industrial - Distribution

Stock Price

Stock Price

Market Cap

Market Cap

$49.54 B

$48.69 B

Employees

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Employees

26.00 K
26.00 K
26.00 K

22.39 K
23.20 K
23.70 K

Y/Y

7.44%

0%

0%

9.16%

3.64%

2.16%

Income Statement

Revenue

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Revenue

$15.23 B
$16.48 B
$17.17 B

$6.98 B
$7.35 B
$7.55 B

Y/Y

16.94%

8.21%

4.19%

16.13%

5.24%

2.71%

Revenue by Products / Services

Years

2024

2015

Revenue by Geography

Years

2024

2024

Research and Development

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Research and Development

-
-
-

-
-
-

Y/Y

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Operating Income

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Operating Income

$2.22 B
$2.57 B
$2.64 B

$1.45 B
$1.53 B
$1.51 B

Y/Y

43.18%

15.8%

2.81%

19.4%

5.17%

1.22%

Tax Rate (%)

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Tax Rate (%)

24.84%
23.88%
23.03%

24.52%
24.11%
23.71%

Y/Y

0.59%

3.85%

3.57%

4.73%

1.66%

1.69%

Net Income

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Net Income

$1.55 B
$1.83 B
$1.91 B

$1.09 B
$1.16 B
$1.15 B

Y/Y

48.32%

18.23%

4.37%

17.5%

6.27%

0.38%

Revenue Per Employee

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Revenue Per Employee

$633.77 K
$660.31 K
-

$328.18 K
$325.24 K
-

Y/Y

0.72%

4.19%

100%

3.59%

0.9%

100%

Net Income Per Employee

Years

2023
2024
2025

2023
2024
2025

Net Income Per Employee

$70.35 K
$73.42 K
-

$51.59 K
$49.59 K
-

Y/Y

10.04%

4.37%

100%

2.65%

3.88%

100%

Assets & Liabilities | Cash Flow

Total Assets

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Total Assets

$7.59 B
$8.15 B
$8.83 B

$4.55 B
$4.46 B
$4.70 B

Y/Y

15.11%

7.37%

8.37%

5.81%

1.88%

5.27%

Total Liabilities

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Total Liabilities

$4.85 B
$4.71 B
$5.13 B

$1.39 B
$1.11 B
$1.08 B

Y/Y

9.5%

3.03%

8.92%

10.23%

19.58%

2.91%

Capital Expenditures (Capex)

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Capital Expenditures (Capex)

-$256.00 M
-$445.00 M
-$541.00 M

-$173.80 M
-$172.80 M
-$226.50 M

Y/Y

0.39%

73.83%

21.57%

10.98%

0.58%

31.08%

Profitability

Operating Income Margin (%)

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Operating Income Margin (%)

14.55%
15.57%
15.36%

20.82%
20.81%
20.01%

Y/Y

22.44%

7.02%

1.32%

2.82%

0.07%

3.83%

Net Income Margin (%)

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Net Income Margin (%)

10.16%
11.10%
11.12%

15.57%
15.72%
15.25%

Y/Y

26.84%

9.26%

0.18%

1.18%

0.97%

3.01%

EBITDA

2021	1738000000.00
2022	2404000000.00
2023	2807000000.00
2024	2898000000.00

2021	1388200000.00
2022	1630900000.00
2023	1706000000.00
2024	1690800000.00

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

EBITDA

$2.40 B
$2.81 B
$2.90 B

$1.63 B
$1.71 B
$1.69 B

Y/Y

38.32%

16.76%

3.24%

17.48%

4.6%

0.89%

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

2021	682000000.00
2022	1077000000.00
2023	1586000000.00
2024	1570000000.00

2021	613500000.00
2022	767200000.00
2023	1259900000.00
2024	946800000.00

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

$1.08 B
$1.59 B
$1.57 B

$767.20 M
$1.26 B
$946.80 M

Y/Y

57.92%

47.26%

1.01%

25.05%

64.22%

24.85%

Ratios

Return on Equity (ROE)

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Return on Equity (ROE)

63.40%
58.72%
56.85%

34.36%
34.49%
31.82%

Y/Y

13.92%

7.39%

3.18%

13.01%

0.38%

7.75%

Return on Assets (ROA)

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Return on Assets (ROA)

20.39%
22.45%
21.62%

23.90%
25.88%
24.49%

Y/Y

28.85%

10.12%

3.69%

11.05%

8.31%

5.37%

Debt to Equity

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Debt to Equity

110.86%
88.35%
94.79%

25.36%
15.98%
13.42%

Y/Y

24.78%

20.31%

7.29%

21.14%

37%

15.98%

Valuation

Enterprise Value

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Enterprise value

$30.69 B
$43.44 B
$53.69 B

$27.78 B
$37.35 B
$41.42 B

Y/Y

4.34%

41.54%

23.59%

25.35%

34.44%

10.88%

Enterprise value to Revenue

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Enterprise value to Revenue

2.02
2.64
3.13

3.98
5.08
5.49

Y/Y

10.78%

30.8%

18.62%

35.72%

27.74%

7.95%

Enterprise value to EBITDA

Years

2022
2023
2024

2022
2023
2024

Enterprise value to EBITDA

12.77
15.48
18.53

17.04
21.90
24.50

Y/Y

24.57%

21.22%

19.7%

36.46%

28.52%

11.88%