Seasonality
GWW seasonality — W. W. Grainger
Over the last 11 years, GWW's strongest month on average has been November (+7.2%) and its weakest September (-1.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.36% | +5.29% | 70% | +14.1% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Feb | +1.29% | +0.23% | 50% | +13.4% | -8.3% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.53% | +0.89% | 50% | +8.1% | -10.5% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.61% | +0.33% | 50% | +10.9% | -17.2% | 10 |
| May | +1.42% | +3.09% | 60% | +12.3% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.19% | +0.64% | 50% | +21.5% | -6.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.65% | +4.93% | 70% | +19.6% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.99% | -2.47% | 40% | +7.0% | -6.0% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.20% | -2.75% | 40% | +10.6% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +5.29% | +6.14% | 80% | +19.4% | -20.6% | 10 |
| Nov | +7.23% | +7.72% | 89% | +19.5% | -3.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.09% | +3.07% | 60% | +7.7% | -12.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — GWW
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7.0 | 6.0 | -4.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 10.2 | 1.6 | -5.3 | -4.9 | 9.1 | 6.0 | +42.8% | |
| 2025 | 0.8 | -3.9 | -3.3 | 3.7 | 6.2 | -4.3 | -0.1 | -2.5 | -6.0 | 2.7 | -3.1 | 6.4 | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 4.5 | -9.4 | 0.0 | -2.1 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 8.7 | -12.6 | +27.2% |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -6.7 | 21.5 | -6.3 | -3.3 | -3.1 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 5.4 | +49.0% |
| 2022 | -4.5 | -3.6 | 8.1 | -3.1 | -2.6 | -6.7 | 19.6 | 2.1 | -11.8 | 19.4 | 3.2 | -7.8 | +7.3% |
| 2021 | -10.8 | 2.3 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 6.6 | -5.2 | 1.5 | -2.5 | -9.4 | 17.8 | 4.0 | 7.7 | +26.9% |
| 2020 | -10.6 | -8.3 | -10.5 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 7.0 | -2.4 | -1.9 | 19.5 | -2.4 | +20.6% |
| 2019 | 4.6 | 3.2 | -1.3 | -6.3 | -7.2 | 2.5 | 8.5 | -6.0 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 6.8 | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 14.1 | -3.0 | 7.9 | -0.3 | 9.8 | -0.2 | 12.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | -20.6 | 10.6 | -10.1 | +19.5% |
| 2017 | 8.8 | -1.8 | -6.1 | -17.2 | -10.6 | 4.8 | -7.6 | -2.5 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 6.8 | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.7 |