Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: GWW stock price vs LKQ: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at LKQ's multiple
Needs LKQ P/E.
Implied fair value · at GWW's multiple
Needs GWW P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
Explore enterprise value and market valuation multiples in the valuation sections.
Trendline
Eight period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
W.W. Grainger, Inc. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
LKQ CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$22.41
Base
$28.70
Bull
$36.89
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe GWW can sustain its superior margins, growth, and ROIC versus LKQ, then hold or accumulate only on meaningful pullbacks because the current price already embeds a large premium to LKQ multiples and sits well above LKQ-implied valuation.
The comparison shows a very large gap between GWW's current price of $1,382.22 and the P/E-implied price of $338.18, suggesting the stock trades at a substantial premium to LKQ on earnings multiple terms. However, GWW's valuation is more consistent with its materially stronger profitability and growth profile than with LKQ's much lower multiples.
Supporting Metrics
