W.W. GRAINGER, INC. vs TD SYNNEX CORPORATION, two Distribution stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where GWW and SNX diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), GWW reads +17.5% and SNX reads -1.0%; on p/s, GWW reads 3.57 and SNX reads 0.29. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's GWW price has a different growth bar priced in than SNX (+17.5% implied for GWW vs -1.0% for SNX); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What GWW's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What SNX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | GWW | SNX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1382.23 | $255.71 |
| Market cap | $65.5B | $20.4B |
| Sector | Distribution | Distribution |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +17.5% | -1.0% |
| P/E | 37.2 | 18.3 |
| P/B | 15.09 | 2.28 |
| P/S | 3.57 | 0.29 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.8 | 10.8 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6% | +16.3% |
| Gross margin | 40.0% | 6.8% |
| Operating margin | 16.7% | 2.6% |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | 41.0% | 12.7% |
| Return on assets | 18.8% | 3.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 29.0% | 13.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 1.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.56 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 2.69 | 1.20 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 10.00 | 2.57 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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