GWW dividend analysis

GWW dividend deep dive

GWW dividend ledger: $6.40/share, 2.60% yield, 66% earnings payout, 13.6% 5-year CAGR. The streak of consecutive dividend increases stands at 17 years.

GWW dividend safety: 65/100. The score combines the company's Quality pillar (71/100) with the strain on free cash flow implied by the 66% payout. Risk pillar reads 18/100 alongside.

GWW DRIP scenario at $246.00 entry: 5-year horizon ≈ 15.7%, 10-year ≈ 33.8%, 20-year ≈ 79.0% on the income leg alone. Capital return depends on the multiple at exit and is not part of this number.

Peer dividend set for GWW (yield 2.60%): KO (5.00%), PG (1.50%), PEP (2.90%). The peer-mean yield prints 3.13%, so GWW sits below the cohort by 0.53 percentage points.

Distribution schedule for GWW: ex 2026-03-01, payment 2026-03-15. On a quarterly cadence at $1.600 per share, the annualized total works out to $6.40 — the figure used in the trailing yield calculation.

GWW closes the loop with a 2.60% / 13.6% / 65/100 yield-growth-safety triplet. The forward question for the next 12 months is whether earnings growth keeps pace with distribution growth at the current 66% payout.