GWW — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of GWW's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-04 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-07
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +31 | −2 | ~32 | 23 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 1 |
| Legal proceedings | No paragraph-level changes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | +2 | −2 | 0 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-04
Gross profit of $1,660 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026 increased $206 million, or 14%, and gross profit margin of 41.8% increased 80 basis points compared to the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily due to tariff refund benefits recognized in the quarter, which was partia…
In this section, Grainger utilizes non-GAAP measures where it believes it will assist users of its financial statements in understanding its business. For further information regarding the Company's non-GAAP measures, including reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, see below …
The following table is included as an aid to understanding the changes in Grainger’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 (in millions of dollars except per share amounts):
(1)For further information regarding the Company's disaggregated revenue, see Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1: Financial Statements of this Form 10-Q.
The following table is included as an aid to understanding the changes of Grainger's total net sales, daily net sales and daily, organic constant currency net sales compared to the prior year period for the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025 (in millions of dollars):
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
Gross profit of $1,599 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 increased $160 million, or 11%, and gross profit margin of 42.6% increased 20 basis points compared to the same period in 2025.
Net cash used in investing activities was $178 million and $125 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The increase was due to capital expenditures primarily driven by continued MonotaRO supply chain investments in the first three months of 2026.
Other information
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-04
On June 9, 2026, the Novich Family Trust, a family trust under which Neil Novich, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, serves as co-trustee and beneficiary, adopted a written trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). The trading arrangemen…
None of the Company's other directors or officers adopted, modified, or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the Company's quarter ended June 30, 2026.
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-07
None of the Company's directors or officers adopted, modified, or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement during the Company's quarter ended March 31, 2026.
On May 1, 2026, the Company established a commercial paper program, pursuant to which the Company may issue, from time to time, on a private placement basis, unsecured commercial paper notes (the “Notes”) up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $1.25 billion. The maturities of th…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice