[GWW] QoQ Quarter Result on 30-Sep-2006 [#Q3]

Stock
[GWW] W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Announcement Date
02-Nov-2006
Financial Year
2006
Quarter
30-Sep-2006 [#Q3]
Profit Trend
QoQ- 11.47%
YoY- 18.60%
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Quarter Result
30/06/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 CAGR
Revenue 1,601,011 1,546,658 1,462,158 1,519,499 1,482,880 1,419,117 1,390,606 9.87%
PBT 170,252 165,721 152,983 156,804 152,869 140,367 149,015 9.31%
Tax 65,461 63,934 54,050 52,310 59,130 54,134 45,181 28.12%
NP 104,791 101,787 98,933 104,494 93,739 86,233 103,834 0.61%
Tax Rate -38.45% -38.58% -35.33% -33.36% -38.68% -38.57% -30.32% -
Total Cost 1,496,220 1,444,871 1,363,225 1,415,005 1,389,141 1,332,884 1,286,772 10.60%
Ratio Analysis
30/06/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 CAGR
NP Margin 6.55 6.58 6.77 6.88 6.32 6.08 7.47 -8.41%
Per Share
30/06/07 31/03/07 31/12/06 30/09/06 30/06/06 31/03/06 31/12/05 CAGR
EPS 1.25 1.21 1.18 1.20 1.05 0.96 1.16 5.12%
EPS Diluted 1.21 1.17 1.18 1.16 1.02 0.93 1.16 2.86%

PBT = Profit before Tax, NP = Net Profit, NP Margin = Net Profit Margin, EPS = Earning Per Share, EPS Diluted = Earning Per Share Diluted.

NP Margin, QoQ ⃤ & YoY ⃤ figures in Percentage; EPS & EPS Diluted figures in Cent.

All figures in '000 unless specified.