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Analyst
Sabrina Abrams
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2025 Q4 (5 quarters).
- Questions
- 11on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 18%2 of 11 questions
- Companies
- 2questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 5with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 11 of 11 questions from 2 companies
GWWW. W. Grainger7 questions · 4 reporting periods · 2 of 7 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q3
I know you've spoken to some stuff around LIFO expense timing, but it wasn't a pretty big delta
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Dee explained LIFO estimate improvement from supplier costs being pushed into later periods plus price/cost improvement and favorable mix/freight.
any early thoughts on how you're thinking about the growth in 2026? Are you thinking it will be similar to this year
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DG deferred full 2026 outlook to January; noted significant price rollover expected plus continued share gain at target rate.
Calendar 2025 Q2
just want to understand like maybe the difference between what the government data suggesting inflation is running at versus reported pricing
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DG attributed gap to scale advantage and matching cost to pricing; will be at 3-4% run rate by year end. Historically takes prices less quickly than smaller competitors.
Anything to call out on like cadence of demand in the quarter
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DG said demand environment still muted but share gain improving; no huge change in macro feel.
Calendar 2025 Q1
I think I get to a very robust price increase, like something in, like, the mid-teens level. And I guess just curious how to sort of bridge
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DG explained 1-1.5% reflects only direct imports (small portion); 145% would be a completely different situation with much larger impacts.
Calendar 2024 Q4
how should I think about the drivers of margin, maybe at the bottom of Q1 and then ramping through the year
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Dee explained Q1 weakness driven by slow January, FX headwinds, one fewer selling day, and minimal price contribution.
are there any changes to how you're thinking about your gross margin or your operating margin or the EPS CAGR long-term targets
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DG confirmed no changes to any financial targets or long-term earnings algorithm.
ITWIllinois Tool Works4 questions · 2 reporting periods · 0 of 4 challenging
Calendar 2025 Q4
FX tailwind is pretty material in Q1, and then it tails off quite a bit in the remaining quarters of the year. So would it be fair to think that organic growth the organic portion of growth acceler...
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Michael confirmed more FX tailwind in Q1 but organic growth starts lower and accelerates through the year. Total revenue growth remains roughly consistent across quarters at 2-4% as FX fades and organic picks up.
polymers and fluids had a nice surprise to the at least relative to what I was modeling. And it seems that it was pretty broad-based
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Michael cited new Wanax wiper blade launch in Q4, China polymers gaining EV share (up 10%+), and biopharma reagents business up 20%+. Guide of 1-3% reflects full-year average, Q4 CBI contribution was above typical run rate. Not necessarily deceleration from the quarter.
Calendar 2025 Q2
restructuring year-over-year was a tailwind this quarter, and there wasn't a ton in 1Q
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Michael said $20M spent in H1, same as prior year. Some projects moved to July from timing. Expects another $20M in H2 (~$0.05/share), flat YoY.
how are we thinking about that now?
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Michael confirmed ~1% PLS headwind unchanged, primarily in Automotive, Specialty, and Construction. Strategic repositioning drives future growth and margin improvement.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| GWW W. W. Grainger | 7 | 29%2 of 7 questions |
| ITW Illinois Tool Works | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions |
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 100%1 of 1 question | 1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4 | 25%1 of 4 questions | 2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2 | 0%none of 2 questions | 1 |
- 2024 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2025 Q11 question · challenge rate 100% (1 of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2025 Q24 questions · challenge rate 25% (1 of 4 questions) · 2 companies
- 2025 Q32 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
- 2025 Q42 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 2 questions) · 1 company
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Margin4
- Revenue Growth3
- Pricing3
- Demand2
- Cost Pressure2
- Guidance Reliability2
- Competitive Dynamics2
- Fx1
- Innovation & R&D1
- Macroeconomic1
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- Trade Tariffs1