Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW
$318.46 -0.33% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $77.56B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 3.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 29.4× trailing earnings, lower than 86% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +4.0%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth72Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 47%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 35%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Quality71Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 16%
- Gross marginTop 9%
- Operating marginTop 28%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 47%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Interest coverTop 39%
Value57Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 37%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 19%
Momentum58Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 35%
- 6-month returnTop 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 38%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 45%
Revisions67Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 31%
Stability83Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 3%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.9% | 5.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -1.5% | 7.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 48.9% | 49.1% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 15.8% | 16.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 9.3% | 13.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 5.8% | 3.9% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 7.6% | -1.5% | ↑ | Top 47% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | 48.9% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 15.8% | ↑ | Top 28% |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 11.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.2% | 9.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 14.3% | — | Top 16% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.1% | — | Top 35% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.45×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +9.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.12×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 7.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.01%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.18%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +4.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $390.09
- Target vs current price
- +22.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 38
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 58%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +5.1% | +8.3% | +8.2% | +5.9% | — |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +3.5% | -3.5% | -7.6% | -7.4% | -7.6% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +5.5% | +3.1% | -3.4% |
| Oct 28, 2025 | +4.1% | +5.5% | +2.8% | +0.6% | +3.7% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | -10.1% | -0.4% | -1.5% | +5.1% | -1.8% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +4.7% | +4.8% | +8.3% | +8.2% | +2.4% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +1.5% | +1.4% | +1.1% | -1.4% | -8.0% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | -4.8% | -5.3% | -4.8% | -1.7% | -7.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $3.70 | $3.52 | +5.1% | $6.79B |
| Apr 28, 2026 | $2.35 | $2.27 | +3.5% | $5.67B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $2.23 | $2.16 | +3.2% | $5.60B |
| Oct 28, 2025 | $3.59 | $3.45 | +4.1% | $6.36B |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $3.38 | $3.76 | -10.1% | $6.31B |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $2.25 | $2.15 | +4.7% | $5.31B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $2.09 | $2.06 | +1.5% | $5.30B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $3.37 | $3.54 | -4.8% | $6.16B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 29.4× | 33.6× | 14th | Top 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.5× | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| EV / Sales | 3.75× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.14% | — | — | Top 40% |
| Earnings yield | 3.41% | — | — | Top 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 28.8× – 43.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -7.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +7.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -3.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.4%
- RSI (14)
- 39.7
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 30.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 73th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.74
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -26.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2021 | Oct 20, 2022 | -42.9% | 202 days | 443 days (Jul 29, 2024) |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Jun 2, 2026 | -26.7% | 378 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | -11.8% | 64 days | 16 days (Mar 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $77.56B
- P/E (TTM)
- 29.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.85
- Revenue (TTM)
- $24.41B
- Dividend yield
- 1.00%
- 52-week range
- $289.86 – $377.77
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $19.94B | $22.15B | $23.05B | $23.10B | $23.57B |
| Gross profit | $8.54B | $9.33B | $10.76B | $11.20B | $11.54B |
| Operating income | $2.66B | $3.00B | $3.61B | $3.76B | $3.80B |
| Net income | $1.86B | $2.02B | $2.39B | $2.68B | $2.57B |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.98 | $7.72 | $9.25 | $10.55 | $10.27 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.16B | $5.30B | $5.31B | $6.31B | $6.36B | $5.60B | $5.67B | $6.79B |
| Net income | $806.2M | $480.1M | $503.9M | $754.7M | $833.1M | $476.8M | $534.7M | $843.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.18 | $1.90 | $2.00 | $3.00 | $3.35 | $1.92 | $2.15 | $3.43 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.24B | $1.92B | $3.52B | $3.15B | $3.45B |
| Capital expenditure | -$372.0M | -$644.5M | -$888.4M | -$1.07B | -$797.6M |
| Free cash flow | $1.87B | $1.28B | $2.63B | $2.08B | $2.65B |
| Dividends paid | -$587.1M | -$618.5M | -$623.7M | -$723.4M | -$789.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.74B | -$861.2M | -$1.43B | -$1.74B | -$1.52B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $293.5M
- Total assets
- $26.95B
- Total liabilities
- $23.10B
- Total debt
- $14.22B
- Net debt
- $13.92B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.85B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | $0.80 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.80 | Jun 5, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.80 | Mar 13, 2026 |
| Nov 14, 2025 | $0.79 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.79 | Sep 5, 2025 |
| May 16, 2025 | $0.79 | Jun 6, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.79 | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.72 | Dec 6, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,429,035
- Days to cover
- 4.32
- Change vs previous report
- -8.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3-for-1
- Mar 31, 1997
- 2-for-1
- Apr 1, 1991
- 2-for-1
- Apr 1, 1986
- 2-for-1
- Mar 31, 1983
- 2-for-1