How to buy Sherwin-Williams (SHW) stocks

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Sherwin-Williams is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Sherwin-Williams shares (SHW) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $345.47 – a decrease of 5.22% over the previous week. Sherwin-Williams employs 64,088 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $23.1 billion.

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Sherwin-Williams stock price (NYSE: SHW)

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Sherwin-Williams stocks at a glance

Information last updated 2024-12-18.
Latest market close$345.47
52-week range$281.01 - $400.42
50-day moving average $378.41
200-day moving average $343.71
Wall St. target price$386.49
PE ratio 34.7271
Dividend yield $2.75 (0.82%)
Earnings per share (TTM) $10.04

Is it a good time to buy Sherwin-Williams stock?

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Sherwin-Williams price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $342.38 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13) -6.07%
1 month (2024-11-21) -10.68%
3 months (2024-09-20) -9.55%
6 months (2024-06-21) 13.65%
1 year (2023-12-21) 11.55%
2 years (2022-12-21) 43.96%
3 years (2021-12-21) 5.24%
5 years (2019-12-20) 84.83%

Is Sherwin-Williams stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Sherwin-Williams stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Sherwin-Williams's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Sherwin-Williams's P/E ratio

Sherwin-Williams's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 35x. In other words, Sherwin-Williams shares trade at around 35x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Sherwin-Williams's PEG ratio

Sherwin-Williams's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.3742. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Sherwin-Williams's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Sherwin-Williams's EBITDA

Sherwin-Williams's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $4.4 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Sherwin-Williams's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Sherwin-Williams financials

Revenue TTM $23.1 billion
Operating margin TTM 18.43%
Gross profit TTM $9.3 billion
Return on assets TTM 10.07%
Return on equity TTM 64.45%
Profit margin 11.09%
Book value $16.59
Market Capitalization $87.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Sherwin-Williams stock dividends

26%

Dividend payout ratio: 25.88% of net profits

Recently Sherwin-Williams has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Sherwin-Williams shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Sherwin-Williams's case, that would currently equate to about $2.75 per share.

While Sherwin-Williams's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Sherwin-Williams may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Sherwin-Williams's most recent dividend payout was on 5 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 14 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Sherwin-Williams's stocks ever split?

Sherwin-Williams's stocks were split on a 3:1 basis on 31 March 2021 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Sherwin-Williams stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Sherwin-Williams stocks, which in turn could have impacted Sherwin-Williams's stock price.

Sherwin-Williams stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Sherwin-Williams's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $281.006 up to $400.42. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

SHW.US volatility(beta: 1.18)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Sherwin-Williams's is 1.175. This would suggest that Sherwin-Williams's stocks are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Sherwin-Williams overview

The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coating, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. It operates through three segments: Paint Stores Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group. The Paint Stores Group segment offers architectural paints and coatings, and protective and marine products, as well as OEM product finishes and related products for architectural and industrial paint contractors, and do-it-yourself homeowners. The Consumer Brands Group segment supplies a portfolio of branded and private-label architectural paints, stains, varnishes, industrial products, wood finishes products, wood preservatives, applicators, corrosion inhibitors, aerosols, caulks, and adhesives to retailers, including home centers and hardware stores, and dedicated dealers and distributors. The Performance Coatings Group segment develops and sells industrial coatings for wood finishing and general industrial applications, automotive refinish products, protective and marine coatings, coil coatings, packaging coatings, and performance-based resins and colorants. It serves retailers, dealers, jobbers, licensees, and other third-party distributors through its branches and direct sales staff, as well as through outside sales representatives. The company has operations primarily in the North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Sherwin-Williams is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 7.863% of Sherwin-Williams stocks are held by insiders and 79.815% by institutions.
How many people work for Sherwin-Williams?
Latest data suggests 64,088 work at Sherwin-Williams.
When does the fiscal year end for Sherwin-Williams?
Sherwin-Williams's fiscal year ends in December.
Where is Sherwin-Williams based?
Sherwin-Williams's address is: 101 West Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH, United States, 44115-1075
What is Sherwin-Williams's ISIN number?
Sherwin-Williams's international securities identification number is: US8243481061
What is Sherwin-Williams's CUSIP number?
Sherwin-Williams's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 824348106
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