Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
Materials · Paint and coatings manufacturers · NYSE
A diversified coatings and paint manufacturer with 4,853 specialty paint stores across North America, serving contractors, industrial customers, and DIY homeowners.
What Sherwin-Williams does
The Sherwin-Williams Company develops, manufactures, distributes and sells paint, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company operates through three primary segments: Paint Stores Group (4,853 specialty paint stores serving contractors and homeowners), Consumer Brands Group (manufacturing and distributing branded and private-label architectural paints, stains, wood finishes and industrial products to retailers and distributors), and Performance Coatings Group (industrial coatings for wood finishing, general industrial applications, automotive refinish, and protective/marine coatings sold globally).
Themes: ["Paint retail stores","Architectural coatings","Industrial coatings","Contractor-focused","DIY homeowners","Wood finishing","Automotive refinish","Marine coatings","North America operations","Professional coatings distribution"]
Fundamentals
- Price$332.03 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$82.1B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-5.5% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E31.58 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+10.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+49.0% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+58.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity2.64 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+2.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.10 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.0%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Dependence on significant customers in certain segments (Consumer Brands Group and Performance Coatings Group individually have customers representing material portions of segment sales)","Exposure to raw material cost volatility and supply chain disruptions affecting manufacturing and distribution operations","Capital intensity from ongoing environmental compliance measures and manufacturing capacity expansion requirements"]
Competitors & peers
- Benjamin Moore
- Behr (Masco)
- PPG Industries (PPG)
- Rust-Oleum
- Valspar
- Kilz
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.