Valuation

SHWSherwin-Williams

StockNYSEUnited StatesMaterialsEU retail investors: available

+4.0% today · +6.2% over a year

8/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 77% of the instruments we score

Quality, Stability, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 32.3). Dividend yield 1.11%.

Sherwin-Williams (SHW) valuation against sector peers: P/E 32.3 (sector median 23.8), P/B 21.7, free-cash-flow yield 3.6%, P/S 3.5.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Materials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricSHWSector medianvs median
P/E32.323.8 · n=6436% above
P/B21.72.1 · n=82956% above
P/S3.51.2 · n=82180% above
EV/EBIT—19.9 · n=50—
Free-cash-flow yield3.6%3.6% · n=80near the median
Dividend yield1.11%1.30% · n=8915% below
Return on equity63.7%10.3% · n=84517% above
Return on invested capital—6.4% · n=65—
Gross margin48.6%23.9% · n=83103% above
Net debt / EBITDA—2.41 · n=60—

Value factor: 24 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

NEMNewmont14.13.6—7.7%0.8%9/10
FCXFreeport-McMoRan26.14.314.7—0.9%5/10
ECLEcolab41.38.333.92.1%1.0%8/10
APDAir Products & Chemicals—5.0—−0.4%2.3%1/10
CRHCRH plc18.32.615.13.9%1.2%5/10
NUENucor19.72.6—2.8%0.9%8/10
WCNWaste Connections41.96.032.32.6%0.8%6/10
MLMMartin Marietta Materials16.42.138.42.3%0.6%1/10
VMCVulcan Materials33.74.425.62.1%0.7%5/10
STLDSteel Dynamics Inc16.53.313.93.4%0.9%8/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 30 Sep 2026 · filed 27 Oct 2026