The Sherwin-Williams Company

SHW · Basic Materials

$319.36
-0.52% today

What a holder would want to know before buying SHW: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.

Where the price sits
Low $293.00 · Jun 2026High $372.60 · Feb 2026

Today’s price is 9% above the lowest point of the past year and 14% below the highest.

Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 19% of days and more expensive on 81%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 77% of days.

4% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.

How bad does it get

Fell 20% or more 5 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 43%; the longest took 2.6 years to get back to its peak. 4 of 5 have recovered so far.

It is in one now: 20% below the Nov 2024 peak.

Nov 2024
−27%not back yet
Dec 2021
−43%back in 2.6 years
Jan 2020
−33%back in 4 months
Sep 2018
−24%back in 9 months
Jul 2016
−23%back in 7 months
What you own

The Sherwin-Williams Company · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · a large company worth $77.53B

The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paint, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. The company operates…

Is it making money?
2022
2023
2024
2025

revenue profit

Sales of $23.57B in 2025, with $2.57B of profit. Sales grew in 3 of the last 3 years.

Keeps about 11 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.

Is it healthy?
Cash
$293.50M
Debt
$15.03B
Free cash flow / yr
$2.51B

Would need about 6 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.

Is it expensive?

You pay $29 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $24 for every $1 of profit expected next year.

A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.

Pays 1.00% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 21.

What others are doing

28 analysts: 15 say buy, 13 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $385.87 (range $340.00–$420.00).

Insiders made 0 purchases and 2 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.

Free data from Yahoo Finance, refreshed daily. This is evidence about the business and its price history, not a recommendation.

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