Consider This Before Taking a Position in Sherwin-Williams (SHW)

By Kim Brooks • Tuesday, January 16 09:52 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Sherwin-Williams, a Home Improvement Retail company whose shares moved -0.7% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Sherwin-Williams has moved 22.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 19.9%
SHW has an average analyst rating of buy and is -4.29% away from its mean target price of $313.86 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $9.35
Sherwin-Williams has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $11.31 and its forward P/E ratio is 26.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 20.34 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Sherwin-Williams is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
SHW has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 12.6% and gross profit margins of 0.5%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.32 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coating, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. It operates through three segments: The Americas Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group. The Americas 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 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. The Sherwin-Williams Company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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