Sherwin-Williams Company (The) (SHW) Stock Analysis
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Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $317.30, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 5.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5.
Sherwin-Williams manufactures and sells paint, coatings, and related products through its Paint Stores Group (4,853 company-operated stores), Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group, serving customers in 120+ countries. Foreign subsidiaries contributed ~19.6% of... Read more
Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $317.30, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 5.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 56. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +2 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Score 5.3/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 37d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — Sherwin-Williams Company (The)
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- NEWS Sherwin-Williams Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Common Share - PR Newswire — PR Newswire positive
- NEWS Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) – Downgrade, Insider Selling Trigger Reassessment of Quality Investment Thesis - Expansio — Cổng thông tin điện tử Tỉnh Sơn La negative
- NEWS The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) - Pre-Earnings Analysis: Modest Growth Expected, Low Probability of Positive EPS Surp — UBND thành phố Hải Phòng neutral
- NEWS Wells Fargo Adjusts Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Outlook to Equal Weight - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance negative
- NEWS Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) Price Target Cut to $365.00 by Analysts at Bank of America - MarketBeat — MarketBeat negative
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Hold if already holding. Not a fresh buy at $317.30, but acceptable to hold if already in. Reasons: Thin upside margin: 5.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 56. Multiple concerning factors. Consider reducing position. | News modifier +2 (SELL_IF_HOLDING → HOLD_IF_HOLDING) Target $335.65 (+5.8%), stop $301.68 (−5.2%), A.R:R 0.7:1. Score 5.3/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $335.65 (+5.8% upside). Target $335.65 (+5.8%), stop $301.68 (−5.2%), A.R:R 0.7:1. Stop-loss: $301.68.
Thin upside margin: 5.8%; Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5; Weak growth.
Sherwin-Williams Company (The) trades at a P/E of 30.5 (forward 24.0). TrendMatrix value score: 4.7/10. Verdict: Hold.
28 analysts cover SHW with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $373.
What does Sherwin-Williams Company (The) do?Sherwin-Williams manufactures and sells paint, coatings, and related products through its Paint Stores Group (4,853...
Sherwin-Williams manufactures and sells paint, coatings, and related products through its Paint Stores Group (4,853 company-operated stores), Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group, serving customers in 120+ countries. Foreign subsidiaries contributed ~19.6% of consolidated net sales in 2025; no individual customer exceeded 10% of sales. In Oct 2025, the company completed the ~$525M acquisition of Suvinil in Brazil.