Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sherwin-Williams in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SHW shares.
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18 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Sherwin-Williams' stock. Their SHW share price targets range from $249.00 to $378.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $311.22 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.2%.
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Sherwin-Williams' stock was trading at $311.90 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SHW shares have decreased by 0.1% and is now trading at $311.74.
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Sherwin-Williams saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,460,000 shares, a drop of 19.3% from the December 15th total of 3,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 25th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.01. The specialty chemicals company earned $5.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.23 billion. Sherwin-Williams had a net margin of 10.36% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 74.72%. The firm's revenue was up .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.89 earnings per share.
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Sherwin-Williams declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.605 per share on Friday, December 8th. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 16th.
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Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) pays an annual dividend of $2.42 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.78%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 46 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 26.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SHW will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) stock in their portfolio include Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB), Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (FMAT), Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW), ProShares Smart Materials ETF (TINT), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), ProShares Ultra Materials (UYM) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM).

Sherwin-Williams's stock split before market open on Thursday, April 1st 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, March 31st 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Sherwin-Williams updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 10.850-11.350 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 11.330. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

1,095 employees have rated Sherwin-Williams Chief Executive Officer John Morikis on Glassdoor.com. John Morikis has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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Sherwin-Williams' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.68%), Norges Bank (1.47%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.09%), Fiera Capital Corp (1.03%), Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.54%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.52%). Insiders that own company stock include Allen J Mistysyn, Allen J Mistysyn, Brian E Padden, Bryan J Young, David B Sewell, Heidi G Petz, Jane M Cronin, Jane M Cronin, John G Morikis, Joseph F Sladek, Justin T Binns, Justin T Binns, Mary L Garceau, Peter J Ippolito, Peter J Ippolito and Thomas P Gilligan.
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Shares of SHW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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