Compare Stocks: LIN, APD, SHW, and ECL

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
APD Air Products and Chemicals	$294.61 +0.6%	$289.90	$229.11 ▼ $314.87	$65.23B	0.73	1.16 million shs	1.06 million shs
ECL Ecolab	$283.59 +1.5%	$270.69	$243.15 ▼ $309.27	$78.64B	0.88	1.22 million shs	1.20 million shs
LIN Linde	$484.64 +0.9%	$513.92	$387.78 ▼ $548.20	$222.14B	0.72	2.11 million shs	2.97 million shs
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$361.72 +2.1%	$326.28	$289.86 ▼ $379.65	$85.99B	1.1	2.12 million shs	2.53 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
APD Air Products and Chemicals	+0.75%	+0.53%	-6.04%	-1.92%	+2.65%
ECL Ecolab	+1.62%	+0.03%	+0.15%	+7.52%	+7.40%
LIN Linde	+0.87%	-5.19%	-11.34%	-3.43%	+3.69%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	+2.27%	+1.92%	+2.84%	+11.62%	+4.01%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
APD Air Products and Chemicals	$294.61 +0.6%	$289.90	$229.11 ▼ $314.87	$65.23B	0.73	1.16 million shs	1.06 million shs
ECL Ecolab	$283.59 +1.5%	$270.69	$243.15 ▼ $309.27	$78.64B	0.88	1.22 million shs	1.20 million shs
LIN Linde	$484.64 +0.9%	$513.92	$387.78 ▼ $548.20	$222.14B	0.72	2.11 million shs	2.97 million shs
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$361.72 +2.1%	$326.28	$289.86 ▼ $379.65	$85.99B	1.1	2.12 million shs	2.53 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
APD Air Products and Chemicals	+0.75%	+0.53%	-6.04%	-1.92%	+2.65%
ECL Ecolab	+1.62%	+0.03%	+0.15%	+7.52%	+7.40%
LIN Linde	+0.87%	-5.19%	-11.34%	-3.43%	+3.69%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	+2.27%	+1.92%	+2.84%	+11.62%	+4.01%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
APD Air Products and Chemicals	2.71	Moderate Buy	$332.65	12.91% Upside
ECL Ecolab	2.82	Moderate Buy	$327.56	15.50% Upside
LIN Linde	3.00	Buy	$543.67	12.18% Upside
SHW Sherwin-Williams	2.56	Moderate Buy	$385.44	6.56% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LIN, APD, SHW, and ECL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/3/2026	APD Air Products and Chemicals	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$320.00
8/3/2026	APD Air Products and Chemicals	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$320.00
8/3/2026	LIN Linde	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$612.00
8/3/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$400.00
8/3/2026	LIN Linde	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$600.00 ➝ $580.00
8/3/2026	LIN Linde	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$576.00 ➝ $553.00
8/3/2026	LIN Linde	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$559.00 ➝ $564.00
8/3/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$400.00
7/31/2026	APD Air Products and Chemicals	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
7/31/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
7/31/2026	APD Air Products and Chemicals	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$373.00

(Data available from 8/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
APD Air Products and Chemicals	$12.04B	5.45	$19.18 per share	15.36	$74.53 per share	3.95
ECL Ecolab	$16.08B	4.96	$11.25 per share	25.21	$35.83 per share	7.91
LIN Linde	$35.45B	6.32	$24.92 per share	19.45	$88.11 per share	5.50
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$24.41B	3.60	$15.00 per share	24.11	$15.88 per share	22.78

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
APD Air Products and Chemicals	-$394.50M	-$0.22	N/A	20.52	2.55	-0.38%	16.87%	7.18%	N/A
ECL Ecolab	$2.08B	$7.45	38.07	30.20	2.41	12.57%	22.72%	8.71%	N/A
LIN Linde	$6.90B	$15.48	31.31	24.64	3.04	20.43%	20.09%	9.28%	N/A
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$2.57B	$10.85	33.34	26.29	2.64	11.01%	67.97%	11.16%	N/A

Latest LIN, APD, SHW, and ECL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	LIN Linde	$4.49	$4.50	+$0.01	$4.15	$9.02 billion	$9.29 billion
7/30/2026	Q3 2026	APD Air Products and Chemicals	$3.34	$3.47	+$0.13	-$6.47	$3.20 billion	$3.16 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	ECL Ecolab	$2.08	$2.09	+$0.01	$1.90	$4.38 billion	$4.42 billion
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	$3.52	$3.70	+$0.18	$3.43	$6.60 billion	$6.79 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
APD Air Products and Chemicals	$7.24	2.46%	+6.57%	N/A	43 Years
ECL Ecolab	$2.92	1.03%	+7.23%	39.19%	33 Years
LIN Linde	$6.40	1.32%	+9.28%	41.34%	5 Years
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$3.20	0.88%	+12.04%	29.49%	48 Years

Latest LIN, APD, SHW, and ECL Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2026	APD Air Products and Chemicals	quarterly	$1.81	2.44%	10/1/2026	10/1/2026	11/9/2026
7/28/2026	LIN Linde	quarterly	$1.60	1.25%	9/3/2026	9/3/2026	9/17/2026
7/22/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	quarterly	$0.80	1%	8/21/2026	8/21/2026	9/11/2026
5/7/2026	ECL Ecolab	quarterly	$0.73	1.07%	6/16/2026	6/16/2026	7/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
APD Air Products and Chemicals	1.01	1.08	0.92
ECL Ecolab	1.18	1.84	1.57
LIN Linde	0.51	0.88	0.75
SHW Sherwin-Williams	2.16	0.73	0.46

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
APD Air Products and Chemicals	81.66%
ECL Ecolab	74.91%
LIN Linde	82.80%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	77.67%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
APD Air Products and Chemicals	1.88%
ECL Ecolab	0.50%
LIN Linde	0.30%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	0.23%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
APD Air Products and Chemicals	21,300	222.69 million	218.50 million	Optionable
ECL Ecolab	48,000	281.44 million	280.03 million	Optionable
LIN Linde	65,177	462.35 million	460.96 million	Not Optionable
SHW Sherwin-Williams	64,249	242.76 million	242.20 million	Optionable

LIN, APD, SHW, and ECL Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) Rating Increased to Strong-Buy at Guggenheim

August 4 at 5:59 AM | marketbeat.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Shares Sold by Confluence Investment Management LLC

August 4 at 4:08 AM | marketbeat.com

First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services Has $806,000 Stock Position in The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

August 3 at 4:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Acquires 71,237 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

August 3 at 3:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Sherwin-Williams: Share Gains Are Encouraging, But I Am Worried About H2 Margin

August 3 at 2:11 AM | seekingalpha.com

Glenmede Trust Co. NA Sells 29,562 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Compass Capital Management Inc. Sells 7,842 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

August 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Kentucky Retirement Systems Sells 7,534 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Reduces Stock Holdings in The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Empowered Funds LLC Raises Stock Position in The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) Stock

July 31, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Analysts Offer Insights on Materials Companies: Dow Inc (DOW), Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) and Valterra Platinum Limited (OtherAGPPF)

July 30, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Shares Purchased by Royal Bank of Canada

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

California State Teachers Retirement System Trims Stock Holdings in The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) Shares Gap Up Following Earnings Beat

July 30, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Raises Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) Price Target to $380.00

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sherwin-Williams: Solid Results And Strong Pricing Power Keep It A Buy

July 29, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

SHW Q2 deep dive: Share gains, pricing actions, and operational discipline drive outperformance

July 29, 2026 | msn.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Shares Bought by Lazard Asset Management LLC

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Is Up 11.2% After Strong Q2, Guidance Hike And 8% Price Increase

July 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Shares Purchased by Amundi

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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LIN, APD, SHW, and ECL Company Descriptions

Air Products and Chemicals NYSE:APD

$294.61 +1.67 (+0.57%)

Closing price 08/4/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$295.26 +0.65 (+0.22%)

As of 04:01 AM Eastern

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. provides atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, equipment, and related services in the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, India, and internationally. The company produces atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, and argon; process gases, such as hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and syngas; and specialty gases for customers in various industries, including refining, chemical, manufacturing, electronics, energy production, medical, food, and metals. It also designs and manufactures equipment for air separation, hydrocarbon recovery and purification, natural gas liquefaction, and liquid helium and liquid hydrogen transport and storage. The company was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Ecolab NYSE:ECL

$283.59 +4.16 (+1.49%)

Closing price 08/4/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$283.07 -0.52 (-0.18%)

As of 04:00 AM Eastern

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. Its Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. The Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. In addition, the company provides pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments including education, life sciences, and healthcare customers. Further, it offers colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Linde NASDAQ:LIN

$484.64 +4.18 (+0.87%)

Closing price 08/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$487.44 +2.80 (+0.58%)

As of 07:18 AM Eastern

Linde plc operates as an industrial gas company in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and South Pacific. It offers atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and rare gases; and process gases, such as carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene. The company also designs and constructs turnkey process plants for third-party customers, as well as for the gas businesses in various locations, such as air separation, hydrogen, synthesis, olefin, and natural gas plants. It serves a range of industries, including healthcare, chemicals and energy, manufacturing, metals and mining, food and beverage, and electronics. The company was founded in 1879 and is based in Woking, the United Kingdom.

Sherwin-Williams NYSE:SHW

$361.72 +7.50 (+2.12%)

Closing price 08/4/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$351.05 -10.67 (-2.95%)

As of 07:04 AM Eastern

The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coating, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. It operates through three segments: Paint Stores Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group. The Paint Stores 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, including home centers and hardware stores, and dedicated dealers 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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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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