Compare Stocks: SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD

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
EXP Eagle Materials	$175.06 +0.2%	$182.67	$160.02 ▼ $245.53	$5.39B	1.33	451,682 shs	37,720 shs
HD Home Depot	$319.71 0.0%	$309.69	$277.15 ▼ $397.63	$319.19B	1	4.45 million shs	403,986 shs
LIN Linde	$510.17 +0.3%	$480.55	$387.78 ▼ $548.20	$234.81B	0.71	2.30 million shs	188,201 shs
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$341.18 +1.2%	$331.09	$289.86 ▼ $377.77	$82.87B	1.08	1.92 million shs	149,399 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EXP Eagle Materials	0.00%	+2.62%	-2.29%	-19.53%	-25.08%
HD Home Depot	0.00%	+3.26%	+9.18%	-4.68%	-17.35%
LIN Linde	0.00%	+2.09%	+8.29%	+0.36%	+14.09%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	0.00%	+0.64%	+2.38%	+2.95%	+0.99%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EXP Eagle Materials	$175.06 +0.2%	$182.67	$160.02 ▼ $245.53	$5.39B	1.33	451,682 shs	37,720 shs
HD Home Depot	$319.71 0.0%	$309.69	$277.15 ▼ $397.63	$319.19B	1	4.45 million shs	403,986 shs
LIN Linde	$510.17 +0.3%	$480.55	$387.78 ▼ $548.20	$234.81B	0.71	2.30 million shs	188,201 shs
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$341.18 +1.2%	$331.09	$289.86 ▼ $377.77	$82.87B	1.08	1.92 million shs	149,399 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EXP Eagle Materials	0.00%	+2.62%	-2.29%	-19.53%	-25.08%
HD Home Depot	0.00%	+3.26%	+9.18%	-4.68%	-17.35%
LIN Linde	0.00%	+2.09%	+8.29%	+0.36%	+14.09%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	0.00%	+0.64%	+2.38%	+2.95%	+0.99%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EXP Eagle Materials	1.90	Reduce	$199.56	13.99% Upside
HD Home Depot	2.58	Moderate Buy	$375.31	17.39% Upside
LIN Linde	3.04	Buy	$547.10	7.24% Upside
SHW Sherwin-Williams	2.67	Moderate Buy	$382.08	11.99% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/26/2026	HD Home Depot	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$322.00
10/19/2026	LIN Linde	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
10/16/2026	EXP Eagle Materials	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Strong Sell
10/15/2026	LIN Linde	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$553.00 ➝ $549.00
10/13/2026	EXP Eagle Materials	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$225.00 ➝ $200.00
10/12/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target	Equal Weight	$348.00
10/12/2026	LIN Linde	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$577.00
10/12/2026	LIN Linde	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
10/12/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold
10/9/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/9/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$420.00 ➝ $392.00

(Data available from 10/26/2023 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
EXP Eagle Materials	$2.31B	2.33	$18.76 per share	9.33	$46.92 per share	3.73
HD Home Depot	$164.68B	1.94	$18.81 per share	17.00	$12.87 per share	24.84
LIN Linde	$33.99B	6.92	$24.77 per share	20.60	$85.08 per share	6.00
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$23.57B	3.51	$14.87 per share	22.94	$18.55 per share	18.39

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
EXP Eagle Materials	$423.81M	$12.65	13.89	12.49	N/A	17.32%	26.87%	10.73%	11/4/2026 (Confirmed)
HD Home Depot	$14.16B	$14.29	22.39	19.93	2.27	8.41%	106.42%	13.76%	11/17/2026 (Estimated)
LIN Linde	$6.90B	$15.48	32.90	26.06	2.97	20.43%	20.09%	9.28%	10/29/2026 (Confirmed)
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$2.57B	$10.85	31.46	25.00	2.63	11.01%	67.97%	11.16%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/17/2026	Q3 2026	HD Home Depot	$3.84	N/A	N/A	N/A	$42.77 billion	N/A
11/4/2026	Q2 2027	EXP Eagle Materials	$3.85	N/A	N/A	N/A	$633.70 million	N/A
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	LIN Linde	$4.52	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.16 billion	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	$3.69	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.78 billion	N/A
8/18/2026	Q2 2026	HD Home Depot	$4.73	$4.92	+$0.19	$4.79	$47.24 billion	$47.86 billion
7/31/2026	Q2 2026	LIN Linde	$4.49	$4.50	+$0.01	$4.15	$9.02 billion	$9.29 billion
7/29/2026	Q1 2027	EXP Eagle Materials	$3.37	$3.29	-$0.08	$3.29	$620.35 million	$650.97 million
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
EXP Eagle Materials	$1.00	0.57%	+58.49%	7.91%	N/A
HD Home Depot	$9.32	2.92%	+8.92%	65.22%	16 Years
LIN Linde	$6.40	1.25%	+9.28%	41.34%	5 Years
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$3.20	0.94%	+12.04%	29.49%	48 Years

Latest SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/21/2026	SHW Sherwin-Williams	quarterly	$0.80	0.95%	11/13/2026	11/13/2026	12/4/2026
8/3/2026	EXP Eagle Materials	quarterly	$0.25	0.55%	9/14/2026	9/14/2026	10/13/2026
8/20/2026	HD Home Depot	quarterly	$2.33	2.93%	9/3/2026	9/3/2026	9/17/2026
7/28/2026	LIN Linde	quarterly	$1.60	1.33%	9/3/2026	9/3/2026	9/17/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EXP Eagle Materials	1.17	3.23	1.91
HD Home Depot	2.64	1.08	0.31
LIN Linde	0.51	0.88	0.75
SHW Sherwin-Williams	2.16	0.73	0.46

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EXP Eagle Materials	96.07%
HD Home Depot	70.86%
LIN Linde	82.80%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	77.67%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EXP Eagle Materials	1.70%
HD Home Depot	0.08%
LIN Linde	0.30%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	0.23%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EXP Eagle Materials	2,800	30.67 million	30.15 million	Optionable
HD Home Depot	472,400	997.69 million	996.89 million	Optionable
LIN Linde	65,177	460.98 million	459.60 million	Optionable
SHW Sherwin-Williams	64,249	242.76 million	242.20 million	Optionable

SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Evercore ISI Upgrades Sherwin-Williams (SHW) to Outperform

2 hours ago | streetinsider.com

Sherwin-Williams schedules October 27 results for Sherwin-Williams stock

2 hours ago | ad-hoc-news.deA

Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Q3 earnings report preview: what to look for

October 26 at 3:16 AM | msn.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Stock Acquired by Norris Perne & French LLP MI

October 25 at 6:07 AM | marketbeat.com

BG Investment Services LLC Makes New Investment in The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

October 25 at 3:35 AM | marketbeat.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Shares Purchased by Wedbush Securities Inc.

October 24 at 10:55 AM | marketbeat.com

Earnings Growth Outlook Might Change The Case For Investing In Sherwin Williams (SHW)

October 23 at 12:45 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Sherwin-Williams sets October 27 results date for Sherwin-Williams stock

October 23 at 7:45 PM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Sherwin-Williams Co. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors

October 23 at 7:45 PM | marketwatch.com

Sherwin Williams (SHW) Faces Higher Earnings Expectations, Is It Trading At An 11% Discount?

October 23 at 7:45 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Adams Natural Resources Fund Inc. Sells 14,300 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW

October 23 at 3:03 AM | marketbeat.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) Shares Set to Pay Quarterly Dividend of $0.80

October 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wall Street's Insights Into Key Metrics Ahead of Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Q3 Earnings

October 22, 2026 | zacks.com

Sherwin-Williams, Wells Fargo, and 7 Other Stocks for a Good-Enough Economy

October 22, 2026 | barrons.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Stock Bought by Vest Financial LLC

October 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company $SHW Stock: Canoe Financial LP Lowers Holdings

October 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Sherwin-Williams Declares Dividend of $0.80 per Common Share

October 21, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Sherwin-Williams cuts about 40 positions at Cleveland headquarters

October 21, 2026 | msn.com

ETFs Sold $17.7 Million of Sherwin-Williams (SHW) on Monday

October 21, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) - What Are Researchers Thinking About This Stock?

October 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Securities Remains a Hold on Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW)

October 20, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

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SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Company Descriptions

Eagle Materials NYSE:EXP

$175.06 +0.35 (+0.20%)

As of 10:41 AM Eastern

Eagle Materials Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells heavy construction materials and light building materials in the United States. It operates in four segments: Cement, Concrete and Aggregates, Gypsum Wallboard, and Recycled Paperboard. The company engages in the mining of limestone for the manufacture, production, distribution, and sale of Portland cement, including Portland limestone cement; grinding and sale of slag; and mining of gypsum for the manufacture and sale of gypsum wallboards used to finish the interior walls and ceilings in residential, commercial, and industrial structures, as well as well as containerboard and lightweight packaging grades; manufacture and sale of recycled paperboard to the gypsum wallboard industry and other paperboard converters; the sale of readymix concrete; and mining and sale of aggregates, such as crushed stone, sand, and gravel. Its products are used in commercial and residential construction; public construction projects to build, expand, and repair roads and highways; and repair and remodel activities. The company was formerly known as Centex Construction Products, Inc. and changed its name to Eagle Materials, Inc. in January 2004. Eagle Materials Inc. was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Home Depot NYSE:HD

$319.50 -0.33 (-0.10%)

As of 10:41 AM Eastern

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer in the United States and internationally. It sells various building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and décor products, as well as facilities maintenance, repair, and operations products. The company also offers installation services for flooring, water heaters, bath, garage doors, cabinets, cabinet makeovers, countertops, sheds, furnaces and central air systems, and windows. In addition, it provides tool and equipment rental services. The company primarily serves homeowners; and professional renovators/remodelers, general contractors, maintenance professionals, handymen, property managers, and building service contractors, as well as specialty tradesmen, such as electricians, plumbers, and painters. It sells its products through websites, including homedepot.com; homedepot.ca and homedepot.com.mx; blinds.com, justblinds.com, and americanblinds.com for custom window coverings; thecompanystore.com, an online site for textiles and décor products; hdsupply.com for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and related services; and The Home Depot stores. The Home Depot, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Linde NASDAQ:LIN

$509.86 +1.03 (+0.20%)

As of 10:41 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

$341.18 +4.12 (+1.22%)

As of 10:41 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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Latest SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Analyst Ratings

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Latest SHW, LIN, EXP, and HD Dividends

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