Sherwin-Williams - SHW Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sherwin-Williams in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" SHW shares.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Sherwin-Williams' shares. Their SHW share price forecasts range from $210.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $253.39 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price.
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Sherwin-Williams' stock was trading at $237.33 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SHW shares have decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $224.77.
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Sherwin-Williams saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,540,000 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the February 13th total of 2,100,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.84 by $0.05. The specialty chemicals company earned $5.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.26 billion. Sherwin-Williams had a net margin of 9.12% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 90.04%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.34 earnings per share.
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Sherwin-Williams declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.605 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.08%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 24th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60.
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Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) pays an annual dividend of $2.42 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.12%. 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 31.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SHW will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.01% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Sherwin-Williams's stock split on Thursday, April 1st 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes 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 issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.95-$8.65 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $10.14. 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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SHW."

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One share of SHW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $224.77.

Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) has a market capitalization of $58.00 billion and generates $22.15 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $2.02 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.72 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 64,366 workers across the globe.

Sherwin-Williams' mailing address is 101 WEST PROSPECT AVE, CLEVELAND OH, 44115. The official website for the company is www.sherwin-williams.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (216) 566-2000, via email at investor.relations@sherwin.com, or via fax at 216-566-3310.