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SHW vs. LIN, AXTA, FBIN, HD, LOW, MAS, MCO, PNR, PPG, and RPM

Should you be buying Sherwin-Williams stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherwin-Williams include Linde (LIN), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Home Depot (HD), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Masco (MAS), Moody's (MCO), Pentair (PNR), PPG Industries (PPG), and RPM International (RPM).

Sherwin-Williams vs. Its Competitors

Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) and Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Sherwin-Williams pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Linde pays out 43.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sherwin-Williams has increased its dividend for 48 consecutive years and Linde has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

In the previous week, Sherwin-Williams had 26 more articles in the media than Linde. MarketBeat recorded 88 mentions for Sherwin-Williams and 62 mentions for Linde. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Sherwin-Williams' score of 0.32 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sherwin-Williams
38 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Linde
54 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Linde shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Linde has a net margin of 20.02% compared to Sherwin-Williams' net margin of 11.03%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 66.91% beat Linde's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sherwin-Williams11.03% 66.91% 11.48%
Linde 20.02%18.95%9.26%

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Sherwin-Williams. Sherwin-Williams is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Linde, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sherwin-Williams$23.10B3.65$2.68B$10.0833.36
Linde$33.01B6.67$6.57B$13.7733.95

Sherwin-Williams currently has a consensus price target of $383.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.99%. Linde has a consensus price target of $518.80, indicating a potential upside of 10.98%. Given Sherwin-Williams' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Sherwin-Williams is more favorable than Linde.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sherwin-Williams
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Linde beats Sherwin-Williams on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SHW vs. The Competition

MetricSherwin-WilliamsCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$85.23B$15.80B$3.31B$21.13B
Dividend Yield0.93%2.01%5.16%3.61%
P/E Ratio33.3649.27129.5628.31
Price / Sales3.653.1228,712,403,950,737,600.0055.84
Price / Cash23.9313.2423.9718.21
Price / Book20.903.125.934.70
Net Income$2.68B$423.39M$148.55M$992.76M
7 Day Performance-1.40%-0.22%1.35%0.62%
1 Month Performance-2.82%3.64%8.30%4.54%
1 Year Performance-4.59%6.51%38.24%10.20%

Sherwin-Williams Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.3757 of 5 stars
$336.29
-1.1%
$383.33
+14.0%
-3.7%$85.23B$23.10B33.3663,890Earnings Report
LIN
Linde
4.0531 of 5 stars
$469.92
+1.1%
$518.80
+10.4%
+3.6%$221.47B$33.01B34.1765,289Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.5599 of 5 stars
$29.75
+0.2%
$38.80
+30.4%
-16.4%$6.50B$5.28B14.5112,800Upcoming Earnings
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.1142 of 5 stars
$52.92
-0.7%
$77.27
+46.0%
-28.2%$6.36B$4.61B15.5211,000Upcoming Earnings
HD
Home Depot
4.8535 of 5 stars
$364.04
+1.3%
$426.77
+17.2%
+4.9%$362.56B$159.51B24.72520,700Positive News
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.9487 of 5 stars
$221.10
+0.9%
$271.12
+22.6%
-3.7%$124.01B$83.24B18.33270,000Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.3272 of 5 stars
$65.16
-0.6%
$74.03
+13.6%
-12.8%$13.74B$7.83B17.8018,000Upcoming Earnings
MCO
Moody's
4.6255 of 5 stars
$500.45
+0.1%
$523.73
+4.7%
+13.0%$89.89B$7.09B43.1515,838Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PNR
Pentair
4.73 of 5 stars
$105.01
-1.0%
$111.00
+5.7%
+16.8%$17.28B$4.08B27.139,750Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6711 of 5 stars
$114.65
+0.1%
$131.42
+14.6%
-10.6%$26.01B$15.85B24.5446,000Positive News
RPM
RPM International
3.8576 of 5 stars
$110.97
-0.4%
$126.80
+14.3%
+3.4%$14.30B$7.34B22.3117,207Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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