Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Competitors

Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) and CRH (NYSE:CRH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SHW or CRH?

75.9% of Sherwin-Williams shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, SHW or CRH?

Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, SHW or CRH?

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Sherwin-Williams.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sherwin-Williams	$22.15B	2.96	$2.02B	$9.01	28.31
CRH	$33.86B	1.16	$3.85B	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHW or CRH?

Sherwin-Williams received 383 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote while only 55.64% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sherwin-Williams	Outperform Votes 842 64.37%	Underperform Votes 466 35.63%
CRH	Outperform Votes 459 55.64%	Underperform Votes 366 44.36%

Is SHW or CRH a better dividend stock?

Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. CRH pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Sherwin-Williams pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend SHW or CRH?

Sherwin-Williams currently has a consensus price target of $281.79, indicating a potential upside of 10.48%. CRH has a consensus price target of $25.17, indicating a potential downside of 54.02%. Given Sherwin-Williams' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sherwin-Williams is more favorable than CRH.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sherwin-Williams	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
CRH	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SHW or CRH more profitable?

Sherwin-Williams has a net margin of 10.20% compared to CRH's net margin of 0.00%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 83.63% beat CRH's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sherwin-Williams	10.20%	83.63%	11.47%
CRH	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer SHW or CRH?

In the previous week, Sherwin-Williams had 6 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Sherwin-Williams and 8 mentions for CRH. Sherwin-Williams' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat CRH's score of 0.61 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sherwin-Williams	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CRH	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Sherwin-Williams beats CRH on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.