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Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Competitors

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$376.32
+1.92 (+0.51%)
(As of 11:11 AM ET)

SHW vs. ECL, IFF, RPM, CE, ALB, BCPC, NEU, ASH, FUL, and SXT

Should you be buying Sherwin-Williams stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherwin-Williams include Ecolab (ECL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Celanese (CE), Albemarle (ALB), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), Ashland (ASH), H.B. Fuller (FUL), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.

Sherwin-Williams vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ecolab$15.32B4.54$1.37B$7.1334.29
Sherwin-Williams$23.05B4.09$2.39B$10.0437.29

Sherwin-Williams received 143 more outperform votes than Ecolab when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave Ecolab an outperform vote while only 64.40% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EcolabOutperform Votes
749
64.74%
Underperform Votes
408
35.26%
Sherwin-WilliamsOutperform Votes
892
64.40%
Underperform Votes
493
35.60%

Ecolab has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ecolab has a net margin of 13.05% compared to Sherwin-Williams' net margin of 11.09%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 74.45% beat Ecolab's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ecolab13.05% 22.12% 8.47%
Sherwin-Williams 11.09%74.45%11.97%

Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ecolab pays out 32.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sherwin-Williams pays out 28.5% 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. Ecolab has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years and Sherwin-Williams has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years.

74.9% of Ecolab shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ecolab shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ecolab had 37 more articles in the media than Sherwin-Williams. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Ecolab and 26 mentions for Sherwin-Williams. Ecolab's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Sherwin-Williams' score of 0.43 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ecolab
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sherwin-Williams
13 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ecolab presently has a consensus target price of $277.20, suggesting a potential upside of 13.37%. Sherwin-Williams has a consensus target price of $395.29, suggesting a potential upside of 5.58%. Given Ecolab's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Sherwin-Williams.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ecolab
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Sherwin-Williams
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65

Summary

Sherwin-Williams beats Ecolab on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SHW vs. The Competition

MetricSherwin-WilliamsBuilding materials, hardware, garden supply & mobile home dealers IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$94.29B$48.64B$2.80B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.80%1.90%5.23%3.56%
P/E Ratio37.2942.51122.5841.71
Price / Sales4.092.98542,539.3917.89
Price / Cash27.3219.9523.4720.54
Price / Book22.6913.813.585.28
Net Income$2.39B$614.09M$145.49M$985.16M
7 Day Performance3.53%1.08%-0.95%-0.50%
1 Month Performance0.83%0.49%0.79%-0.84%
1 Year Performance49.22%32.74%30.19%22.96%

Sherwin-Williams Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.4599 of 5 stars
$376.32
+0.5%
$395.29
+5.0%
+49.2%$94.78B$23.05B37.4864,088Gap Up
ECL
Ecolab
4.9594 of 5 stars
$245.70
-2.7%
$277.20
+12.8%
+39.9%$69.91B$15.63B41.2248,000Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
IFF
International Flavors & Fragrances
3.5836 of 5 stars
$99.43
-1.7%
$107.86
+8.5%
+36.1%$25.42B$11.31B-10.7821,500Dividend Announcement
Positive News
RPM
RPM International
3.8179 of 5 stars
$127.08
-0.8%
$129.70
+2.1%
+32.4%$16.36B$7.29B26.6417,207Insider Selling
CE
Celanese
4.9315 of 5 stars
$125.99
-0.8%
$151.44
+20.2%
+2.1%$13.77B$10.55B7.1712,410Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Gap Down
ALB
Albemarle
3.5735 of 5 stars
$94.73
-0.8%
$117.30
+23.8%
-21.4%$11.13B$7.46B-20.039,000Upcoming Earnings
BCPC
Balchem
4.582 of 5 stars
$167.33
-0.9%
$185.00
+10.6%
+42.5%$5.43B$932.39M46.611,302Analyst Forecast
NEU
NewMarket
3.3112 of 5 stars
$525.67
-1.1%
N/A+7.0%$5.10B$2.78B12.272,000Positive News
ASH
Ashland
4.5309 of 5 stars
$84.57
-2.9%
$103.50
+22.4%
+9.9%$4.13B$2.11B28.673,800Upcoming Earnings
FUL
H.B. Fuller
4.4786 of 5 stars
$73.32
-1.7%
$97.67
+33.2%
+4.8%$4.01B$3.55B22.637,200
SXT
Sensient Technologies
3.9937 of 5 stars
$75.41
-2.4%
$85.00
+12.7%
+28.4%$3.20B$1.53B36.083,956

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This page (NYSE:SHW) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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