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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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.
Linde has a net margin of 20.02% compared to Sherwin-Williams' net margin of 11.63%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 71.86% beat Linde's return on equity.
Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Linde has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sherwin-Williams presently has a consensus target price of $391.31, indicating a potential upside of 12.65%. Linde has a consensus target price of $515.90, indicating a potential upside of 9.43%. Given Sherwin-Williams' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sherwin-Williams is more favorable than Linde.
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 29.9% 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.
77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of Linde shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Linde shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Linde had 8 more articles in the media than Sherwin-Williams. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Linde and 28 mentions for Sherwin-Williams. Sherwin-Williams' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Linde's score of 1.44 indicating that Sherwin-Williams is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Linde beats Sherwin-Williams on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SHW) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff