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NYSE:SHW

Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Competitors

$255.05
-1.16 (-0.45%)
(As of 09/29/2023 08:53 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$254.05
$258.97
50-Day Range
$250.61
$280.90
52-Week Range
$195.24
$283.80
Volume
1.45 million shs
Average Volume
1.46 million shs
Market Capitalization
$65.59 billion
P/E Ratio
28.31
Dividend Yield
0.95%
Price Target
$281.79

SHW vs. CRH, DHI, OTIS, LEN, URI, PWR, VMC, MLM, WY, and NVR

Should you be buying Sherwin-Williams stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherwin-Williams include CRH (CRH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), Quanta Services (PWR), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), and NVR (NVR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Sherwin-Williams vs.

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.

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.

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.

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Sherwin-Williams.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sherwin-Williams$22.15B2.96$2.02B$9.0128.31
CRH$33.86B1.16$3.85BN/AN/A

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Sherwin-WilliamsOutperform Votes
842
64.37%
Underperform Votes
466
35.63%
CRHOutperform Votes
459
55.64%
Underperform Votes
366
44.36%

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.

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

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-Williams10.20% 83.63% 11.47%
CRH N/A N/A N/A

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.


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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SHW vs. The Competition

MetricSherwin-WilliamsBuilding materials, hardware, garden supply & mobile home dealers IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$65.59B$49.96B$6.53B$15.15B
Dividend Yield0.95%2.12%2.29%3.77%
P/E Ratio28.3144.9015.1122.51
Price / Sales2.962.8611.489.05
Price / Cash22.8817.5213.8017.08
Price / Book21.3114.293.136.54
Net Income$2.02B$752.51M$541.35M$901.03M
7 Day Performance0.15%0.95%-0.41%-0.46%
1 Month Performance-7.19%-3.52%-6.14%-5.77%
1 Year Performance24.57%7.63%30.75%10.40%

Sherwin-Williams Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRH
CRH
1.7908 of 5 stars
$55.83
-0.9%
$25.17
-54.9%
+69.8%$39.92B$33.86B0.0075,800Dividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
DHI
D.R. Horton
3.1989 of 5 stars
$107.46
-0.7%
$136.19
+26.7%
+59.6%$36.59B$34.60B7.6413,237Positive News
OTIS
Otis Worldwide
1.9853 of 5 stars
$79.29
-2.1%
$87.86
+10.8%
+25.9%$32.65B$13.69B25.0169,000
LEN
Lennar
3.1057 of 5 stars
$111.94
-1.0%
$134.25
+19.9%
+50.5%$32.17B$33.67B8.3012,012Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
URI
United Rentals
2.5591 of 5 stars
$437.69
-1.4%
$455.25
+4.0%
+64.6%$29.89B$11.64B13.3224,600News Coverage
Positive News
PWR
Quanta Services
2.381 of 5 stars
$184.86
-1.5%
$205.27
+11.0%
+46.8%$27.24B$18.35B47.1647,300News Coverage
Positive News
VMC
Vulcan Materials
2.7298 of 5 stars
$201.35
-0.3%
$240.50
+19.4%
+28.1%$26.75B$7.32B37.0811,397Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
2.9453 of 5 stars
$407.26
-0.7%
$469.21
+15.2%
+27.4%$25.24B$6.16B26.729,400Short Interest ↓
Positive News
WY
Weyerhaeuser
2.4664 of 5 stars
$31.02
-1.1%
$38.29
+23.4%
+7.4%$22.67B$10.18B32.319,264Short Interest ↑
NVR
NVR
1.646 of 5 stars
$5,887.15
-1.3%
$5,650.00
-4.0%
+49.6%$19.19B$10.33B12.576,550News Coverage

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