Sherwin-Williams (SHW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

19 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sherwin-Williams in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SHW shares.
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19 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Sherwin-Williams' shares. Their SHW share price targets range from $249.00 to $402.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $343.41 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.3% from the stock's current price.
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Sherwin-Williams' stock was trading at $311.90 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SHW shares have decreased by 3.7% and is now trading at $300.45.
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Sherwin-Williams saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,260,000 shares, an increase of 30.7% from the May 15th total of 3,260,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,600,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 23rd 2024.
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The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.22 by $0.05. The specialty chemicals company earned $5.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.50 billion. Sherwin-Williams had a net margin of 10.52% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 73.74%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 1.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.04 EPS.
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Sherwin-Williams announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.715 per share on Friday, June 7th. This represents a $2.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 16th.
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Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.96%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 47 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 30.49%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SHW will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) stock in their portfolio include Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB), Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW), Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (FMAT), ProShares Ultra Materials (UYM), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF), Honeytree U.S. Equity ETF (BEEZ) and ClearBridge Focus Value ESG ETF (CFCV).

Shares of Sherwin-Williams split before market open on Thursday, April 1st 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, March 31st 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Sherwin-Williams issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of 10.850-11.350 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 11.440. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

1,095 employees have rated Sherwin-Williams Chief Executive Officer John Morikis on Glassdoor.com. John Morikis has an approval rating of 76% among the company's employees.

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Sherwin-Williams' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.53%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.32%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.08%), Capital World Investors (0.99%), Capital International Investors (0.91%) and Capital Research Global Investors (0.81%). Insiders that own company stock include Allen J Mistysyn, Allen J Mistysyn, Brian E Padden, Bryan J Young, Gregory P Sofish, Heidi G Petz, Jane M Cronin, John G Morikis, Joseph F Sladek, Justin T Binns, Karl J Jorgenrud, Mary L Garceau, Peter J Ippolito, Thomas P Gilligan and Todd D Rea.
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