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

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Sherwin-Williams in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SHW shares.
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18 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Sherwin-Williams' stock. Their SHW share price targets range from $249.00 to $378.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $311.22 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%.
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Sherwin-Williams' stock was trading at $311.90 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SHW shares have increased by 0.1% and is now trading at $312.15.
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Sherwin-Williams saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,460,000 shares, a decline of 19.3% from the December 15th total of 3,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.80 by $0.01. The specialty chemicals company earned $5.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.23 billion. Sherwin-Williams had a net margin of 10.36% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 74.72%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.89 EPS.
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Sherwin-Williams announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, November 17th will be given a dividend of $0.605 per share on Friday, December 8th. This represents a $2.42 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 16th.
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Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) pays an annual dividend of $2.42 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.79%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 46 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 26.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SHW will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.00% 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), Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (FMAT), Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW), ProShares Smart Materials ETF (TINT), iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), ProShares Ultra Materials (UYM) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM).

Shares of Sherwin-Williams split on Thursday, April 1st 2021. The 3-1 split was announced on Wednesday, February 3rd 2021. The newly issued 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 Friday, January, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of 10.850-11.350 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 11.330. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.68%), Fiera Capital Corp (1.03%), Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.54%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.52%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.46%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.41%). Insiders that own company stock include Allen J Mistysyn, Allen J Mistysyn, Brian E Padden, Bryan J Young, David B Sewell, Heidi G Petz, Jane M Cronin, Jane M Cronin, John G Morikis, Joseph F Sladek, Justin T Binns, Justin T Binns, Mary L Garceau, Peter J Ippolito, Peter J Ippolito and Thomas P Gilligan.
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