The Sherwin-Williams Company

SHW Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

The Sherwin-Williams Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $23.6 billion, up 2.06% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 7.52%, EPS grew 13.8%, free cash flow grew 33.7% and total debt rose 13.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for ten.

335.20 1.72 −0.51%
Market cap
$81.8B
P/E
30.6×
Fwd P/E
28.0×
Dividend yield
0.95%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.67
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
89/100

The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) trades at a EV/Sales of 3.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.0× (September 2015) to 5.1× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 68% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 1.8× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 1.7×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 3.9× (6.25%)
FY2024 4.1× 8.42%
FY2023 3.8× 16.49%
FY2022 3.3× (36.26%)
FY2021 5.1× 25.87%
FY2020 4.1× 17.02%
FY2019 3.5× 32.87%
FY2018 2.6× (19.77%)
FY2017 3.3× 46.81%
FY2016 2.2× (2.13%)

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 3.9× 4.05%
Mar 2026 3.8× (2.21%)
Dec 2025 3.9× (7.03%)
Sep 2025 4.1× 0.00%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.0× High 5.1×
Ten-year median 3.4×
Current reading's percentile 65

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 1.0×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 1.8×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 1.8×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 2.6×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 2.7×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company 3.8×
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 5.3×
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare 6.6×
LIN Linde PLC compare 7.2×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 1.8×
Basic Materials sector median 1.7×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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