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.

Revenue
+7.89%
EPS
+0.89%
Free cash flow
−12.2%
Total debt
+2.43%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

349.94 13.56 −3.73%
Market cap
$84.3B
P/E
31.8×
Fwd P/E
29.9×
Dividend yield
0.91%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.67
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
89/100

The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) Free cash flow

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The Sherwin-Williams Company's free cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $2.7B, up 27.2% from $2.1B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $3.1B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $1.1B (fiscal 2016) to $3.2B (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. The Sherwin-Williams Company ranks 2nd of 59 Specialty Chemicals companies by free cash flow.

Free cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
FY2025 $2.7B 27.21%
FY2024 $2.1B (22.52%)
FY2023 $2.7B 106.60%
FY2022 $1.3B (30.67%)
FY2021 $1.9B (40.38%)
FY2020 $3.2B 58.33%
FY2019 $2.0B 15.49%
FY2018 $1.7B 1.33%
FY2017 $1.7B 54.19%
FY2016 $1.1B (9.51%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Free cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $975.8M (21.60%)
Jun 2026 $1.2B 155,487.50%
Mar 2026 $800.0K (99.91%)
Dec 2025 $872.8M (21.45%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $1.1B High $3.2B
Ten-year median $1.9B
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow against peers

What Free cash flow is

Free Cash Flow tells an investor how much cash a company’s operations generate after paying for its investment in physical and intangible assets.

Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)

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