The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW

329.10 8.70 2.72% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$78.1B
P/E
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The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) Operating margin

The Sherwin-Williams Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (16.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.7% (fiscal 2018) to 16.5% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.63% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.82%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 16.3% (0.25)
FY2024 16.5% 0.77
FY2023 15.7% 2.10
FY2022 13.6% 0.80
FY2021 12.8% (2.77)
FY2020 15.6% 2.14
FY2019 13.5% 2.75
FY2018 10.7% (0.59)
FY2017 11.3% (3.40)
FY2016 14.7% 0.45

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 18.1% 3.93
Mar 2026 14.2% (0.03)
Dec 2025 14.2% (4.29)
Sep 2025 18.5% 1.09
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.7% High 16.5%
Ten-year median 14.3%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
LIN Linde PLC compare 26.5%
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 16.9%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company 16.4%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 13.4%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 9.90%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 7.48%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 4.27%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 3.09%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare −4.71%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.63%
Basic Materials sector median 0.82%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Operating margin →

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