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) P/E ratio

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As of 5 November 2026, The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) trades at a P/E ratio of 31.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.9× (December 2018) to 49.6× (December 2021); the current reading is higher than 51% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 24.5× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 19.0×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 31.2× (1.83%)
FY2024 31.8× (2.49%)
FY2023 32.6× 6.67%
FY2022 30.6× (38.37%)
FY2021 49.6× 51.59%
FY2020 32.7× (5.85%)
FY2019 34.8× 5.21%
FY2018 33.0× 52.04%
FY2017 21.7× (4.00%)
FY2016 22.6× (0.78%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Sep 2026 29.4× (6.37%)
Jun 2026 31.4× 3.30%
Mar 2026 30.4× (2.58%)
Dec 2025 31.2× (6.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.9× High 49.6×
Ten-year median 31.7×
Current reading's percentile 48

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. compare n/m
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. compare 15.6×
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. compare 17.6×
RPM RPM International Inc. compare 19.5×
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company 31.8×
LIN Linde PLC compare 34.2×
ECL Ecolab Inc. compare 41.3×
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. compare 64.2×
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. compare 121×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 24.5×
Basic Materials sector median 19.0×
Market median 17.9×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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