Analysis of Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW)’s performance, earnings and valuation

Sherwin-Williams Co. [SHW] stock is trading at $384.16, up 1.36%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SHW shares have gain 4.45% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.33%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Sherwin-Williams Co. [NYSE: SHW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 07, 2024, when KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Sector Weight. Previously, Evercore ISI reaffirmed its Outperform rating on July 24, 2024, and elevated its price target to $365. On April 25, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $400 on the stock. UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $402 on March 07, 2024. Wolfe Research initiated its recommendation with a Peer Perform. Northcoast upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on February 27, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $360. In a note dated January 08, 2024, Seaport Research Partners downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.

Sherwin-Williams Co. [SHW] stock has fluctuated between $232.06 and $385.25 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $340.79 within the next 12 months. Sherwin-Williams Co. [NYSE: SHW] shares were valued at $384.16 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -11.29% based on the average SHW price forecast.

Analyzing the SHW fundamentals

Sherwin-Williams Co. [NYSE:SHW] reported sales of 23.01B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 0.50%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.68 and Total Capital is 0.23. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.88.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 379.34 points at the first support level, and at 374.51 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 387.00, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 389.83.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Sherwin-Williams Co.’s Current Ratio is 0.81. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.50, while the Cash Ratio is 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.21, the price to book ratio is 25.83 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 39.16.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Mistysyn Allen J, SVP – Finance & CFO, that happened on Aug 30 ’24 when 14520.0 shares were sold. Executive Chairman, MORIKIS JOHN G completed a deal on Aug 30 ’24 to sell 0.12 million shares. Meanwhile, Officer MORIKIS JOHN G bought 0.12 million shares on Aug 30 ’24.

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