Sherwin-Williams Co [SHW] stock is trading at $349.19, up 2.78%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The SHW shares have gain 1.89% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.61%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Sherwin-Williams Co [NYSE: SHW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 10, 2025, when Jefferies downgraded its rating to a Hold and also revised its price target to $380 from $423. On January 24, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $420 on the stock. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Sector Weight. Evercore ISI reiterated its recommendation of a Outperform and raised its price target to $365 on July 24, 2024. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on April 25, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $400. In a note dated March 07, 2024, UBS upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $312 to $402.
Sherwin-Williams Co [SHW] stock has fluctuated between $282.09 and $400.42 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $396.57 within the next 12 months. Sherwin-Williams Co [NYSE: SHW] shares were valued at $349.19 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 13.57% based on the average SHW price forecast.
Analyzing the SHW fundamentals
Sherwin-Williams Co [NYSE:SHW] reported sales of 23.10B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 0.86%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.16%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.31 and Total Capital is 0.22. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.5.
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 341.46 points at the first support level, and at 333.73 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 354.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 358.88.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Sherwin-Williams Co’s Current Ratio is 0.79. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.46, and the Cash Ratio is 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.80, the price to book ratio is 21.66 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 33.11.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Davie Colin M., Pres. & GM, Glob. Supply Chain, that happened on Feb 27 ’25 when 2799.0 shares were sold. Officer, Davie Colin M. completed a deal on Feb 27 ’25 to buy 2799.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP – CLO and Secretary GARCEAU MARY L sold 15770.0 shares on Nov 26 ’24.
