Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE: SHW) is 0.54% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $282.09 and a high of $400.42 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The SHW stock was last observed hovering at around $342.10 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.32%.
Currently trading at $341.78, the stock is -3.36% and -3.18% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.86 million and changing -0.09% at the moment leaves the stock -2.94% off its SMA200. SHW registered -0.27% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -8.02%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $353.0226 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $352.14355.
The stock witnessed a -3.86% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.02%, and is -6.01% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.64% over the week and 2.29% over the month.
Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) has around 63890 employees, a market worth around $85.96B and $23.10B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 32.40 and Fwd P/E is 25.02. Profit margin for the company is 11.61%. Distance from 52-week low is 21.16% and -14.64% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.45%).
with sales reaching $5.42B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 6.23% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.58% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 1.00% in year-over-year returns.
Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) Top Institutional Holders
2184.0 institutions hold shares in Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW), with institutional investors hold 88.52% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 251.30M, and float is at 233.98M with Short Float at 2.79%. Institutions hold 82.22% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 21.89 million shares valued at $6.53 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 8.67% of the SHW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 16.97 million shares valued at $5.07 billion to account for 6.7218 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 10.09 million shares representing 3.9952% and valued at over $3.01 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 2.9417 of the shares totaling 7.43 million with a market value of $2.22 billion.
Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Davie Colin M., the company’s Pres. & GM, Glob. Supply Chain. SEC filings show that Davie Colin M. sold 2,799 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 27 ’25 at a price of $360.30 per share for a total of $1.01 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 5365.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 26 ’24, GARCEAU MARY L (SVP – CLO and Secretary) disposed off 15,770 shares at an average price of $397.92 for $6.28 million. The insider now directly holds 29,205 shares of Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW).
