Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE: SHW) is -1.23% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $292.27 and a high of $400.42 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SHW stock was last observed hovering at around $335.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.12%.
Currently trading at $335.76, the stock is -5.47% and -3.37% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.71 million and changing -0.04% at the moment leaves the stock -6.66% off its SMA200. SHW registered 12.19% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.73%.
The stock witnessed a -7.11% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.90%, and is -6.20% 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 2.75% over the week and 1.56% over the month.
Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) has around 63890 employees, a market worth around $84.14B and $23.04B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 31.77 and Fwd P/E is 25.31. Profit margin for the company is 11.63%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.88% and -16.15% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (19.81%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 5.16% this year.
Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 250.60M, and float is at 232.86M with Short Float at 1.95%.
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 8.7218% 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 6.7619 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 10.09 million shares representing 4.0191% and valued at over $3.01 billion, while MORGAN STANLEY holds 2.9592 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 Rea Todd D, the company’s President, Consumer Brands Grp. SEC filings show that Rea Todd D sold 4,223 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 06 ’25 at a price of $359.16 per share for a total of $1.52 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9329.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’25, Davie Colin M. (Pres. & GM, Glob. Supply Chain) disposed off 2,799 shares at an average price of $360.30 for $1.01 million. The insider now directly holds 5,365 shares of Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW).
