SHW Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Sherwin-Williams Company | NYSE:SHW)

Sherwin-Williams is the largest global manufacturer of paints and coatings. The company focuses on the development, manufacturing, and distribution of paint, coatings, and related products to customers ranging from professional painters and contractors to industrial manufacturers to do-it-yourself consumers. Sherwin organizes its operations into three primary segments: the paint stores group is the largest segment and includes the company's network of over 4,800 company-owned stores; the consumer brands group sells branded architectural paints through big-box retailers such as Lowe's, and the performance coatings group provides specialized coatings for industrial applications, such as automotive refinishing, packaging, and industrial wood.

Sherwin-Williams Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol SHW.

As of July 27, 2026, SHW stock price climbed to $327.28 with 1,034,070 million shares trading.

SHW has a beta of 0.45, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SHW has a correlation of 0.05 to the broad based SPY ETF.

SHW has a market cap of $80.72 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter Sherwin-Williams Company reported $6 billion in Revenue and $2.35 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $104 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.09.

In the last 3 years, SHW traded as high as $400.42 and as low as $232.06.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that SHW belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, DIA, IVV, SPY.

SHW has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -2.9%, while the SPY ETF gained +17.3%. In the last 3 month period, SHW fell short of the market, returning -2.8%, while SPY returned +3.5%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks SHW has outperformed the stock market by returning -2.0%, while SPY returned -2.4%.

SHW support price is $311.65 and resistance is $323.37 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that SHW shares will trade within this expected range on the day.