The Sherwin-Williams Company

BUL:SJ3 Stock Report

Market Cap: €74.3b

Sherwin-Williams Valuation

Is SJ3 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SJ3 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SJ3 (€294.83) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€242.28)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SJ3 is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SJ3?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SJ3 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA21.7x
PEG Ratio4.5x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SJ3's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SJ3 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average37.1x
ECL Ecolab
42.9x12.3%US$66.5b
4063 Shin-Etsu Chemical
22.1x10.8%JP¥11.8t
SIKA Sika
41.4x12.5%CHF44.0b
GIVN Givaudan
42.1x7.7%CHF37.6b
SJ3 Sherwin-Williams
33.5x7.4%€79.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SJ3 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.5x) compared to the peer average (37.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SJ3's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a21.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SJ3 is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.5x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (18.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SJ3's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SJ3 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SJ3's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SJ3 forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€294.83
€315.32
+7.0%
12.4%€371.88€203.60n/a24
May ’25€284.13
€316.08
+11.2%
12.1%€373.76€204.63n/a25
Apr ’25€321.40
€308.41
-4.0%
13.8%€372.65€198.38n/a24
Mar ’25€306.05
€297.14
-2.9%
11.3%€341.14€197.31n/a24
Feb ’25€280.00
€292.94
+4.6%
11.1%€332.39€197.59n/a23
Jan ’25€283.25
€272.00
-4.0%
11.6%€327.20€194.50n/a24
Dec ’24€257.45
€261.32
+1.5%
9.9%€300.76€195.04n/a24
Nov ’24€225.70
€268.13
+18.8%
9.7%€312.28€202.51n/a24
Oct ’24€244.25
€281.64
+15.3%
8.4%€312.15€199.58n/a24
Sep ’24€252.10
€273.86
+8.6%
9.3%€305.48€195.32n/a25
Aug ’24€254.40
€268.38
+5.5%
9.4%€300.47€192.12n/a25
Jul ’24€242.40
€236.21
-2.6%
8.9%€265.76€184.20n/a25
Jun ’24€212.15
€238.76
+12.5%
8.7%€271.35€188.08n/a24
May ’24€212.30
€231.94
+9.3%
8.9%€264.34€183.21€284.1324
Apr ’24€201.50
€230.09
+14.2%
9.9%€267.35€184.38€321.4024
Mar ’24€206.65
€234.26
+13.4%
9.9%€273.38€188.54€306.0526
Feb ’24€217.85
€229.53
+5.4%
10.2%€275.97€183.98€280.0027
Jan ’24€225.00
€247.07
+9.8%
11.1%€283.08€188.72€283.2525
Dec ’23€238.53
€248.80
+4.3%
10.9%€290.34€193.56€257.4525
Nov ’23n/a
€258.60
0%
10.9%€303.66€202.44€225.7025
Oct ’23n/a
€271.76
0%
10.8%€331.66€204.10€244.2523
Sep ’23n/a
€266.66
0%
10.0%€319.64€196.70€252.1022
Aug ’23n/a
€266.13
0%
11.2%€331.50€195.00€254.4022
Jul ’23n/a
€282.08
0%
11.6%€330.72€186.15€242.4021
Jun ’23n/a
€279.42
0%
11.3%€326.10€183.54€212.1521
May ’23n/a
€290.06
0%
10.7%€333.13€187.50€212.3020

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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