The Sherwin-Williams Company

BIT:1SHW Stock Report

Market Cap: €72.5b

Sherwin-Williams Valuation

Is 1SHW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • 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 1SHW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

€64.54
Fair Value
352.4% overvalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: 1SHW (€292) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€64.54)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 1SHW is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1SHW?

Key metric: As 1SHW is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1SHW. This is calculated by dividing 1SHW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1SHW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.6x
EarningsUS$2.57b
Market CapUS$83.84b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1SHW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1SHW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.9x
ECL Ecolab
36.6x11.67%US$72.5b
4063 Shin-Etsu Chemical
17x7.72%JP¥8.5t
BZU Buzzi
9.8x1.04%€8.9b
SOL SOL
28.1x9.93%€4.4b
1SHW Sherwin-Williams
32.6x8.71%€83.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1SHW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.6x) compared to the peer average (22.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1SHW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1SHW 32.6xIndustry Avg. 17.4xNo. of Companies13PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1SHW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.6x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (17.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1SHW'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.

1SHW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.6x
Fair PE Ratio26.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 1SHW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.5x).

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 1SHW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€292.00
€336.43
+15.22%
8.84%€367.31€227.17n/a21
Nov ’26€299.55
€335.31
+11.94%
8.84%€366.09€226.42n/a21
Oct ’26€292.60
€322.83
+10.33%
8.59%€357.76€219.76n/a21
Sep ’26€303.70
€326.88
+7.63%
8.60%€361.75€222.22n/a21
Aug ’26€294.85
€324.44
+10.03%
9.82%€363.55€223.32n/a21
Jul ’26€302.70
€319.51
+5.55%
12.67%€356.24€218.84n/a22
Jun ’26€313.80
€332.31
+5.90%
12.60%€369.73€227.12n/a23
May ’26€308.65
€331.76
+7.49%
12.95%€370.44€219.12n/a23
Apr ’26€324.90
€353.89
+8.92%
13.39%€398.57€228.94n/a23
Mar ’26€345.00
€367.10
+6.41%
13.37%€410.05€235.54n/a23
Feb ’26€347.95
€372.05
+6.93%
13.76%€429.29€238.28n/a23
Jan ’26€326.05
€368.52
+13.02%
15.01%€429.08€230.75n/a23
Dec ’25€375.75
€362.00
-3.66%
12.78%€416.79€224.14n/a23
Nov ’25€331.55
€360.18
+8.63%
12.72%€415.62€223.51€299.5523
Oct ’25€343.10
€335.15
-2.32%
12.44%€381.69€209.26€292.6024
Sep ’25€329.45
€332.41
+0.90%
11.62%€384.54€210.82€303.7024
Aug ’25€322.00
€334.38
+3.85%
11.27%€386.65€215.53€294.8524
Jul ’25€276.00
€315.01
+14.13%
12.29%€372.52€203.95€302.7024
Jun ’25€278.60
€314.22
+12.79%
12.48%€370.36€202.77€313.8024
May ’25€283.20
€316.08
+11.61%
12.10%€373.76€204.63€308.6525
Apr ’25€321.50
€308.41
-4.07%
13.83%€372.65€198.38€324.9024
Mar ’25€308.50
€297.14
-3.68%
11.27%€341.14€197.31€345.0024
Feb ’25€279.80
€292.94
+4.70%
11.10%€332.39€197.59€347.9523
Jan ’25€283.10
€272.00
-3.92%
11.58%€327.20€194.50€326.0524
Dec ’24€257.60
€261.32
+1.44%
9.90%€300.76€195.04€375.7524
Nov ’24€225.10
€268.13
+19.12%
9.74%€312.28€202.51€331.5524
€331.8
Fair Value
12.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/11/09 18:55
End of Day Share Price 2025/11/07 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

The Sherwin-Williams Company is covered by 46 analysts. 23 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
William SeleskyArgus Research Company
Ghansham PanjabiBaird
Sergey VasnetsovBarclays