As on Thursday, Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) started slowly as it slid -0.39% to $319.92, before settling in for the price of $321.16 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, SHW posted a 52-week range of $221.76-$348.37.
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It was noted that the giant of the Basic Materials sector posted annual sales growth of 5.68% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 18.91%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 10.66%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $254.50 million, simultaneously with a float of $233.65 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $81.29 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $327.48, while the 200-day Moving Average is $286.28.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Specialty Chemicals industry. Sherwin-Williams Co.’s current insider ownership accounts for 8.05%, in contrast to 79.96% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Mar 13 ’24, this organization’s President, Glob. Architectural sold 1,563 shares at the rate of 338.87, making the entire transaction reach 529,654 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 14,564. Preceding that transaction, on Feb 26 ’24, Company’s SVP – CLO and Secretary sold 23,518 for 322.66, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 7,588,433. This particular insider is now the holder of 28,475 in total.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) Earnings and Revenue Records
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 12/30/2023, the company posted $1.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, besting the agreed prediction (set at $1.8) by $0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.49 per share during the current fiscal year.
Sherwin-Williams Co.’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 10.66% and is forecasted to reach 12.82 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 11.38% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 18.91% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Sherwin-Williams Co. (NYSE: SHW) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.48. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 6.00. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $34.63, and its Beta score is 1.16. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.53. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 30.87.
In the same vein, SHW’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 9.24, a figure that is expected to reach 2.22 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 12.82 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Sherwin-Williams Co., SHW], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 1.13 million was lower the volume of 1.4 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 12.40% While, its Average True Range was 6.26.
Raw Stochastic average of Sherwin-Williams Co. (SHW) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 66.06%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 2.17% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 21.76% that was higher than 18.28% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
