SHW

The Sherwin-Williams Company ·NYSE·Materials
360.18 live · 2026-08-12 15:59
45.6%
Brown Bear Score
52.9%
Business Conviction Score
55.7%
Position Health Score
12.5%
Chase Risk
Daily closes

Daily closes · 1Y (252 sessions) · +0.6% · range 293.00–375.23

The Businesswhat the company reports

Business & cash flow

FCF / assets 10.2%
OCF / assets 13.3%
FCF / revenue 14.6%
Gross margin 49.0%
ROIC 20.0%
Forward P/E 26.5

FCF/assets and OCF/assets are the cash-flow measures Brown Bear's own testing found to survive; FCF/revenue is shown alongside for context. Assets are from the latest annual filing (FY2025).

Price vs Earnings growth

Forward EPS growth has outpaced trailing price return by +26.5pp

Confidence 95.0/100

Takeaway Earnings growth is outpacing price — consistent with the stock not yet fully reflecting its improving forward estimates.

Reported earnings

Next report 2026-10-26 before the open · consensus EPS 3.73

Q3 23 revenue: 6.12bnQ3 23 net income: 761.50mQ3 23 EPS: 2.95Q4 23 revenue: 5.25bnQ4 23 net income: 356.20mQ4 23 EPS: 1.38Q4 23Q1 24 revenue: 5.37bnQ1 24 net income: 505.20mQ1 24 EPS: 1.97Q2 24 revenue: 6.27bnQ2 24 net income: 889.90mQ2 24 EPS: 3.50Q2 24Q3 24 revenue: 6.16bnQ3 24 net income: 806.20mQ3 24 EPS: 3.18Q4 24 revenue: 5.30bnQ4 24 net income: 480.10mQ4 24 EPS: 1.89Q4 24Q1 25 revenue: 5.31bnQ1 25 net income: 503.90mQ1 25 EPS: 2.00Q2 25 revenue: 6.31bnQ2 25 net income: 754.70mQ2 25 EPS: 3.00Q2 25Q3 25 revenue: 6.36bnQ3 25 net income: 833.10mQ3 25 EPS: 3.35Q4 25 revenue: 5.60bnQ4 25 net income: 476.80mQ4 25 EPS: 1.90Q4 25Q1 26 revenue: 5.67bnQ1 26 net income: 534.70mQ1 26 EPS: 2.16Q2 26 revenue: 6.79bnQ2 26 net income: 843.60mQ2 26 EPS: 3.43Q2 26

Revenue Net incomeEPS (GAAP) (1.38–3.50, own scale) Derived Q4

12 quarters to Q2 26. Revenue and net income share one scale, so the gap between them is the margin. The line is GAAP EPS — it spans every quarter shown, where the reported figure only goes back as far as the consensus feed does.

Quarter endingRevenueYoY Net incomeEPS (GAAP) EPS reportedvs consensus Filed
2026-06-30 6.79bn +7.5% 843.60m 3.43 3.70 +4.1% 2026-07-28
2026-03-31 5.67bn +6.8% 534.70m 2.16 2.35 +3.1% 2026-04-28
2025-12-31 (derived) 5.60bn +5.6% 476.80m 1.90 2.23 +2.1% 2026-02-19
2025-09-30 6.36bn +3.2% 833.10m 3.35 3.59 +3.3% 2025-10-28

Earnings response

Typical move around a filing ±3.6%
On an ordinary two days ±1.3% — filings move it 2.7× as much
Direction 6 up, 6 down over 12 filings
Revenue change and price reaction, by quarter
Q3 22 revenue +17.5% year on yearQ3 22 filed 2022-10-25: price +3.9%Q1 23 revenue +8.9% year on yearQ1 23 filed 2023-04-25: price -3.2%Q1 23Q2 23 revenue +6.3% year on yearQ2 23 filed 2023-07-25: price +4.8%Q3 23 revenue +1.1% year on yearQ3 23 filed 2023-10-24: price -0.0%Q3 23Q1 24 revenue -1.4% year on yearQ1 24 filed 2024-04-30: price -0.9%Q2 24 revenue +0.5% year on yearQ2 24 filed 2024-07-23: price +3.0%Q2 24Q3 24 revenue +0.7% year on yearQ3 24 filed 2024-10-22: price -5.0%Q1 25 revenue -1.1% year on yearQ1 25 filed 2025-04-29: price +6.2%Q1 25Q2 25 revenue +0.7% year on yearQ2 25 filed 2025-07-24: price -0.8%Q3 25 revenue +3.2% year on yearQ3 25 filed 2025-10-28: price +2.9%Q3 25Q1 26 revenue +6.8% year on yearQ1 26 filed 2026-04-28: price -5.4%Q2 26 revenue +7.5% year on yearQ2 26 filed 2026-07-28: price +5.1%Q2 26

Revenue up year on year Revenue down Price move around the filing separate scales — a crossing means nothing

Quarter endingFiledRevenue YoY Move around filingNext 20 sessions vs SPY
2026-06-30 2026-07-28 +7.5% +5.1%
2026-03-31 2026-04-28 +6.8% -5.4% -9.8%
2025-09-30 2025-10-28 +3.2% +2.9% +0.7%
2025-06-30 2025-07-24 +0.7% -0.8% +8.6%

Share count

Diluted shares over time

Diluted shares Return since the previous filing

Direction Shrinking — shares retired
Diluted shares 246.0M as at 2026-06-30
Change over 1 year -2.1%
Change over 3 years -5.0%
Public float $85.53bn as at 2025-06-30 (10-K)

The Pricewhat the chart is doingTop ↑

Price Levels

StrategyCurrent Price Reasonable
Reference band 354.80 — 363.80
Protective stop 338.54 (Atr, 5.8% risk)
Support 357.24 (2 touches, 0.8% away)
Resistance 370.33 (2.8% away)

Takeaway The shares are nearer the floor than the ceiling: about 0.8% above 357.24, a price buyers have stepped in at before, and 2.8% below 370.33, where sellers have turned up before. That floor has held 2 times, which is how it was spotted. If someone bought at today's price and sold if it dropped through the level below, they would be about 5.8% out of pocket. That is all this figure means — an illustration of the risk, not a price to sell at.

Levels are computed from price structure. They describe where the engine locates support and extension — they are not targets, and not advice.

Ichimoku Cloud (Adaptive)

Daily cloudPrice ABOVE the cloud | periods 6/16/32 (62% of classic 9/26/52)
LinesTenkan/Kijun BULL | cloud twist BULL
Cloud thickness52% percentile
Chikou spanAbove price from 26 periods ago
Weekly cloudPrice ABOVE the weekly cloud (context only, not scored)

Takeaway The stock is trading above its cloud — a shaded band drawn from several of its own moving averages, currently 336.63 to 346.68. Being above it means the medium-term picture is pointing upwards, and that band is the first place the stock has recent support if it slips back. Its shorter-term averages agree with that.

Trailing returns

21 days +9.6%
63 days +15.6%
126 days -1.2%
252 days +1.6%
Below 252d high4.0%

Trend context

PositionAbove trend
ExtensionNormal
Trend slopeFlat
Direction of travelHolding its deviation

Takeaway The share price is above the level its own longer-run trend suggests is fair, and that fair level is going sideways. The gap between the two has been fairly steady. Neither is stretched far enough to stand out.

Volatility

State Expanding
Current band width22.7% of price
Recent tightest13.6% (8 sessions ago, narrower than 42.0% of its history)
Expansion since1.66×
Band 304.89 — 382.77

Takeaway Lately this share price has been swinging around inside a range roughly 23% wide. That is normal for this stock, so there is nothing unusual to read into it either way.

Historical trends

0255075100Share price 317.51–369.732026-07-032026-08-12
Position Health Business Conviction Share price

History begins when the site started recording, not when the company listed, so a short line means a short record and nothing more.

Repair Pathway

  1. Nearest Trigger MACD histogram acceleration turns positive repair trigger repair engine identifies this as the nearest technical repair catalyst · Deteriorating
  2. Trigger 2 Volume confirmation above 1.2x +0.20x volume confirmation would improve confidence in the pathway · Broadly stable
  3. Trigger 3 Relative momentum rank above 0.55 +0.19 rank relative momentum leadership is not yet strong enough for the next action tier · Broadly stable
  4. Trigger 4 Relative momentum rank back above 0.45 secondary repair secondary repair catalyst could add confirmation if the primary trigger develops · Broadly stable

Who's Tradingthe flow behind the priceTop ↑

Insider activity

ActivityInsider selling
Buy filings0
Sell filings1
Shares sold7,886
Value sold$2.9m
Latest sell2026-08-07
FiledInsiderSharesValue
2026-08-07 Sold Jorgenrud Karl JPresident, Glob. Industrial 7,886 $2,904,414

Open-market Form 4 purchases and sales over the last 75 days, read from SEC EDGAR Form 4. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not a decision to buy or sell. Reported Form 4 activity. Brown Bear tested insider cluster-buying as a return signal and rejected it as era-unstable; shown as fact, not signal.

Volume confirmation

Volume-price trend Above its signal line
Confirmation Marginal

No absorption or distribution event in the recent window.

Takeaway Slightly more shares change hands on rising days than on falling ones, but the gap is too small to read anything into.

Options Positioning

No binary-event flag

SHW: no binary-event flag. Near IV 25%, far IV 28% (ratio 0.90), implied move 3.1%.

Implied volatility 25% near (9d) · 28% far (128d)
Term structure 0.90× near/far
Historical volatility 44%
Implied vs historical 0.56×
Implied move ±3.1% by 2026-08-21
Implied move vs ATR 0.45×
Skew Flat (1.13×)
Call wall 400.00 (+11.1% away)
Put wall 300.00 (-16.7% away)
Gamma pin 300.00

Takeaway Insuring against a move in this stock costs less for the next few weeks than for the next few months, which is the normal state of affairs and suggests no particular date is worrying anyone. Options traders are positioned for a move of around 3.1% in either direction by 2026-08-21.

Chain as at 2026-08-12. This is a risk read on whether a specific event is being priced — not a directional view.

Context & Methodthe record, and how it was builtTop ↑

Relative Rotation

ImprovingLeadingLaggingWeakeningvs sectorvs SPYsector vs SPYRS-Ratio →RS-Momentum →

Leadership Cooling

Rotation health 91.6/100; Strong Rotation Tailwind.

Rotation health 91.6
Rotation strength 57.0
LegQuadrantRS-RatioRS-Mom
Stock vs sector Leading 106.9 116.3
Stock vs SPY Leading 109.7 115.8
Sector vs SPY Leading 106.7 101.2

Direction of travel: North-East / strengthening leadership

Position only. Brown Bear's RRG redesign programme is closed — five constructions, none beat an appropriate null — so this section describes where the name sits, and is not a signal.

News Headlines

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Detailed Scoring

Positive signals

  • Piotroski F-score 5/9 (+10.0)
  • Altman Z-score 3.89 (+5.0)
  • Insider conviction score (+5.0)
  • Gross margin quality: 49.0% (+10.6)
  • ROIC quality: 20.0% (+12.9)
  • FCF margin quality: 14.6% (+9.8)
  • High earnings quality (accrual ratio -0.034) (+2.0)
  • Accrual ratio improving (-0.02 -> -0.03) (+5.0)
  • Track 1: MACD histogram state (1.82) (+8.0)
  • Track 1: relative strength trend improving (+5.0)
  • Track 1: 20-day momentum acceleration 0.05 (+3.0)
  • Track 1: bullish DI spread 38.3 (+8.0)
  • Track 1: ADX 32.7 and rising (+8.0)
  • Track 1: EMA20 reclaim distance 3.0% (+5.6)
  • Track 1: EMA20 slope improving 2.7% (+5.0)
  • Track 1: positive MACD regime (+3.0)
  • Track 1: MACD line/signal repair quality (+8.0)
  • Track 1: MACD slope improving (+5.0)
  • Track 1: RSI recovery 71.9, 5-day change +8.6 (+1.7)
  • Track 1: VPT strength 0.09 (+1.7)
  • Track 1: price above EMA50 by 6.7% (+4.2)
  • Track 1: EMA50 slope improving 3.3% (+3.0)
  • Track 1: EMA200 support proximity 7.7% (+1.6)
  • Track 1: Bollinger position 0.71 (+2.3)

Negative signals

  • Track 1: weak volume confirmation (0.51x average)
  • Weak relative momentum rank (0.36)
  • Track 1: MACD histogram deteriorating (-1.99)
  • ROIC improving by -3.0 pts (+-5.0)

Chase risk is not elevated for this name, so extension penalties are omitted from the negative signals above.