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Company snapshot — Sherwin-Williams Co

SHW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Sherwin-Williams makes paints, coatings and related products sold through three business lines: a stores arm serving professional and industrial painters directly, a consumer brands arm supplying retailers and dealers with branded and private-label paint products, and a performance coatings arm serving industrial customers such as automotive refinishers, marine operators and packaging makers. It sells across North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Australia. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Where it sits in the stack
Sherwin-Williams sits outside the diary's AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the specialty chemicals sleeve of our wider universe, alongside other materials and industrial names we track for context rather than for the build-out itself.
Who it is priced against
The diary does not carry a peer group for this name; the market commonly compares it with PPG Industries, another large coatings maker of similar reach.
Why Closelook tracks it
It carries no Closelook score and no scored modules, so there is nothing yet to say is strongest or weakest. It holds no seat in our build-out index and draws no quotes in the dailies; the only index seat recorded is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which keeps it in the diary's general market view rather than its build-out coverage.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether construction and renovation demand recovers, since the stock trades below its recent highs and moving averages and paint volumes tend to track building activity.

Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SHW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by KeyBanc, 2026-09-11

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SHW from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation KeyBanc — at Sector Weight Initiated to Sector Weight from Sector Weight 2026-09-11
  • Price target DA Davidson — target 400 Target set to $400 (+15.4% to spot) 2026-08-24

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · US · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against SHW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.99%, quarterly · last 0.80 USD on 2026-08-21

Dividends and capital return

What SHW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.19 USD per share · a 0.99% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +3.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.08 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.80 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-21
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.61 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.86 USD · 2025: 3.16 USD · 2026: 2.40 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-16

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW)?

Sherwin-Williams Co trades as SHW on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is SHW in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Sherwin-Williams Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does SHW trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -5.4% vs the 50-day and -3.7% vs the 200-day average, 14.9% below the 52-week high and +10.6% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 26 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Sherwin-Williams Co do?

Sherwin-Williams makes paints, coatings and related products sold through three business lines: a stores arm serving professional and industrial painters directly, a consumer brands arm supplying retailers and dealers with branded and private-label paint products, and a performance coatings arm serving industrial customers such as automotive refinishers, marine operators and packaging makers. It sells across North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Australia. It is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. The diary does not carry a peer group for this name; the market commonly compares it with PPG Industries, another large coatings maker of similar reach.

Where does Sherwin-Williams Co sit in the AI build-out?

Sherwin-Williams sits outside the diary's AI build-out coverage; it belongs to the specialty chemicals sleeve of our wider universe, alongside other materials and industrial names we track for context rather than for the build-out itself. It carries no Closelook score and no scored modules, so there is nothing yet to say is strongest or weakest. It holds no seat in our build-out index and draws no quotes in the dailies; the only index seat recorded is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which keeps it in the diary's general market view rather than its build-out coverage.

Does Sherwin-Williams Co pay a dividend?

Sherwin-Williams Co has paid 3.19 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.99% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.80 USD on 2026-08-21. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Sherwin-Williams Co recently?

The most recent analyst action on Sherwin-Williams Co on the Closelook wire is a initiation by KeyBanc on 2026-09-11 (at Sector Weight). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 initiation, 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SHW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Specialty Chemicals. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.