RPM International PE ratio RPM

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 18.3×
10-year median: 25.5×
Against its 10-year history: 3rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 16.8× to 40.0×
Peer median: 26.1×

RPM International's PE ratio is 18.3× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $98.74 against $5.40 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 25.5×, lower than on 97% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 16.8× in Apr 2018 to 40.0× in Oct 2017.

The median for 10 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 26.1×.

PE ratio over time

median 25.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	18.3×	18.0×	22.8×
2025	19.8×	19.7×	25.3×
2024	26.0×	24.5×	29.2×
2023	28.2×	19.7×	28.4×
2022	24.1×	21.8×	26.3×
2021	28.8×	20.3×	28.8×
2020	31.2×	19.5×	36.6×
2019	32.8×	24.3×	38.2×
2018	27.0×	16.8×	30.7×
2017	38.8×	19.5×	40.0×
2016	19.8×	17.3×	25.6×
2015	24.9×	21.2×	31.5×
2014	24.2×	19.4×	33.5×
2013	33.2×	23.1×	51.2×
2012	21.9×	15.3×	22.2×
2011	16.0×	12.0×	16.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest RPM International's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
RPMRPM International	18.3×
CLXClorox	17.9×
NEUNewmarket	18.7×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	n/m
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems	21.1×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	82.6×
PPGPPG Industries	15.8×
SXTSensient Technologies	35.8×
APDAir Products and Chemicals	n/m
ECLEcolab	38.7×
SHWSherwin-Williams	31.1×
Peer median	26.1×

Where RPM International ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.