Sherwin-Williams forward PE SHW

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 26.3×
10-year median: 26.5×
Against its 10-year history: 48th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 18.3× to 41.1×
Peer median: 24.4×

Sherwin-Williams' forward PE is 26.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 26.5×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 18.3× in Nov 2016 to 41.1× in Dec 2021.

The median for 8 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 24.4×.

Forward PE over time

median 26.5×

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	26.3×	24.6×	31.1×
2025	27.9×	27.6×	32.7×
2024	30.1×	26.0×	34.8×
2023	28.2×	21.3×	28.3×
2022	26.0×	22.6×	37.8×
2021	41.1×	27.8×	41.1×
2020	30.5×	18.6×	30.5×
2019	26.7×	19.5×	27.4×
2018	19.4×	18.5×	25.3×
2017	23.9×	20.7×	24.5×
2016	20.3×	18.3×	24.5×
2015	22.1×	20.6×	27.2×
2014	25.1×	20.8×	25.1×
2013	21.9×	20.4×	25.2×
2012	20.1×	15.5×	22.0×
2011	15.2×	12.9×	18.6×
2010	18.5×	12.3×	18.6×
2009	13.1×	11.4×	18.5×
2008	17.2×	7.7×	20.4×
2007	8.9×	4.8×	9.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Sherwin-Williams' size, closest first, today.

Company	Forward PE
SHWSherwin-Williams	26.3×
ECLEcolab	33.5×
APDAir Products and Chemicals	21.6×
LINLinde	27.2×
PPGPPG Industries	13.4×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	27.3×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	9.2×
RPMRPM International	n/m
CLXClorox	n/m
Peer median	24.4×

Where Sherwin-Williams ranks

#15of 21Materials stocks with the lowest forward PE

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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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.