Sherwin-Williams price to free cash flow SHW

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 25.5×
10-year median: 28.7×
Against its 10-year history: 32nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 17.9× to 71.2×
Peer median: 25.8×

Sherwin-Williams' price to free cash flow is 25.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 28.7×, lower than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 17.9× in Nov 2016 to 71.2× in Dec 2022.

The median for 8 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 25.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 28.7×

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	25.5×	24.1×	37.7×
2025	33.2×	32.8×	44.3×
2024	42.2×	29.6×	48.9×
2023	32.7×	24.7×	67.9×
2022	65.6×	28.2×	71.2×
2021	36.4×	19.5×	36.4×
2020	22.8×	19.1×	29.5×
2019	28.8×	20.2×	29.4×
2018	20.1×	19.2×	27.1×
2017	22.8×	20.5×	23.2×
2016	19.8×	17.9×	27.1×
2015	27.5×	24.2×	31.3×
2014	25.6×	19.8×	25.6×
2013	19.8×	19.3×	25.3×
2012	22.3×	18.1×	23.9×
2011	17.5×	14.4×	20.2×
2010	14.6×	9.9×	14.7×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
SHWSherwin-Williams	25.5×
ECLEcolab	43.1×
APDAir Products and Chemicals	n/m
LINLinde	47.1×
PPGPPG Industries	17.5×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	44.5×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries	13.6×
RPMRPM International	17.8×
CLXClorox	25.8×
Peer median	25.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.