Sherwin-Williams price to sales ratio SHW
Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months, since 2010.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 3.4×
- 10-year median
- 3.1×
- Against its 10-year history
- 59th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 1.9× to 4.7×
- Peer median
- 2.0×
Sherwin-Williams' price to sales ratio is 3.4× as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is above its ten-year median of 3.1×, close to the middle of its last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 1.9× in Nov 2016 to 4.7× in Dec 2021.
The median for 8 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 2.0×.
Price to sales ratio over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 3.4× | 3.1× | 3.9× |
| 2025 | 3.5× | 3.4× | 4.0× |
| 2024 | 3.8× | 3.2× | 4.3× |
| 2023 | 3.5× | 2.5× | 3.5× |
| 2022 | 2.8× | 2.5× | 4.3× |
| 2021 | 4.7× | 3.3× | 4.7× |
| 2020 | 3.7× | 2.1× | 3.7× |
| 2019 | 3.0× | 2.1× | 3.1× |
| 2018 | 2.1× | 2.0× | 2.9× |
| 2017 | 2.8× | 2.2× | 2.9× |
| 2016 | 2.1× | 1.9× | 2.5× |
| 2015 | 2.1× | 1.9× | 2.5× |
| 2014 | 2.3× | 1.9× | 2.3× |
| 2013 | 1.9× | 1.7× | 2.1× |
| 2012 | 1.7× | 1.1× | 1.7× |
| 2011 | 1.1× | 0.9× | 1.2× |
| 2010 | 1.2× | 1.0× | 1.2× |
Against its peers
Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Sherwin-Williams' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Price to sales ratio |
|---|---|
| SHWSherwin-Williams | 3.4× |
| ECLEcolab | 4.8× |
| APDAir Products and Chemicals | 5.4× |
| LINLinde | 6.6× |
| PPGPPG Industries | 1.5× |
| IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances | 2.4× |
| LYBLyondellBasell Industries | 0.7× |
| RPMRPM International | 1.6× |
| CLXClorox | 1.6× |
| Peer median | 2.0× |
Where Sherwin-Williams ranks
What the price to sales ratio tells you
Market value divided by revenue over the last twelve months. Useful for companies with little or no profit yet, since sales are harder to make negative than earnings.
Ignores margins entirely. A software company at 10× sales with 30% margins can be cheaper than a grocer at 1× sales with 2% margins.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.