Sherwin-Williams SHW Free cash flow yield
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Sherwin-Williams’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
The official record: Sherwin-Williams’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →
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Questions, answered.
- What is Sherwin-Williams's free cash flow yield?
- Sherwin-Williams (SHW) reported free cash flow yield of 3.7% in Q1 2026.
- How has Sherwin-Williams's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
- Sherwin-Williams's free cash flow yield increased by 47.9% year-over-year, from 2.5% to 3.7%.
- What is the long-term trend for Sherwin-Williams's free cash flow yield?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Sherwin-Williams's free cash flow yield has grown at a -7.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 15.1% to 11.1%.
- What does free cash flow yield mean?
- The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
- How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
- Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
- How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
- Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.