Sherwin-Williams Net additions (releases) charged to costs and expenses increased by 17.5% to $18.80M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 58.0%, from $11.90M to $18.80M. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests deteriorating customer credit quality or a more conservative accounting approach to bad debt.
An expense recognized to account for the portion of accounts receivable that the company estimates will not be collected...
Standard across all industries; benchmarked against historical bad debt ratios.
other_provision_for_doubtful_accounts| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $11.60M | $7.20M | $12.60M | $23.90M | $6.90M | $14.00M | $18.40M | $18.30M | $18.10M | $19.30M | $21.40M | $11.90M | $17.40M | $16.00M | $18.80M |
| QoQ Change | — | -37.9% | +75.0% | +89.7% | -71.1% | +102.9% | +31.4% | -0.5% | -1.1% | +6.6% | +10.9% | -44.4% | +46.2% | -8.0% | +17.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | +106.0% | -4.2% | +11.1% | -23.0% | +165.2% | +29.3% | +4.9% | +16.9% | -34.3% | -9.8% | -25.2% | +58.0% |