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Sherwin-Williams SHW Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$5.7B+6.8%
Gross profit$2.8B+8.6%
Net income$534.7M+6.1%
EPS (diluted)$2.15+7.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$216.9M+8.6%
Total debt$16.2B+10.6%
Total equity$4.4B+7.3%
Total assets$26.4B+7.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$139.1M+328%
CapEx$138.3M-26.9%
Free cash flow$800.0K+100%

Valuation

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Market cap$77.39B-9.7%
Enterprise value$93.34B-6.9%
P/E29.8×-2.2×
P/S3.2×-0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin49%+0.3pp
Net margin10.9%-0.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity60.7%-9.5pp
Debt / equity3.6×+0.1×
Current ratio0.9×+0.1×

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 return on assets?
Sherwin-Williams (SHW) reported return on assets of 10.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Sherwin-Williams's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Sherwin-Williams's return on assets decreased by 8.6% year-over-year, from 11.2% to 10.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Sherwin-Williams's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Sherwin-Williams's return on assets has grown at a 1.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 39.5% to 42.1%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.