Basis: Trailing twelve months (TTM). Source: stored company filings and market data; unavailable inputs remain N/A.
The forward PE ratio is 28.68.
Forward PE Ratio (28.68) = Close Price ($346.59) / Consensus Forward EPS ($12.09)
FORWARD PE RATIO
28.68
SECTOR MEDIAN · BASIC MATERIALS
19.59
median of 42 covered companies
CURRENT VS SECTOR MEDIAN
+46.36%
vs the sector median at left
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Market Cap
$84.14B
Forward PE Ratio
28.68
| NAME | MARKET CAP | FORWARD PE RATIO |
|---|---|---|
| The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) | $84.14B | 28.68 |
| Johnson Controls International plc (JCI)vs › | $86.65B | 28.28 |
| Barrick Mining Corporation (B)vs › | $79.75B | 13.00 |
| Ecolab Inc. (ECL)vs › | $79.26B | 34.53 |
| Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM)vs › | $71.65B | 33.01 |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)vs › | $67.94B | 22.73 |
| CRH plc (CRH)vs › | $63.53B | 16.06 |
| Vale S.A. (VALE)vs › | $62.22B | 8.04 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX)vs › | $110.22B | 26.07 |
| Nucor Corporation (NUE)vs › | $55.48B | 13.37 |
Trailing P/E
31.9
reported TTM EPS
Forward P/E
28.7
consensus next-FY EPS
The gap between the two multiples is the consensus growth expectation: analysts' forward EPS of $12.09 implies +11.4% EPS growth vs the reported trailing $10.85.
At today's $346.59 close, each upcoming fiscal year's consensus EPS implies a different multiple — how quickly the price is "paid down" by expected earnings if the estimates hold.
PE Ratio = Share Price / Diluted EPS (TTM)
The price-to-earnings ratio measures how much investors pay for each dollar of trailing earnings. A lower PE can indicate a cheaper valuation; a higher PE implies higher growth expectations.
Expanded definitions: Investopedia, Wikipedia, Corporate Finance Institute
| Fiscal year end |
|---|
| Consensus EPS |
|---|
| Estimate range |
|---|
| Analysts |
|---|
| Implied P/E |
|---|
| 2026-12-31 | $12.09 | $12.00 – $12.16 | 14 | 28.7x |
| 2027-12-31 | $13.56 | $13.11 – $13.94 | 14 | 25.6x |
| 2028-12-31 | $15.07 | $13.98 – $16.36 | 8 | 23.0x |
Source: FMP analyst consensus estimates, refreshed with the daily precompute. "n/m" = the consensus EPS is not positive, so a multiple is undefined. There is no forward P/E history chart here because charting one would require the estimates as they stood in the past, which we do not store — see the trailing P/E history for how the realized multiple has moved.
