SHW

Sherwin-Williams
Specialty Chemicals · Materials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$318.46
-0.3% on the session
1-year return
-6.5%
+1.1% over six months
Volatility
27.5%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-21.0%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Sherwin-Williams is a specialty chemicals name in the materials sector. Over the past year it returned -6.5%, against -6.7% over three months and -4.2% over one. It sits 4.0% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is undecided. Annualized volatility of 27.5% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -21.0%, and it has traded a median $570M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.38 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Materials#17 of 25
Stronger than 33% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#306 of 496

How SHW scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 5 others in Specialty Chemicals.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.3%
1 week-4.3%
1 month-4.2%
3 months-6.7%
6 months+1.1%
1 year-6.5%
12-1 momentum-2.5%
Volatility (1y, annualized)27.5%
Max drawdown (1y)-21.0%
Distance vs 200-day average-4.0%
Return per unit of risk-0.24
Median daily dollar volume$570M
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