Sherwin-Williams Dividend yield

Sherwin-Williams is part of Construction and Materials business, which is part of Industrials industry. Sherwin-Williams is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Sherwin-Williams stock dividend

Sherwin-Williams paid a total dividend of 624 million USD last year, for a market value of 70,104 millions (Market Cap 64,535 millions). Sherwin-Williams dividend per share is 2.42 USD, and his stock market price 271.72 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Sherwin-Williams has a dividend yield of 0.89%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Sherwin-Williams stocks dividend with other Construction and Materials companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Sherwin-Williams Dividend Payout

About the ability of Sherwin-Williams to maintain his current dividend of USD 2.42 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.89%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Sherwin-Williams payout on ernings is currently 26.71%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Sherwin-Williamscan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Sherwin-Williams is USD 7.44 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 2.42, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Sherwin-Williams, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Construction and Materials sector companies.

Sherwin-Williams Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Sherwin-Williams's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.89%	2.42	26.71%	258
2022	1.01%	2.40	28.71%	260
2021	0.62%	2.18	24.38%	262
2020	0.73%	5.36	26.26%	91
2019	0.77%	4.49	29.23%	92
2018	0.87%	3.42	23.30%	94
2017	0.83%	3.40	27.35%	93
2016	1.25%	3.36	28.77%	92
2015	0.97%	2.68	28.06%	93

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Sherwin-Williams dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Construction and Materials stocks.

Sherwin-Williams Stock performance

Finally, last moth Sherwin-Williams showed a return of -1.70% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 17.10% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Construction and Materials firms.