SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
(SHW)CIK 89800 · SEC filings only
shown as history
Dividend record — shown as history, not graded
A declared dividend is a reported fact, not a promise we grade. Here's the record — raises, holds, and cuts — each linked to its source filing.
Dividend record
8 declarations · 2 raised · 5 held · 0 cut · held 7 quarters
- HELD$0.8000/shperiod ended 2026-06-30Filing ↗
- RAISED$0.8000/shperiod ended 2026-03-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.7900/shperiod ended 2025-09-30Filing ↗
- HELD$0.7900/shperiod ended 2025-06-30Filing ↗
- RAISED$0.7900/shperiod ended 2025-03-31Filing ↗
- HELD$0.7150/shperiod ended 2024-09-30Filing ↗
- HELD$0.7150/shperiod ended 2024-06-30Filing ↗
- INITIATED$0.7150/shperiod ended 2024-03-31Filing ↗
harness minimum not met
Sector median (Trade & Services): A+ across 14 graded companies
Not enough resolved promises to grade
0 of the 4 resolved buyback promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.
buyback history
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the Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase an additional 20 million shares of the Company’s stock for treasury purposes
harness minimum not met
Sector median (Trade & Services): A+ across 26 graded companies
Not enough comparable guidance to grade
2 of the 4 resolved guidance promises needed to publish a reliability grade. Some of this company’s guidance has no reported figure we can compare it with. It is shown below, never scored; the line under each statement says why. Here's what we're tracking — we never show a grade we can't back with receipts.
Resolved promises
Full say-do history
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9 of 11 guidance figures that were graded or dropped for basis could not be graded on the same basis (82%). Guidance marked “not judged” is in neither number.
| Guidance type | Said | Graded | Dropped | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue · basis not stated | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| EPS · non-GAAPcannot be graded | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| EPS · basis not statedcannot be graded | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
Said counts every revenue and EPS guidance figure on record. Dropped counts figures whose period was reported but which have no comparable GAAP actual in SEC XBRL. Other covers open, superseded, withdrawn and otherwise unresolved figures. The coverage note below counts every figure shown but not graded, including figures whose period has not been reported, so it can be larger.
Guidance shown, not graded (18)
We show what was said — with its source filing — but never score it. The line under each statement says why.
- eps guidance q · Oct 26, 2021$7.16Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 26, 2021$8.35 to $8.55Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 26, 2021$7.36Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jul 27, 2021$8.01 to $8.31Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance q · Jul 27, 2021$9.15Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance q · Jul 27, 2021$8.01Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 27, 2021$7.66 to $7.93 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jan 28, 2021We expect our full year 2021 adjusted diluted net income per share guidance to be in the range of $26.40 to $27.20 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jan 28, 2021we anticipate diluted net income per share for 2021 will be in the range of $23.87 to $24.67 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 27, 2020Our updated full year 2020 adjusted diluted net income per share guidance of $24.00 to $24.30 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 27, 2020we are increasing our full year 2020 diluted net income per share guidance to be in the range of $21.49 to $21.79 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jul 28, 2020we are increasing our diluted net income per share guidance for 2020 to be in the range of $19.21 to $20.71 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Apr 29, 2020we are revising our diluted net income per share guidance for 2020 to be in the range of $16.46 to $18.46 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jan 30, 2020we anticipate diluted net income per share for 2020 will be in the range of $19.91 to $20.71 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jan 15, 2019Adjusted FY18 diluted net income per share expected to be approximately $18.53Unverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Jan 15, 2019FY18 diluted net income per share expected to be approximately $11.15 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance q · Oct 25, 2011We expect diluted net income per common share for the fourth quarter to be in the range of $(.05) to $.15 per shareUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
- eps guidance fy · Oct 25, 2011in the range of $3.93 to $4.13 per share due to the settlementUnverifiable — company guides non-GAAP; no comparable GAAP actual exists in XBRL.Filing ↗
Open promises (8) · 6 superseded
we expect consolidated net sales to increase above 2010 levels by a low teen percentage
we anticipate third quarter 2020 consolidated net sales will be up or down low single digits versus the third quarter of 2019
For the full year 2020, we expect our consolidated net sales will increase by a low single digit percentage compared to the full year 2019.
In the first quarter of 2021, we anticipate our net sales will increase high single digits compared to the first quarter of 2020.
Up mid-to-high teens %
Up mid-to-high single digit %
Up mid-to-high single digit %
Up high-single digit %
For the full year 2021, we expect net sales to increase mid-to-high single digits compared to full year 2020.
we now expect full year consolidated net sales will be approximately flat to last year
Up high-single to low-double digit %
For the full year 2020, we expect net sales to increase 2% to 4% compared to full year 2019.
we anticipate full year 2020 consolidated net sales to decrease by a mid-to-high single digit percentage
we anticipate full year consolidated net sales to be flat to down a low single digit percentage
Credibility timeline
Timeline as a list
- Oct 25, 2011UNRESOLVABLEwe anticipate our consolidated net sales will increase six to ten percent compared to last year’s fourth quarter
- Apr 29, 2020IN LINEIn the first quarter of 2020, we anticipate our net sales will increase 2% to 5% compared to the first quarter of 2019.
- Jul 28, 2020ABOVEwe anticipate second quarter 2020 consolidated net sales will decrease by a low-to-mid-teens percentage versus the second quarter of 2019
- Oct 27, 2020UNRESOLVABLEFor the fourth quarter, we anticipate our consolidated net sales will increase by 3% to 7% compared to last year’s fourth quarter.