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Sherwin-Williams

Sherwin-Williams is active in the chemical sector. The global chemical companies gained around 72 percent over the period 2006-2016. Measured since 2011 the sector is 20 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 72 percent.

The past year gave good returns for Sherwin-Williams investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Sherwin-Williams, the stock gained around 4 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 205 percent. Sherwin-Williams's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 9,53 billion dollars and 11,34 billion dollars. Sherwin-Williams's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile and moved between 441,86 million dollars and 1,05 billion dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average Sherwin-Williams's dividend yield over the past 5 years was around 9,9 percent annually.

Sherwin-Williams financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the chemical company's balance sheet was worth 5,79 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the total debt positon equaled 4,92 billion dollars. This is around 85,02 percent of the total balance sheet. As per the end of 2015 Sherwin-Williams's price/earnings-ratio equaled 23. So investors paid for 1 stock 23 times the earnings per share of 2015. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

The chemical company's market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding times the market value) equaled around 23,65 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 92,25 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

All the company's financial reports are available here. More information about Sherwin-Williams can be found it's website. .