Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW): Today's Featured Materials & Construction Laggard
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) pushed the Materials & Construction industry lower today making it today's featured Materials & Construction laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Sherwin-Williams Company fell $2.87 (-1.8%) to $153.68 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 1.6 million shares of Sherwin-Williams Company exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 968,100 shares. The stock ranged in price between $153.48-$157.14 after having opened the day at $157.01 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $156.55. Other companies within the Materials & Construction industry that declined today were:
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), down 5.6%,
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), down 2.5%,
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), down 1.8%, and
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), down 1.5%.
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The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America, the Caribbean region, Europe, and Asia. Sherwin-Williams Company has a market cap of $16.2 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 28.4, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 75.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Sherwin-Williams Company a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Sherwin-Williams Company as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and compelling growth in net income. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook.
- You can view the full Sherwin-Williams Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 13.8%,
China Advanced Construction Materials Group
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), up 11.8%,
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), up 7.8%, and
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), up 7.3%, were all gainers within the materials & construction industry with
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) being today's featured materials & construction industry leader.
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