Sherwin-Williams SHW
- Employees
- 64,249
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, OH
- CEO
- Heidi G. Petz
- Next results
- around Jan 28, 2027
Where each dollar of revenue went, FY2025
Revenue of $23.6B through the costs to a net profit of $2.6B · income statement of the 10-K
SHW among Materials peers
Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 23 peers the company is above, not a score.
What changed
1 new risk paragraph and 1 accounting fact worth reading about. 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026 against Feb 20, 2025.
Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.
Accounting checks
11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.
1fact worth reading about the other 10 checks found nothing to note
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Receivables growing faster than revenueReceivables +16.8% vs revenue +2.1% (+14.8 pts)
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Cash from operations $3.5B vs net income $2.6B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
9 more checks with nothing to note
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Inventory +1.3% vs revenue +2.1% (-0.7 pts)
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Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
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No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
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No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
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No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
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The same matters as last year: Gibbsboro environmental-related accrual
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No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
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No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
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No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years
In their words
1 paragraph in Risk Factors that was not in the 10-K filed Feb 20, 2025. Quoted as filed.
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Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 20, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
•limit cash flow available to return to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases;
New risk paragraphs, against peers
Latest 10-K of each, Materials companies closest in revenue
Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.
Financial performance
Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL
| Metric | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $22.1B | $23.1B | $23.1B | $23.6B |
| Net income | $2.0B | $2.4B | $2.7B | $2.6B |
| Operating cash flow | $1.9B | $3.5B | $3.2B | $3.5B |
| Free cash flow | $1.3B | $2.6B | $2.1B | $2.7B |
Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025
Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD
$23.6B ▲ 2.1% in FY2025$2.6B ▼ 4.2% in FY2025$2.7B ▲ 27.4% in FY2025
Recent filings
3 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR
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8-KNov 2, 2026Material agreement signed, New debt or obligation 8-K items 1.01, 2.03
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8-KOct 27, 2026Quarterly results 8-K item 2.02
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10-QOct 27, 2026Quarterly report (10-Q) period ended Sep 30, 2026
About the company
Sherwin-Williams, Cleveland, OH · from the 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026
The Sherwin-Williams Company, founded in 1866 and incorporated in Ohio in 1884, is engaged in the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of paint, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers primarily in North and South America with additional operations in the Caribbean region, Europe, Asia and Australia. Our principal executive offices are located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-2206, telephone (216) 566-2000. As used in this report, the terms “Sherwin-Williams,” “Company,” “we”, “us” and “our” mean The Sherwin-Williams Company and its consolidated subsidiaries.
- Headquarters
- Cleveland, OH
- Country
- United States
- Reports in
- USD
- Listed on
- NYSE
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Last results
- Oct 27, 2026
- Incorporated in
- OH
Employees, at the top of the page: "At December 31, 2025, we employed 64,249 people worldwide, of which approximately 73% were in the United States" (10-K). Address and exchange: SEC's company file.
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Sources
The 10-K filed Feb 19, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 20, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.
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