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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ECL Ecolab	$255.02 -1.6%	$251.70	$217.05 ▼ $273.69	$72.17B	1.14	1.32 million shs	1.85 million shs
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	$79.60 -0.3%	$83.54	$78.91 ▼ $106.77	$20.36B	1.21	1.47 million shs	2.97 million shs
RPM RPM International	$116.66 -1.0%	$123.29	$103.69 ▼ $141.79	$15.00B	1	616,708 shs	585,569 shs
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$350.21 -0.8%	$353.57	$282.09 ▼ $400.42	$88.08B	1.23	1.61 million shs	1.41 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ECL Ecolab	-1.56%	-5.50%	+3.88%	+2.46%	+14.07%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	-0.42%	-2.11%	-5.46%	-9.64%	-1.97%
RPM RPM International	-1.12%	-6.35%	-4.38%	-12.18%	-1.38%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	-1.01%	-3.40%	-2.54%	-4.53%	+2.27%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ECL Ecolab	4.926 of 5 stars	3.4	5.0	3.3	2.2	3.6	3.3	1.9
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	4.8171 of 5 stars	4.4	3.0	1.7	1.1	3.3	3.3	1.9
RPM RPM International	4.1366 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	4.2	0.0	2.9	1.7	1.9
SHW Sherwin-Williams	4.5407 of 5 stars	3.4	3.0	3.3	0.6	2.9	2.5	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ECL Ecolab	2.88	Moderate Buy	$288.00	12.93% Upside
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	2.73	Moderate Buy	$103.50	30.02% Upside
RPM RPM International	2.64	Moderate Buy	$132.00	13.15% Upside
SHW Sherwin-Williams	2.72	Moderate Buy	$401.13	14.54% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ECL, SHW, IFF, and RPM Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
3/10/2025	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Hold	$423.00 ➝ $380.00
3/3/2025	ECL Ecolab	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$295.00 ➝ $305.00
2/26/2025	SHW Sherwin-Williams	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$418.00 ➝ $423.00
2/24/2025	ECL Ecolab	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$270.00 ➝ $310.00
2/20/2025	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$114.00 ➝ $104.00
2/20/2025	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$107.00 ➝ $104.00
2/20/2025	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$105.00 ➝ $101.00
2/20/2025	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$115.00 ➝ $105.00
2/20/2025	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	Cfra Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Sell	$77.00
2/12/2025	ECL Ecolab	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
2/12/2025	ECL Ecolab	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$257.00 ➝ $280.00

(Data available from 3/12/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ECL Ecolab	$15.74B	4.58	$8.08 per share	31.55	$31.04 per share	8.22
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	$11.48B	1.77	$8.24 per share	9.66	$54.41 per share	1.46
RPM RPM International	$7.35B	2.04	$5.95 per share	19.61	$19.51 per share	5.98
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$23.10B	3.81	$13.14 per share	26.66	$16.09 per share	21.77

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ECL Ecolab	$2.11B	$7.38	34.56	29.93	2.57	13.42%	22.50%	8.74%	4/29/2025 (Estimated)
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	-$2.57B	$0.94	84.68	17.05	1.45	2.12%	7.72%	3.72%	5/5/2025 (Estimated)
RPM RPM International	$588.40M	$5.06	23.05	19.03	1.97	8.89%	26.76%	10.41%	4/3/2025 (Estimated)
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$2.68B	$10.55	33.20	26.19	2.98	11.61%	74.50%	12.16%	4/22/2025 (Estimated)

Latest ECL, SHW, IFF, and RPM Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
4/3/2025	N/A	RPM RPM International	$0.52	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.51 billion	N/A
2/18/2025	Q4 2024	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	$0.83	$0.97	+$0.14	-$0.18	$2.67 billion	$2.77 billion
2/11/2025	Q4 2024	ECL Ecolab	$1.81	$1.81	N/A	$1.66	$3.99 billion	N/A
1/30/2025	Q4 2024	SHW Sherwin-Williams	$2.07	$2.09	+$0.02	$1.90	$5.32 billion	N/A
1/7/2025	Q2 25	RPM RPM International	$1.34	$1.39	+$0.05	$1.42	$1.79 billion	$1.85 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ECL Ecolab	$2.60	1.02%	+6.57%	35.23%	33 Years
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	$1.60	2.01%	-19.96%	170.21%	N/A
RPM RPM International	$2.04	1.75%	+7.54%	40.32%	51 Years
SHW Sherwin-Williams	$3.16	0.90%	+9.14%	29.95%	48 Years

Latest ECL, SHW, IFF, and RPM Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/20/2025	ECL Ecolab	quarterly	$0.65	0.97%	3/18/2025	3/18/2025	4/15/2025
3/5/2025	IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	quarterly	$0.40	1.9%	3/21/2025	3/21/2025	4/11/2025
2/19/2025	SHW Sherwin-Williams	quarterly	$0.79	0.9%	3/3/2025	3/3/2025	3/14/2025
1/3/2025	RPM RPM International	quarterly	$0.51	1.71%	1/17/2025	1/17/2025	1/31/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ECL Ecolab	0.79	1.26	0.95
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	0.54	1.84	1.93
RPM RPM International	0.74	2.23	1.46
SHW Sherwin-Williams	2.02	0.79	0.46

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ECL Ecolab	74.91%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	96.02%
RPM RPM International	80.95%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	77.67%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ECL Ecolab	0.04%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	0.20%
RPM RPM International	1.60%
SHW Sherwin-Williams	0.60%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ECL Ecolab	47,000	283.00 million	283.05 million	Optionable
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances	21,500	255.71 million	255.17 million	Optionable
RPM RPM International	17,207	128.57 million	126.51 million	Optionable
SHW Sherwin-Williams	64,088	251.51 million	250.34 million	Optionable

SHW, ECL, IFF, and RPM Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Sherwin-Williams Co (S1HW34)

March 12 at 9:24 AM | investing.com

AGF Management Ltd. Buys 4,429 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 12 at 7:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Buys 50,904 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 12 at 6:38 AM | marketbeat.com

Independent Advisor Alliance Purchases 1,402 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 12 at 5:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Edgestream Partners L.P. Cuts Stock Position in The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 12 at 4:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Sherwin-Williams downgraded at Jefferies on weak housing

March 11 at 6:31 PM | msn.com

King Luther Capital Management Corp Grows Position in The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 6:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Dearborn Partners LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 5:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Bluegrass Capital Partners LP Sells 9,500 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 5:35 AM | marketbeat.com

Davis R M Inc. Sells 2,732 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 5:26 AM | marketbeat.com

Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank Sells 9,172 Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 4:56 AM | marketbeat.com

Rep. Jefferson Shreve Purchases Shares of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 2:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Jefferies Financial Group Reiterates "Hold" Rating for Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW)

March 11 at 2:03 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Paint company Sherwin-Williams downgraded amid housing market’s dour outlook

March 11 at 12:40 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Expert Outlook: Sherwin-Williams Through The Eyes Of 6 Analysts

March 11 at 12:40 AM | benzinga.com

Jefferies Downgrades Sherwin-Williams (SHW)

March 11 at 12:40 AM | msn.com

Sherwin-Williams downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies

March 10 at 8:51 AM | markets.businessinsider.com

Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) Receives Hold Rating from Jefferies Financial Group

March 10 at 8:13 AM | marketbeat.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) Stock Position Lifted by Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

March 10 at 6:31 AM | marketbeat.com

The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) Shares Sold by Midland Wealth Advisors LLC

March 10 at 6:23 AM | marketbeat.com

868 Shares in The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) Acquired by Argentarii LLC

March 10 at 5:19 AM | marketbeat.com

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SHW, ECL, IFF, and RPM Company Descriptions

Ecolab NYSE:ECL

$255.02 -4.04 (-1.56%)

Closing price 03/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$255.20 +0.18 (+0.07%)

As of 03/12/2025 06:51 PM Eastern

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. Its Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. The Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. In addition, the company provides pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments including education, life sciences, and healthcare customers. Further, it offers colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

International Flavors & Fragrances NYSE:IFF

$79.60 -0.28 (-0.35%)

Closing price 03/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$79.57 -0.03 (-0.04%)

As of 03/12/2025 06:03 PM Eastern

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. engages in the manufacture and supply of flavors and fragrances used in the food, beverage, personal care, and household products industries. It operates through the following segments: Nourish, Health & Biosciences, Scent and Pharma Solutions. The Nourish segment consists of legacy Taste segment combined with N&B's Food & Beverage division and the food protection business of N&B's Health & Biosciences division. The Health & Biosciences business consists of a biotechnology-driven portfolio of enzymes, food cultures, probiotics and specialty ingredients for food, home and personal care, and health and wellness applications. The Scent business creates fragrance compounds, fragrance ingredients and cosmetic ingredients that are integral elements in the world’s finest perfumes and best-known household and personal care products. The Pharma Solutions business produces a vast portfolio including cellulosics and seaweed-based pharma excipients, used to improve the functionality and delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients, including controlled or modified drug release formulations, and enabling. The company was founded in 1833 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

RPM International NYSE:RPM

$116.66 -1.14 (-0.97%)

Closing price 03/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$117.01 +0.35 (+0.30%)

As of 03/12/2025 05:07 PM Eastern

RPM International Inc. manufactures and sells specialty chemicals for the industrial, specialty, and consumer markets worldwide. It offers waterproofing, coating, and traditional roofing systems; sealants, air barriers, tapes, and foams; residential home weatherization systems; roofing and building maintenance services; sealing and bonding, subfloor preparation, flooring, and glazing solutions; resin flooring systems, polyurethane, MMA waterproof, epoxy floor paint and coatings, concrete repair, and protection products; fire stopping and intumescent steel coating, and manufacturing industry solutions; rolled asphalt roofing materials and chemical admixtures; concrete and masonry admixtures, concrete fibers, curing and sealing compounds, structural grouts and mortars, epoxy adhesives, injection resins, polyurethane foams, floor hardeners and toppings, joint fillers, industrial and architectural coatings, decorative color/stains/stamps, and restoration materials; insulated building cladding materials; and concrete form wall systems. It also provides polymer flooring systems; fiberglass reinforced plastic gratings and shapes; corrosion-control coating, containment and railcar lining, fire and sound proofing, and heat and cryogenic insulation products; specialty construction products; amine curing agents, reactive diluents, and epoxy resins; fluorescent colorants and pigments; shellac-based-specialty and marine coatings; fire and water damage restoration, carpet cleaning, and disinfecting products; fuel additives; wood treatments, coatings, and touch-up products; and nail enamels, polishes, and coating components. In addition, it offers solutions for the paint contractors and DIYers, concrete restoration and flooring, metallic and faux finish coatings, cleaners, and hobby paints and cements; and caulks, adhesives, insulating foams, and patches, as well as spackling, glazing, and repair products. The company was incorporated in 1947 and is headquartered in Medina, Ohio.

Sherwin-Williams NYSE:SHW

$350.21 -2.81 (-0.80%)

Closing price 03/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$349.75 -0.46 (-0.13%)

As of 03/12/2025 07:36 PM Eastern

The Sherwin-Williams Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of paints, coating, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. It operates through three segments: Paint Stores Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group. The Paint Stores Group segment offers architectural paints and coatings, and protective and marine products, as well as OEM product finishes and related products for architectural and industrial paint contractors, and do-it-yourself homeowners. The Consumer Brands Group segment supplies a portfolio of branded and private-label architectural paints, stains, varnishes, industrial products, wood finishes products, wood preservatives, applicators, corrosion inhibitors, aerosols, caulks, and adhesives to retailers, including home centers and hardware stores, and dedicated dealers and distributors. The Performance Coatings Group segment develops and sells industrial coatings for wood finishing and general industrial applications, automotive refinish products, protective and marine coatings, coil coatings, packaging coatings, and performance-based resins and colorants. It serves retailers, dealers, jobbers, licensees, and other third-party distributors through its branches and direct sales staff, as well as through outside sales representatives. The company has operations primarily in the North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The Sherwin-Williams Company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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