SHW vs. ECL, IFF, RPM, ALB, CE, BCPC, NEU, FUL, ASH, and SXT
Should you be buying Sherwin-Williams stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sherwin-Williams include Ecolab (ECL), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), RPM International (RPM), Albemarle (ALB), Celanese (CE), Balchem (BCPC), NewMarket (NEU), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Ashland (ASH), and Sensient Technologies (SXT). These companies are all part of the "specialty chemicals" industry.
Sherwin-Williams vs.
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE:SHW) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Sherwin-Williams has higher revenue and earnings than Ecolab. Ecolab is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sherwin-Williams, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecolab presently has a consensus target price of $277.47, suggesting a potential upside of 16.76%. Sherwin-Williams has a consensus target price of $402.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.64%. Given Ecolab's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Ecolab is more favorable than Sherwin-Williams.
Ecolab pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Sherwin-Williams pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Ecolab pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sherwin-Williams pays out 28.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ecolab has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Sherwin-Williams has raised its dividend for 47 consecutive years.
Ecolab has a net margin of 13.05% compared to Sherwin-Williams' net margin of 11.09%. Sherwin-Williams' return on equity of 74.45% beat Ecolab's return on equity.
Sherwin-Williams received 142 more outperform votes than Ecolab when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.80% of users gave Ecolab an outperform vote while only 64.43% of users gave Sherwin-Williams an outperform vote.
Ecolab has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sherwin-Williams has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
74.9% of Ecolab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of Sherwin-Williams shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ecolab shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Sherwin-Williams shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Ecolab had 1 more articles in the media than Sherwin-Williams. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ecolab and 22 mentions for Sherwin-Williams. Ecolab's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Sherwin-Williams' score of 1.25 indicating that Ecolab is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Sherwin-Williams beats Ecolab on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SHW) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
