The Sherwin-Williams CompanyOpportunity Rank #249(SHW) Intrinsic Value & DCF Analysis (2026)
Current Price
$320.21
Last updated: May 08, 2026
Price vs Intrinsic Value
Fundamental Score
Weighted across 6 signals
Narrative Score
No change vs previous
Trend Score
As of 2026-05-08
The intrinsic value of The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) is estimated at $289.76 per share based on a 10-year discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. At the current price of $320.21, the stock appears overvalued relative to its projected cash flow fundamentals. This estimate assumes a 5.43% long-term growth rate and an 8.81% discount rate, reflecting expected future free cash flow and cost of capital.
The intrinsic value of The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) is estimated at $289.76 per share based on a 10-year discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis. At the current price of $320.21, the stock appears overvalued relative to its projected cash flow fundamentals. This estimate assumes a 5.43% long-term growth rate and an 8.81% discount rate, reflecting expected future free cash flow and cost of capital.Valuation Details
Capital Efficiency
The company is earning below its required return. This may indicate inefficient use of capital or excess cash that isn't being reinvested.
Fundamental Details
Narrative Details
Trend Details
Investment Coach
- Price moving to at least a mid-teens discount to fair value
- Sustained improvement in ROIC versus WACC spread
- Meaningful positive shifts in the narrative trend and fundamental score
Free Cash Flow (in millions)
How Intrinziq Estimates Fair Value
Intrinziq estimates The Sherwin-Williams Company's intrinsic value using a discounted cash flow (DCF) model based on free cash flow trends and a market-based discount rate. The model projects future cash flows over ten years and discounts them using a market return assumption to estimate fair value.
The Sherwin-Williams CompanyBasic Materials
The Sherwin-Williams Company develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. It operates through three segments: The Americas Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group. The Americas 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 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. As of February 17, 2022, it operated approximately 5,000 company-operated stores and facilities. The Sherwin-Williams Company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.