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Sherwin-Williams Co (LTS:0L5V) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 45.73 (As of Jun. 05, 2025)


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What is Sherwin-Williams Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-05), Sherwin-Williams Co's current share price is $363.545. Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $7.95. Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 45.73.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0L5V' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 29.61   Med: 41.01   Max: 59.19
Current: 44.98

During the past years, Sherwin-Williams Co's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 59.19. The lowest was 29.61. And the median was 41.01.

LTS:0L5V's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
69.46% of 560 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 23.025 vs LTS:0L5V: 44.98

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Sherwin-Williams Co's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.992. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $7.95 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Sherwin-Williams Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sherwin-Williams Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Sherwin-Williams Co Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 48.03 59.21 36.42 42.35 42.49

Sherwin-Williams Co Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 46.85 38.94 48.92 42.49 43.36

Competitive Comparison of Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Sherwin-Williams Co Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=363.545/7.95
=45.73

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sherwin-Williams Co's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Sherwin-Williams Co's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.992/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.992

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Sherwin-Williams Co Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 1.267 100.684 1.698
201509 1.705 100.392 2.292
201512 1.664 99.792 2.250
201603 -0.404 100.470 -0.543
201606 1.796 101.688 2.383
201609 1.398 101.861 1.852
201612 0.972 101.863 1.288
201703 0.671 102.862 0.880
201706 1.096 103.349 1.431
201709 2.146 104.136 2.781
201712 1.910 104.011 2.478
201803 -0.005 105.290 -0.006
201806 1.682 106.317 2.135
201809 2.760 106.507 3.496
201812 1.509 105.998 1.921
201903 -0.311 107.251 -0.391
201906 2.556 108.070 3.191
201909 2.872 108.329 3.577
201912 1.988 108.420 2.474
202003 -0.186 108.902 -0.230
202006 3.567 108.767 4.425
202009 5.203 109.815 6.393
202012 2.691 109.897 3.304
202103 0.486 111.754 0.587
202106 3.430 114.631 4.037
202109 2.823 115.734 3.291
202112 0.265 117.630 0.304
202203 -0.304 121.301 -0.338
202206 1.848 125.017 1.994
202209 1.778 125.227 1.916
202212 1.563 125.222 1.684
202303 -0.469 127.348 -0.497
202306 3.864 128.729 4.050
202309 4.473 129.860 4.648
202312 2.333 129.419 2.432
202403 -1.340 131.776 -1.372
202406 3.745 132.554 3.812
202409 3.306 133.029 3.353
202412 2.512 133.157 2.545
202503 -0.992 134.927 -0.992

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Sherwin-Williams Co  (LTS:0L5V) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Sherwin-Williams Co Business Description

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Address
101 West Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA, 44115-1075
Sherwin-Williams is the largest provider of architectural paint in the United States. The company has over 5,000 stores and sells premium paint at higher price points than most competitors. Sherwin-Williams also sells paint-related products in big-box stores and provides coatings for original equipment manufacturers.

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