Sherwin Williams Co Earnings Preview For Thursday (SHW)
Sherwin Williams Co (NYSE:SHW) is anticipated to report earnings before the opening bell on April 19, 2012.
Who They Are: . The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Sherwin Williams Co trades an average of 1.2 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $0 Million.
Book Value: $14.61
Float Short: 2.86%
What To Expect:
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.10 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.84. A surprise above $0.94 per share will top the estimated per share earnings.
Currently, $0.92 on the low end and $0.95 per share on the high side is what market participants are anticipating in the report.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Sherwin Williams Co. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The P/E ratio has trended lower, as the current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 24.2, while the forward P/E ratio is now 19.74. It will be interesting to see if pricing is currently at a discount, or if the market has been correct to price in lower growth expectations.
The stock has moved higher in price 9.72% in the last month, and 39.49% from one year ago.
The stock is performing extremely well when compared to the general stock market up to this point. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year up to date positive change is 19.11%.
Revenue growth relative to last year appears to be problematic for management. Comparing year-over-year fiscal years, revenue has declined to $8.77 billion for 2011 vs. $7.78 billion for 2010. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $441.86 million for 2011 vs. $462.49 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $775.53 million for 2011 vs. $744.67 million for 2010.
The short interest is relatively low at 2.86%.
Here are the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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