---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000089800-22-000033"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHW"
cik: "0000089800"
company_name: "SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO"
filed_at: "2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T01:31:50.495386+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sherwin-Williams Q3 record sales $6.05B (+17.5%), adj EPS $2.83 (+35.4%), reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Record Q3 net sales of $6.05B, up 17.5% YoY; same-store sales in Americas Group up 20.7%.
- GAAP diluted EPS $2.62; adjusted diluted EPS $2.83, up 35.4% vs $2.09 last year.
- Reaffirmed FY22 adjusted EPS guidance $8.50-$8.80; Q4 sales expected high-single to low-double digit % growth.
- Generated $1.28B operating cash YTD; returned $1.21B to shareholders via dividends and buybacks in Q3.
- Plans cost reduction actions in Consumer Brands Group, PCG, and Administrative segments due to uncertain demand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000089800-22-000033
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHW
- cik: 0000089800
- company_name: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
- filed_at: 2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980022000033/0000089800-22-000033-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980022000033/shw-20221025.htm

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