---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000089800-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHW"
cik: "0000089800"
company_name: "SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO"
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T08:55:50.299927+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sherwin-Williams reports record 2022 sales $22.15B; 2023 adj. EPS guidance $7.95-$8.65 vs $8.73

## Summary
- Full year net sales $22.15B (+11.1% YoY); diluted EPS $7.72, adjusted diluted EPS $8.73 (up from $8.15).
- Q4 net sales $5.23B (+9.8% YoY); diluted EPS $1.48, adjusted diluted EPS $1.89 (+41% YoY).
- The Americas Group Q4 sales +15.7% to $3.07B, segment profit +31.6% to $526.7M.
- 2023 guidance: full year net sales down mid-single digit to flat; diluted EPS $6.79-$7.59.
- Returned ~$1.5B to shareholders via dividends ($619M) and share repurchases ($883M) in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000089800-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHW
- cik: 0000089800
- company_name: SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980023000002/0000089800-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980023000002/shw-20230126.htm

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