secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK:        0000089800
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000089800-23-000002
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980023000002/0000089800-23-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980023000002/shw-20230126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089800-23-000002

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