secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO (SHW)
CIK:        0000089800
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000089800-25-000015
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sherwin-Williams posts record FY2024 sales of $23.1B, adj. EPS up 9.5% to $11.33, guides FY2025 adj. EPS $11.65-$12.05
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- FY2024 diluted EPS $10.55 (+14.1% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $11.33 (+9.5%); net sales record $23.10B.
- Q4 diluted EPS $1.90 (+36.7% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $2.09 (+15.5%); revenue $5.30B (+0.9% YoY).
- Paint Stores Group same-store sales +2.0% in Q4; residential repaint high-single digit growth; Packaging double-digit.
- FY2025 adj. EPS guidance $11.65-$12.05 (midpoint ~4.6% growth); expects low-single digit revenue growth.
- Net operating cash $3.15B; returned $2.46B to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980025000015/0000089800-25-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89800/000008980025000015/shw-20250130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089800-25-000015

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