Pros and Cons of Investing in Sherwin — Williams.

PHOTO CREDIT: Sherwin — Williams

OVERVIEW

PROS:

  1. Sherwin- Williams will continue to benefit from the booming housing market in the United States. As more houses are built, more paint is needed for both indoor structures and outdoor structures. This will help the company report strong numbers in the next couple of financial quarters. This will benefit investors in the company as well.
  2. A Biden administration will also positively benefit the company. Biden will ease trade tensions with our allies, something that will help the company increase its international sales. Biden will also incentivize home buying and remodeling, something that will also help the company sell more paint.
  3. Another aspect of the economy that is currently booming is the home remodeling business. Home owners and landlords want to remodel their homes and properties. This has further increased the demand for paint, something that Sherwin — Williams has capitalized on. This hs also benefited investors in the company.
  4. The company has reported rising revenues and profits over the past couple of financial years due to the reasons mentioned above. This has helped the company grow its business and expand its product offerings. This has also benefited investors in the company. In the financial year of 2020, the company reported revenues of around 18.36 billion and profits of around 2.03 billion. Both of these metrics are higher than what the company reported in the financial year of 2019 when they had revenues of around 17.9 billion and profits of around 1.54 billion.
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CONS:

  1. Sherwin — Williams will be negatively impacted by inflation. Higher comoddity prices (in order to make paint products) and higher shipping costs (in order to ship products around the world) has hurt the company’s margins and has caused the company to raise prices. This has hurt the company and its investors and will continue to do so until the prices return to normal.

MY OPINON

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Aaditya Patel is a writer who publishes analysis on companies publicly traded on the NYSE. Follow him @the_investing787 on Instagram for summary posts.

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Aaditya Patel

Aaditya Patel is a writer who publishes analysis on companies publicly traded on the NYSE. Follow him @the_investing787 on Instagram for summary posts.