Seasonality
SHW seasonality — Sherwin-Williams
Over the last 11 years, SHW's strongest month on average has been November (+6.9%) and its weakest March (-1.9%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +0.49% | +0.71% | 50% | +13.1% | -18.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -1.04% | -0.25% | 50% | +9.1% | -8.2% | 10 |
| Mar | -1.92% | -1.47% | 40% | +8.5% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +3.88% | +5.64% | 80% | +16.7% | -13.7% | 10 |
| May | -0.03% | +0.26% | 50% | +10.7% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.33% | +2.01% | 50% | +16.6% | -16.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +6.02% | +7.44% | 70% | +17.6% | -3.9% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.40% | +3.02% | 70% | +10.6% | -4.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.87% | -2.33% | 40% | +5.5% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.26% | +1.25% | 50% | +13.2% | -13.6% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.91% | +7.78% | 89% | +17.0% | -0.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.29% | -0.84% | 50% | +11.9% | -14.5% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SHW
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9.4 | 2.2 | -11.6 | 0.3 | -5.5 | 13.3 | -1.0 | -0.6 | -4.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | +6.2% | |
| 2025 | 5.4 | 1.1 | -3.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | -4.3 | -3.6 | 10.6 | -5.3 | -0.4 | -0.4 | -5.7 | -4.7% |
| 2024 | -2.4 | 9.1 | 4.6 | -13.7 | 1.4 | -1.8 | 17.6 | 5.3 | 3.3 | -6.0 | 10.8 | -14.5 | +9.0% |
| 2023 | -0.3 | -6.4 | 1.6 | 5.7 | -4.1 | 16.6 | 4.1 | -1.7 | -6.1 | -6.6 | 17.0 | 11.9 | +31.4% |
| 2022 | -18.6 | -8.2 | -5.1 | 10.2 | -2.5 | -16.5 | 8.1 | -4.1 | -11.8 | 9.9 | 10.7 | -4.8 | -32.6% |
| 2021 | -5.9 | -1.7 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 3.5 | -3.9 | 6.8 | 4.3 | -7.9 | 13.2 | 4.6 | 6.3 | +43.8% |
| 2020 | -4.5 | -7.2 | -11.1 | 16.7 | 10.7 | -2.7 | 12.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 8.7 | -1.7 | +25.9% |
| 2019 | 7.1 | 2.8 | -0.6 | 5.6 | -7.8 | 9.3 | 11.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | +48.3% |
| 2018 | 1.7 | -3.7 | -2.4 | -6.2 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 3.4 | -0.1 | -13.6 | 7.8 | -7.2 | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 13.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 7.9 | -0.9 | 5.8 | -3.9 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 2.7 | +52.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0 |