Sherwin-Williams to Report Third-Quarter Results on Oct. 27 After 7.5% Second-Quarter Sales Growth
Key Facts
Sherwin-Williams set Oct. 27, 2026, to report third-quarter results for the period ended Sept. 30, before the market opens, according to a company statement. It said a call to discuss results and its outlook will be held the same day at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. The announcement gives investors a fresh update on the company’s performance in a year when its chief executive said demand indicators and customer sentiment pointed to continued market weakness. After the second quarter, the company forecast full-year adjusted earnings per share of between $11.80 and $12.20. The third-quarter announcement is expected to show whether the company kept that range or changed it, but the statement announcing the date does not include actual results or a new outlook.
In the second quarter of 2026, consolidated sales rose 7.5% to $6,789.3 million from the same period a year earlier, according to Sherwin-Williams’ results. Adjusted earnings per share were $3.70, compared with $3.38 in the second quarter of 2025. Those figures provide a baseline for comparison when third-quarter results are released, while the market estimate published before the announcement pointed to revenue of $6.78 billion and earnings per share of $3.69. Those figures are estimates for the third quarter, not actual results. The information available therefore does not support describing third-quarter results as mixed or saying the company beat or missed analyst estimates.
In its second-quarter results, the company said customer sentiment and the leading indicators it tracks suggested demand would remain weak in the second half of 2026. In the first quarter, it said it did not expect a meaningful recovery across most end markets during the year. The company then linked continued uncertainty to customer sentiment, demand indicators and geopolitical conditions, according to its results statement. The third-quarter announcement falls in the middle of the period in which the company expected weak demand, making management’s comments on end markets an important part of the results call. But the information available does not include an update from the company on whether that forecast materialized or a description of market performance during the third quarter.
Third-quarter 2025 results provide another year-over-year comparison: consolidated sales rose 3.2% to $6.36 billion, and adjusted earnings per share increased to $3.59 from $3.37 in the corresponding quarter of 2024, the company said. In the first quarter of 2026, consolidated sales grew 6.8% to $5.67 billion, and adjusted earnings per share rose 4.4% to $2.35 from $2.25 a year earlier. By business group, the company said in its third-quarter 2025 results that paint stores group sales grew across all end markets, while sales in the consumer brands group continued to face challenges. These disclosures provide context for comparing group performance and quarterly trends when the new results are announced. Actual third-quarter 2026 figures, and any changes to the full-year outlook, remain subject to the company’s announcement and scheduled call on Oct. 27.