AMAZON COM INC vs THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Amazon spans e-commerce and cloud, a $2507.5B giant carrying modest leverage at 0.28 debt to equity. Sherwin-Williams sells paint through thousands of stores and contractor accounts, a $85.4B name that runs far heavier debt at 2.64. The paint maker keeps more of every sale, 10.86% net against Amazon's 8.92%, and hands back 0.92% in dividends plus 3.4% in free cash yield. Amazon keeps almost nothing loose, its free cash yield sitting at -0.1% because the money goes straight back into warehouses and servers. On earnings the two price close, 27.58 times for Amazon and 33.05 for Sherwin, though what you own underneath could hardly differ more.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | AMZN | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $245.35 | $334.01 |
| Market cap | $2.67T | $82.9B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.9% |
| P/E | 29.4 | 32.1 |
| P/B | 6.04 | 18.70 |
| P/S | 3.59 | 3.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 263.0 |
| Revenue growth | +14.2% | +4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | 13.1% | — |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 15.0% | 58.7% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 9.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.9% | — |
| FCF yield | -0.1% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.28 | 2.64 |
| Current ratio | 1.18 | 0.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.38 | 6.93 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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