DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. vs THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Dick's Sporting Goods sells athletic apparel and equipment, a $21.6B retailer that carries no net debt and keeps 4.71% of sales. Sherwin-Williams sells paint through stores and contractor channels, a $85.4B name keeping 10.86% while running heavy leverage at 2.64 debt to equity. Sherwin is the pricier stock at 33.05 times earnings against Dick's 23.3, and pays a 0.92% dividend versus Dick's larger 2.03%. Free cash yields land close, 3.4% for Sherwin and 1.86% for Dick's. One sells gear people buy a few times a year; the other sells a product contractors and homeowners come back for on every job.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | DKS | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $217.90 | $334.01 |
| Market cap | $19.7B | $82.9B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.3% | +10.9% |
| P/E | 21.2 | 32.1 |
| P/B | 3.52 | 18.70 |
| P/S | 1.03 | 3.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.8 | 263.0 |
| Revenue growth | +41.0% | +4.1% |
| Gross margin | 32.6% | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | — |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 16.1% | 58.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 9.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 15.1% | — |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 2.64 |
| Current ratio | 1.50 | 0.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.88 | 6.93 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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