JD.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.
JD.com is a $37.7B Chinese online retailer trading below its book value at 0.90 and at only 13.78 times earnings, keeping a thin 1.77% of sales. Sherwin-Williams is an $85.4B American paint maker keeping 10.86% and trading at 33.05 times earnings, more than double JD's multiple. Sherwin runs heavy debt at 2.64 to equity where JD stays light at 0.16. The paint seller pays a 0.92% dividend; JD's free cash yield of 4.23% edges Sherwin's 3.4%. A high-volume, low-margin marketplace priced for skepticism sits beside a steady coatings franchise priced for its consistency.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | JD | SHW |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $28.21 | $334.01 |
| Market cap | $42.0B | $82.9B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.9% |
| P/E | 15.3 | 32.1 |
| P/B | 1.00 | 18.70 |
| P/S | 0.22 | 3.46 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.3 | 263.0 |
| Revenue growth | +6.0% | +4.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 49.1% |
| Operating margin | 0.2% | — |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 10.9% |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 58.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.3% | 9.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.7% | — |
| FCF yield | 3.8% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.16 | 2.64 |
| Current ratio | 1.22 | 0.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.62 | 6.93 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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