THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY vs THE TJX COMPANIES, INC., two Retail stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Sherwin-Williams sells paint and coatings through its own stores and contractor accounts, an $85.4B business keeping 10.86% of sales but running heavy debt at 2.64 to equity. TJX runs off-price apparel and home goods, a $174.0B chain keeping 9.4% with light leverage near 0.28. Sherwin trades a bit dearer, 33.05 times earnings against TJX's 30.23, and pays a slightly lower dividend, 0.92% versus 1.09%. Free cash yields sit close, 3.4% and 3.15%. The paint maker leans on a repeat-purchase product and a leveraged balance sheet; the discounter leans on cheap sourcing and fast inventory turns, funded far more conservatively.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | SHW | TJX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $334.01 | $151.27 |
| Market cap | $82.9B | $169.4B |
| Sector | Retail | Retail |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +10.9% | — |
| P/E | 32.1 | 29.4 |
| P/B | 18.70 | 16.29 |
| P/S | 3.46 | 2.75 |
| EV/EBITDA | 263.0 | 129.5 |
| Revenue growth | +4.1% | +8.1% |
| Gross margin | 49.1% | — |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 9.4% |
| Return on equity | 58.7% | 55.7% |
| Return on assets | 9.8% | 16.0% |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Debt / equity | 2.64 | 0.28 |
| Current ratio | 0.86 | 1.14 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.93 | 8.14 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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