シャーウィンウィリアムズの社長兼最高経営責任者であるHeidi G. Petzは、「需要環境の不安定さが続く中、売上高を伸ばし、粗利率を拡大し、EBITDAおよび調整後希薄化後当期純利益を増加させることができた」と述べました。四半期における強力な現金の生成は、配当と株の取り消しを通じて株主に63100万ドルを還元することを可能にしました。また、四半期に先行投資を選択し、ますます不確かな競争環境から生まれる前例のない長期的機会に対応しました。店舗、営業および技術担当者、さらにサービスの拡大とデジタルツールへの投資によって、当社は持続的かつ利益を上回る市場成長をもたらすことができると確信しています。我々は、SG&Aが順次抑制され、予想通り、下半期に低位から中位の1桁増加が見込まれます。
The Company generated $2.22 billion in Net operating cash and returned cash of $1.97 billion to our shareholders in the form of dividends and repurchases of 4.4 million shares of its common stock during the first nine months of 2024. At September 30, 2024, the Company had remaining authorization to purchase 35.3 million shares of its common stock through open market purchases.
2024 GUIDANCE
Fourth Quarter
Full Year
2024
2024
Net sales
Flat to up low-single digit %
Flat to up low-single digit %
Effective tax rate
Low twenty percent
Diluted net income per share
$10.30
-
$10.60
Adjusted diluted net income per share (1)
$11.10
-
$11.40
(1) Excludes $0.80 per share of acquisition-related amortization expense.
“In what remains a tough macroeconomic environment, our strategy continues to be providing our customers with differentiated solutions that make them more productive and profitable,” said Ms. Petz. “We are confident the growth and efficiency investments we have made will enable us to continue outperforming the market. Our team is focused, determined and experienced, and we will continue to aggressively pursue above market growth while controlling what we can control.
“In our pro architectural business, demand remains variable by end market, with no impact to date from recent interest rate cuts. North American DIY demand remains weak driven by inflation and higher consumer debt levels. In our industrial businesses, demand remains choppy by end market and region. Against this backdrop, we expect
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fourth quarter 2024 consolidated net sales to be flat to up a low-single digit percentage compared to the fourth quarter of 2023.
“We are maintaining our previous full year earnings guidance, recognizing the current range is wider than typical entering a fourth quarter. This range accounts for several variables that are hard to forecast precisely, including demand related to recovery from hurricanes Helene and Milton, and the potential for extended holiday shutdowns by industrial customers. Specifically, we expect full year 2024 sales to be flat to up a low-single digit percentage compared to full year 2023. We continue to guide to full year 2024 diluted net income per share of $10.30 to $10.60 per share, including acquisition-related amortization expense of $0.80 per share, compared to $9.25 per share in 2023. Our adjusted diluted net income per share guidance remains $11.10 to $11.40 per share, an increase of 8.7% at the mid-point compared to 2023.”
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results for the third quarter, and its outlook for the fourth quarter and full year 2024, at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Heidi G. Petz, Sherwin-Williams President and Chief Executive Officer, along with other senior executives, will participate on the call.
The conference call will be webcast simultaneously in listen only mode. To listen to the webcast on the Sherwin-Williams website, click on https://investors.sherwin-williams.com/financials/quarterly-results/, then click on the webcast icon following the reference to the Q3 webcast. An archived replay of the webcast will be available at https://investors.sherwin-williams.com/financials/quarterly-results/ beginning approximately two hours after the call ends.
ABOUT THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
Founded in 1866, The Sherwin-Williams Company is a global leader in the manufacture, development, distribution, and sale of paint, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. The Company manufactures products under well-known brands such as Sherwin-Williams®, Valspar®, HGTV HOME® by Sherwin-Williams, Dutch Boy®, Krylon®, Minwax®, Thompson’s® WaterSeal®, Cabot® and many more. With global headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, Sherwin-Williams® branded products are sold exclusively through a chain of more than 5,000 Company-operated stores and branches, while the Company’s other brands are sold through leading mass merchandisers, home centers, independent paint dealers, hardware stores, automotive retailers, and industrial distributors. The Sherwin-Williams Performance Coatings Group supplies a broad range of highly-engineered solutions for the construction, industrial, packaging and transportation markets in more than 120 countries around the world. Sherwin-Williams shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: SHW). For more information, visit www.sherwin.com.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This press release contains “forward-looking statements,” as defined under U.S. federal securities laws, with respect to sales, earnings and other matters. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “plan,” “goal,” “target,” “potential,” “intend,” “aspire,” “strive,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “seek” or “anticipate” or the negative thereof or comparable words. Any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or conditions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current expectations, predictions, estimates, assumptions and beliefs concerning future events and conditions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the control of the Company and actual results may differ materially from such statements and from the Company’s historical performance, results and experience. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include such things as: general business conditions, including the strength of retail and manufacturing economies and growth in the coatings industry; adverse changes in general economic conditions, including the inflationary environment, global credit markets, and currency fluctuations; any disruption in the availability of, or increases in the price of, raw material and energy supplies; disruptions in the supply chain; catastrophic events, adverse weather conditions and natural disasters; losses of or changes in our relationships with customers and suppliers; our ability to successfully integrate past and future acquisitions; risks and uncertainties associated with our expansion into and our operations in foreign markets; cybersecurity incidents and other disruptions to our information technology systems; our ability to attract, retain, develop and progress a qualified global workforce; our ability to execute on our business strategies related to sustainability matters, and achieve related expectations; damage to our business, reputation, image or brands due to negative publicity; our ability to protect or enforce our material trademarks and other intellectual property rights; our ability to comply with numerous and evolving laws, rules and regulations; adverse changes to our tax positions; increasingly stringent domestic and foreign governmental regulations; inherent uncertainties involved in assessing our potential liability for environmental-related activities; other changes in governmental policies, laws and regulations; the nature, cost, quantity and outcome of pending and future litigation and other claims; and other risks, uncertainties and factors described from time to time in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Since it is not possible to predict or identify all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect future results, the above list should not be considered a complete list. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Management of the Company utilizes certain financial measures that are not in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) to analyze and manage the performance of the business. Management provides non-GAAP information in reporting its financial results to give investors additional data to evaluate the Company’s operations. Management does not, nor does it suggest investors should, consider such non-GAAP measures in isolation from, or in substitution for, financial information prepared in accordance with US GAAP.
Management believes that investors’ understanding of the Company’s operating performance is enhanced by the disclosure of diluted net income per share excluding Valspar acquisition-related amortization and certain other adjustments. Valspar acquisition-related amortization expense is excluded from diluted net income per share due to its significance as a result of the purchase price assigned to finite-lived intangible assets at the date of acquisition and the related impact on underlying business performance and trends. While these intangible assets contribute to the Company’s revenue generation, the related revenue is not excluded. This adjusted earnings per share measurement is not in accordance with US GAAP. It should not be considered a substitute for earnings per share computed in accordance with US GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. The following tables reconcile diluted net income per share computed in accordance with US GAAP to adjusted diluted net income per share.
Year Ending
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
December 31, 2024
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
(after-tax guidance)
Pre-Tax
Tax
Effect (1)
After-Tax
Pre-Tax
Tax
Effect (1)
After-Tax
Low
High
Diluted net income per share
$
3.18
$
8.65
$
10.30
$
10.60
Acquisition-related amortization expense (2)
$
.26
$
.07
$
.19
$
.77
$
.18
$
.59
$
.80
$
.80
Adjusted diluted net income per share
$
3.37
$
9.24
$
11.10
$
11.40
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
Year Ended
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
December 31, 2023
Pre-Tax
Tax
Effect (1)
After-Tax
Pre-Tax
Tax
Effect (1)
After-Tax
Pre-Tax
Tax
Effect (1)
After-Tax
Diluted net income per share
$
2.95
$
7.85
$
9.25
Items related to Restructuring Plan:
Severance and other
$
—
$
—
—
$
.06
$
.02
.04
$
.06
$
.02
.04
Impairment of assets related to China divestiture
—
—
—
.13
.08
.05
.13
.08
.05
Gain on divestiture of domestic aerosol business
—
—
—
(.08)
(.02)
(.06)
(.08)
(.02)
(.06)
Discrete income tax expense related to China divestiture (1)
—
(.06)
.06
—
(.06)
.06
—
(.06)
.06
Total
—
(.06)
.06
.11
.02
.09
.11
.02
.09
Impairment related to trademarks
—
—
—
—
—
—
.09
.02
.07
Devaluation of the Argentine Peso
—
—
—
—
—
—
.16
—
.16
Acquisition-related amortization expense (2)
.25
.06
.19
.78
.18
.60
1.03
.25
.78
Adjusted diluted net income per share
$
3.20
$
8.54
$
10.35
(1) The tax effect is calculated based on the statutory rate and the nature of the item, unless otherwise noted.
(2) Acquisition-related amortization expense, which is included within Selling, general and administrative expenses, consists of the amortization of intangible assets related to the Valspar acquisition. These intangible assets are primarily customer relationships and intellectual property and are being amortized over their remaining useful lives.
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Management believes that investors’ understanding of the Company’s operating performance is enhanced by the disclosure of EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as Net income before income taxes and Interest expense, depreciation and amortization, as well as Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes certain adjustments that management further believes enhances investors’ understanding of the Company’s operating performance. The reader is cautioned that the Company’s EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be compared to other entities unknowingly. Further, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered alternatives to Net income or Net operating cash as an indicator of operating performance or as a measure of liquidity. The following table reconciles Net income computed in accordance with US GAAP to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, as applicable.
(millions of dollars)
Three Months
Three Months
Three Months
Nine Months
Ended
Ended
Ended
Ended
March 31, 2024
June 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
September 30, 2024
Net income
$
505.2
$
889.9
$
806.2
$
2,201.3
Interest expense
103.0
110.8
103.4
317.2
Income taxes
134.8
283.5
216.6
634.9
Depreciation
71.1
71.8
74.4
217.3
Amortization
82.1
81.5
81.2
244.8
EBITDA
$
896.2
$
1,437.5
$
1,281.8
$
3,615.5
Three Months
Three Months
Three Months
Nine Months
Ended
Ended
Ended
Ended
March 31, 2023
June 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
September 30, 2023
Net income
$
477.4
$
793.7
$
761.5
$
2,032.6
Interest expense
109.3
111.7
101.9
322.9
Income taxes
137.4
218.4
247.5
603.3
Depreciation
70.4
75.7
71.9
218.0
Amortization
83.7
83.0
83.5
250.2
EBITDA
$
878.2
$
1,282.5
$
1,266.3
$
3,427.0
Restructuring expense
0.9
8.7
—
9.6
Impairment of assets related to China divestiture
—
34.0
—
34.0
Gain on divestiture of domestic aerosol business
—
(20.1)
—
(20.1)
Adjusted EBITDA
$
879.1
$
1,305.1
$
1,266.3
$
3,450.5
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The Sherwin-Williams Company and Subsidiaries
Selected Information (Unaudited)
(millions of dollars, except store count data)
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2024
2023
2024
2023
Depreciation
$
74.4
$
71.9
$
217.3
$
218.0
Capital expenditures
235.3
152.9
770.0
568.9
Cash dividends
182.5
155.6
543.6
468.4
Amortization of intangibles
81.2
83.5
244.8
250.2
Significant components of Other general expense (income) - net:
Provisions for environmental matters - net
$
2.8
$
39.4
$
(7.7)
$
52.7
Gain on divestiture of domestic aerosol business
—
—
—
(20.1)
(Gains) losses on sale or disposition of assets
(2.0)
12.7
(25.2)
(8.1)
Other
(0.1)
9.8
2.0
15.4
Significant components of Other expense (income) - net:
Net investment gains
$
(1.9)
$
(0.5)
$
(10.8)
$
(19.2)
Net expense from banking activities
3.6
3.1
11.3
10.9
Foreign currency transaction related losses - net
6.8
1.1
9.8
24.7
Other (1)
1.0
(11.7)
(40.5)
(33.4)
Store Count Data:
Paint Stores Group - net new stores
19
16
45
36
Paint Stores Group - total stores
4,739
4,660
4,739
4,660
Consumer Brands Group - net new stores
3
3
10
9
Consumer Brands Group - total stores
328
316
328
316
Performance Coatings Group - net new branches
—
(1)
2
1
Performance Coatings Group - total branches
324
318
324
318
(1) Consists of items of revenue, gains, expenses and losses unrelated to the primary business purpose of the Company.