Both in Retail Trade

Lowe's Companies vs The Sherwin-Williams

Over the past year LOW returned −9.4% and SHW returned −1.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.75.

LOW −9.4% SHW −1.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLOWSHW
Price$213.38$340.87
Market cap$119.72B$82.35B
Today−2.19%−3.26%
1 month+18.9%+7.0%
6 months−5.3%+9.1%
Year to date−11.5%+5.2%
1 year−10.4%−1.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.3%+7.9%
Gross margin33.0%47.8%
Net margin9.2%12.0%
P/E (TTM)18.0×30.8×
Price / sales1.3×3.3×
Net cash-$34.15B-$11.53B
Dividend yield2.34%0.94%
Volatility (60d)27.4%26.9%
Short % of float1.9%2.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).