SHWSherwin-Williams

Materials & Chemicals · US · The Sherwin-Williams Company

5 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index

out of 100 · 5/6 ratios · FY 2023

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

Markup →
How much revenue per dollar of cost.
1.7492× revenue / costverified
$1 of cost becomes $1.75 of revenue
Sector median: 1.4054Top 5% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Operational Markup →
Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.
1.1608× revenue / (cost + opex)verified
$1 of cost+opex becomes $1.16 of revenue
Sector median: 1.1719Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Labor Share →
How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.
0.1994of revenue → workersapprox.verified
20¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
Sector median: 0.1384Median range for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Executive Extraction →
How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.
387.6× CEO / median workerverified
CEO earns 388× the median worker
Sector median: 176.1Top 5% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0
Shareholder Extraction →
Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.
Not computed: missing input.
Needed but not in this company's XBRL filings: R&D Expense.
What this company did disclose: Stock Buybacks, CEO Total Compensation, Cost of Goods Sold, Dividends Paid, Total Employee Count, Median Employee Compensation, Net Income, Operating Expenses…
Capital Extraction →
How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.
1.7911× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
179% of net profit returned to shareholders — funded beyond current-year earnings
Sector median: 0.5332Top 7% for extraction in sector
FY 2023v1.0.0