Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: VMC stock price vs SHW: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at SHW's multiple
Needs SHW P/E.
Implied fair value · at VMC's multiple
Needs VMC P/E.
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Trendline
Ten period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY · implied price per share
Bear
$55.73
Base
$71.10
Bull
$91.11
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY · implied price per share
Bear
$57.59
Base
$75.34
Bull
$98.46
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe VMC can sustain its faster revenue growth and strong operating margins without sacrificing capital discipline, then a modest overweight makes sense because the stock is near fair value, financially healthy, and less levered than SHW.
VMC is trading close to its SHW-implied value, with only 2.2% upside from the $281.05 current price to the $287.32 implied price. The stock is also within both SHW implied range and its historical band, which suggests valuation is not deeply discounted or stretched.
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