The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) Paints A Pretty Picture: Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW), Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW)

Unfortunately for Sherwin Williams shareholders, the P/E of 9.2 is higher than the industry average, and the company has a dividend yield of just 1.1% compared to an industry average of 1.7%. Lowe’s dividend yield actually meets the industry average, while Home Depot is beating it by .1%.

Despite all the figures above, you can see how the company’s stocks have performed in the past year.

LOW data by YCharts

The Foolish Bottom Line…

Sherwin Williams doesn’t show the most promising metrics, but has performed better than both Home Depot and Lowe’s. Lowe’s guidance should not make investors more comfortable, but the company does have more institutional ownership than both of its competitors. There is no doubt that Home Depot’s shareholders are pleased with the Q4 results, and it doesn’t appear that these results will be changing in the near future.

The article Home Depot Paints A Pretty Picture originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Tyler Wofford.

Copyright © 1995 – 2013 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.