What Gives The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) a Dominant Position in the Market?

Aoris Investment Management, a specialist international equity manager, released its Q4 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In 2024, Portfolio’s Class A (Unhedged) returned 22.9% after fees compared to 29.8% return for the benchmark. The fund’s Class C (Hedged) returned -12.3% compared to a 19.7% return for the benchmark. In addition, you can check the fund’s top 5 holdings to determine its best picks for 2024.

In its fourth quarter 2024 investor letter, Aoris Investment Management emphasized stocks such as The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW). The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) develops, manufactures and distributes paints, coating, and related products. The one-month return of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) was 0.81%, and its shares gained 15.46% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On February 14, 2025, The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) stock closed at $356.86 per share with a market capitalization of $89.876 billion.

Aoris Investment Management stated the following regarding The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) in its Q4 2024 investor letter:

“Lastly, we bought The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW), which is the world’s largest paint and coatings company. Yes, paint does sound dull, but Sherwin-Williams excels at serving demanding customers with often highly technical products. In the US market for professional painters, Sherwin-Williams has a share around 10x the size of its closest peer. It also has exclusive supply arrangements with 23 of the 25 largest home builders in the US. Remarkably, given its dominant position, its market share continues to rise.”

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A close-up of a vibrant paint color being sprayed onto a wooden surface.

The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 78 hedge fund portfolios held The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) at the end of the third quarter which was 76 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

In another article we discussed The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) and shared the list of stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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