Which is more profitable, Fastenal or The Sherwin-Williams?

Fastenal keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Fastenal or The Sherwin-Williams?

Fastenal grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Fastenal or The Sherwin-Williams?

The Sherwin-Williams costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Fastenal or The Sherwin-Williams?

Fastenal would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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The Sherwin-WilliamsSHW

Fastenal vs The Sherwin-Williams stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Fastenal is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt. The Sherwin-Williams is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Fastenal	The Sherwin-Williams
	$63.3 billion	$84.5 billion
	15.3%	10.9%
	+7.7%	+5.1%
	50.3×	32.9×
	0.1 years	2.8 years
	28.8%	17.6%
	2.1%	1.0%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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