Which is more profitable, The Sherwin-Williams or Tractor Supply?

The Sherwin-Williams keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, The Sherwin-Williams or Tractor Supply?

Tractor Supply grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, The Sherwin-Williams or Tractor Supply?

Tractor Supply costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, The Sherwin-Williams or Tractor Supply?

The Sherwin-Williams would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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The Sherwin-Williams vs Tractor Supply stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	The Sherwin-Williams	Tractor Supply
	$84.5 billion	$18.9 billion
	10.9%	7.1%
	+5.1%	+7.9%
	32.9×	17.2×
	2.8 years	3.2 years
	17.6%	12.3%
	1.0%	3.1%

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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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