Is SHW halal?
Sherwin-Williams Company (The)
Halal
Sherwin-Williams Company (The) passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 15 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
335.2
Day
-0.51%
Market cap
$81.46B
Industry
Specialty Chemicals
Sector
Basic Materials
What the company does
Sherwin-Williams is the world's largest paint maker: its own stores (5,000+, US), the Valspar and Minwax brands, and industrial coatings. Its money comes from paint sales to contractors and homeowners.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $12.07B ÷ 36-month average market cap $84.25B = 14.3%
14.3%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $293.50M ÷ 36-month average market cap $84.25B = 0.3%
0.3%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $11.20M ÷ annual revenue $23.57B (2025) = 0.1%
0.1%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $81.46B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 14.3% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.11% weight · #155 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.12% · #111 of 1455
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.20%
- Dividend
- 0.98% · purify 0.1% · net 0.98%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 5 superinvestors · Average reported price: $344.32
- Jensen Investment Management$185.6M4.5%
- Viking Global Investors$1.3B3.8%
- Lee AinslieMaverick Capital$198.0M1.8%
- Mairs & Power Funds$151.7M1.4%
- Chase ColemanTiger Global Management$88.5M0.4%
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