SHW · 10-Q · 2026Q1 · Full report
Paint Stores Demand Trends
SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO · 2026-04-28 · Importance 49 · Surprise 32
Net sales in the Paint Stores Group increased 3.7% in Q1 2026, driven primarily by selling price increases (a low-single digit percentage impact) and low-single digit sales volume growth. Sales rose in all but one professional customer end market, with double-digit growth in protective & marine and mid-single digit growth in residential repaint and commercial; New residential declined low-single digits. Net sales from stores open more than twelve months (same-store sales) increased 2.4% and non-paint product sales rose 2.5%. Management attributes results to a mix of price realization and modest volume recovery among professional customers.
Key facts
- Net sales in the Paint Stores Group increased across all but one professional customer end market in the quarter ended March 31, 2026, led by a double-digit percentage increase in protective and marine and a mid-single digit percentage increase in residential repaint and commercial; New residential decreased by a low-single digit percentage.
- Net sales from Paint Stores Group stores open more than twelve calendar months increased 2.4% in the quarter ended March 31, 2026 versus the comparable period in 2025.
Impact estimates
| metric | direction | stage | expected | basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| revenue | positive | realized | — | Net sales in the Paint Stores Group increased across all but one professional customer end market in the quarter ended March 31, 2026, led… |