MAS vs SHW vs CSL Stock Comparison

Masco, Sherwin Williams and Carlisle Companies Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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MAS Masco Corp /De/
$80.19 +17.3% 1M +23.0% 1Y
Market cap
$15.80B
P/E
17.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.67B
Div. yield
0.02%
Building Products Industrials
6 wins
SHW Sherwin Williams Co
$330.18 -0.1% 1M -4.5% 1Y
Market cap
$80.02B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.91B
Div. yield
–
Paints and Coatings Basic Materials
3 wins
CSL Carlisle Companies Inc
$371.47 +14.1% 1M +12.1% 1Y
Market cap
$14.73B
P/E
20.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.21B
Div. yield
0.01%
Building Products Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Masco leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Masco 6, Sherwin Williams 3, Carlisle Companies 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMASSHWCSLLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.80B $80.02B $14.73B SHW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.1x 29.9x 20.5x MAS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.7x 26.0x 17.1x MAS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.9% +7.0% +4.0% SHW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.1% 10.7% 13.8% CSL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 35.3% 19.5% 17.8% MAS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 2.4x 1.9x CSL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.01% MAS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.0% -4.5% +12.1% MAS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.1%/yr +0.8%/yr +10.8%/yr CSL
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.7% 27.6% 37.3% SHW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 58/100 54/100 53/100 MAS

Percentile Scorecard

MASSHWCSL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisMASSHWCSL
Valuation 70 #17 of 55 28 #68 of 94 41 #33 of 55
Growth 42 #30 of 51 64 #34 of 92 34 #34 of 51
Profitability 92 #5 of 49 97 #4 of 86 85 #8 of 49
Financial Health 39 #34 of 55 24 #71 of 93 43 #32 of 55
Shareholder Returns 49 #21 of 40 60 #29 of 71 62 #16 of 40
Overall 58 54 53
  • MAS ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products
  • SHW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • CSL ranked among 59 companies in Construction Products

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodMASSHWCSLSPY
1 month +17.3%-0.1%+14.1% +0.7%
3 months +11.2%-4.3%+0.4% +3.7%
6 months +11.7%+2.7%+4.6% +7.1%
Year to date +26.4%+1.9%+16.1% +12.8%
1 year +23.0%-4.5%+12.1% +11.9%
3 years +54.7%+40.3%+45.7% +85.2%
3 years, per year +15.7%+11.9%+13.4% +22.8%
5 years +22.3%+4.3%+66.6% +67.6%
5 years, per year +4.1%+0.8%+10.8% +10.9%
10 years +161.0%+304.7%+261.4% +262.0%
10 years, per year +10.1%+15.0%+13.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureMASSHWCSLSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.7%27.6%37.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.2%25.4%34.6% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.110.821.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.64-0.160.33 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.9%-42.9%-38.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -3.1%-11.4%-11.3% -1.2%
52-week high $82.77$372.60$418.74 $779.14
52-week low $58.60$293.00$295.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleMASSHWCSL
P/E now vs peer median 17.0xmedian 20.3x 29.7xmedian 21.0x 20.4xmedian 20.3x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.6x 3.2xmedian 1.4x 2.8xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.6x 19.1xmedian 12.9x 13.8xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 14.8xmedian 16.9x 25.9xmedian 15.5x 19.2xmedian 16.9x
P/B now vs peer median -34.5xmedian 3.0x 20.1xmedian 1.7x 10.0xmedian 3.0x
PEG now vs peer median 1.96median 1.13 5.31median 1.68 2.80median 1.13

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsMASSHWCSL
Revenue $7.67B $24.91B $5.21B
Gross profit $2.88B $12.11B $1.81B
Operating income $1.37B $4.03B $1.02B
Net income $977.00M $2.68B $718.40M
Free cash flow $1.04B $3.08B $750.50M
R&D – – $48.30M
EPS (diluted) $4.72 $11.02 $18.14
Cash & equivalents $610.00M $264.20M $546.70M
Total debt $3.25B $11.80B $2.89B
Shares (diluted) 196.00M 242.80M 39.60M
Enterprise value $13.60B $79.04B $11.63B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricMASSHWCSL
P/E 17.0x 29.7x 20.4x
P/FCF 14.8x 25.9x 19.2x
P/Operating cash flow 12.8x 21.7x 16.1x
P/S 2.0x 3.2x 2.8x
P/B -34.5x 20.1x 10.0x
P/Tangible book -24.4x 343.3x 140.1x
EV/EBITDA – 19.1x 13.8x
EV/EBIT 13.2x 22.7x 16.5x
EV/Revenue 2.4x 3.7x 3.2x
EV/FCF 17.4x 29.7x 22.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.0x 24.8x 18.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.96 5.31 2.80

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMASSHWCSL
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.9% 7.0% 4.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -1.4% 2.7% 4.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 6.4% 6.4% -0.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 1.8% 5.1% 4.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.2% 7.9% -2.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 2.2% 3.9% 2.7%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.8% 4.1% -7.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 3.4% 3.4% -0.8%
EPS growth (1Y) 19.4% 6.7% 0.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.7% 5.6% 7.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 19.3% 11.8% -17.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 4.3% -9.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 23.3% 26.8% -21.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.1% 8.0% -11.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMASSHWCSL
Gross margin 37.6% 48.6% 34.7%
EBITDA margin – 19.2% 23.3%
Operating margin 17.9% 16.2% 19.5%
Pretax margin 16.7% 14.0% 18.0%
Net margin 12.1% 10.7% 13.8%
FCF margin 13.6% 12.4% 14.4%
Operating cash flow margin 15.7% 14.8% 17.2%
Return on equity – 68.3% 47.0%
Return on assets 18.2% 9.9% 11.7%
Return on invested capital 35.3% 19.5% 17.8%
Return on capital employed 36.9% 23.6% 19.3%
Asset turnover 1.4x 0.9x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.4x 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMASSHWCSL
Debt / assets 60.8% 43.7% 47.9%
Debt / equity -7.2x 3.0x 2.0x
Net debt / EBITDA – 2.4x 1.9x
Debt / FCF 3.1x 3.8x 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 108.4% 85.3% 76.1%
Equity / assets -8.4% 14.7% 23.9%
Interest coverage 12.8x 7.5x 9.1x
Current ratio 1.8x 0.7x 2.4x
Quick ratio 1.1x 0.4x 1.6x
Cash ratio 0.4x 0.0x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 3.95 3.51 5.36

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMASSHWCSL
Dividend yield 1.6% 1.0% 1.2%
Net buyback yield 6.7% 2.9% 7.6%
Shareholder yield 8.3% 3.9% 8.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 26.1% – 25.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) 24.4% – 24.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) -1.9% – 2.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -0.1% – 5.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusMASSHWCSL
Forward P/E 16.7xFY2026 26.0xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.79FY2026 $12.68FY2026 $21.76FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +21.0%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026 +12.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -7.5% -0.4% +15.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $7.23BFY2026 $23.55BFY2026 $4.97BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -4.3%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026 -1.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +15.5% +4.0% +18.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMASSHWCSL
Held by institutions 100.0% 82.7% 100.0%
Institutions holding 922 1,741 796
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.7% +3.3% -1.1%
Institutions buying 498 747 367
Institutions selling 289 718 292
Buyers to sellers 1.72 1.04 1.26

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

MASSHWCSL
MAS 1.00 0.71 0.68
SHW 0.71 1.00 0.66
CSL 0.68 0.66 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MAS, SHW and CSL?

Sherwin Williams (SHW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Masco (MAS) $15.80B, Sherwin Williams (SHW) $80.02B, Carlisle Companies (CSL) $14.73B.

Which stock is cheaper, MAS, SHW and CSL?

Masco (MAS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Masco (MAS) 17.1x, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 29.9x, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 20.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Masco (MAS) is cheapest (Masco (MAS) 16.7x, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 26.0x, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 17.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sherwin Williams (SHW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Masco (MAS) +0.9%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) +7.0%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) +4.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Carlisle Companies (CSL) has the highest net margin (Masco (MAS) 12.1%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 10.7%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 13.8%). On return on invested capital, Masco (MAS) leads (Masco (MAS) 35.3%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 19.5%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 17.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Masco (MAS) returned the most: Masco (MAS) +23.0%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) -4.5%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) +12.1%. Over five years, Carlisle Companies (CSL) compounded fastest (Masco (MAS) +4.1%/yr, Sherwin Williams (SHW) +0.8%/yr, Carlisle Companies (CSL) +10.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Masco (MAS) has the highest dividend yield: Masco (MAS) 0.02%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 0.00%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 0.01%. Sherwin Williams (SHW) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sherwin Williams (SHW) has been the steadiest (Masco (MAS) 35.7%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 27.6%, Carlisle Companies (CSL) 37.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MAS, SHW and CSL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Masco (MAS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.