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Sherwin Williams Co

SHW
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Retail-Building Materials, Hardware, Garden Supply
SEC CIK
0000089800

In the last 90 days, Sherwin Williams Co insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 5 sales; 1,752 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $69.3B in total; 5 superinvestors hold it, including Viking Global Investors and D1 Capital Partners.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

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Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
6.09M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−508.1K
−7.7% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
3.13
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
1.95M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 3,049,081 sharesNov 15, 2024: 6,413,444 sharesNov 29, 2024: 5,610,280 sharesDec 13, 2024: 5,496,477 sharesDec 31, 2024: 5,474,672 sharesJan 15, 2025: 5,038,851 sharesJan 31, 2025: 5,111,007 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 4,595,774 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 6,517,740 sharesMar 14, 2025: 5,786,491 sharesMar 31, 2025: 4,921,540 sharesApr 15, 2025: 4,774,859 sharesApr 30, 2025: 4,450,946 sharesMay 15, 2025: 5,555,202 sharesMay 30, 2025: 4,542,506 sharesJun 13, 2025: 4,251,077 sharesJun 30, 2025: 4,970,565 sharesJul 15, 2025: 4,356,992 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,300,493 sharesAug 15, 2025: 4,108,519 sharesAug 29, 2025: 4,661,502 sharesSep 15, 2025: 4,312,867 sharesSep 30, 2025: 3,964,535 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,664,399 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,907,062 sharesNov 14, 2025: 4,407,109 sharesNov 28, 2025: 4,344,627 sharesDec 15, 2025: 3,876,701 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,503,527 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,821,905 sharesJan 30, 2026: 3,487,349 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 3,436,224 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 4,128,809 sharesMar 13, 2026: 4,584,722 sharesMar 31, 2026: 5,209,502 sharesApr 15, 2026: 5,364,251 sharesApr 30, 2026: 5,972,592 sharesMay 15, 2026: 5,785,147 sharesMay 29, 2026: 6,374,211 sharesJun 15, 2026: 9,078,444 sharesJun 30, 2026: 7,896,285 sharesJul 15, 2026: 6,781,104 sharesJul 31, 2026: 6,306,565 sharesAug 14, 2026: 6,402,735 sharesAug 31, 2026: 7,049,127 sharesSep 15, 2026: 6,429,035 sharesSep 30, 2026: 6,913,711 sharesOct 15, 2026: 6,593,991 sharesOct 30, 2026: 6,085,842 shares
Short interest in SHW by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20266.09M−508.1K−7.7%1.95M3.13
Oct 15, 20266.59M−319.7K−4.6%1.44M4.59
Sep 30, 20266.91M+484.7K+7.5%1.90M3.65
Sep 15, 20266.43M−620.1K−8.8%1.49M4.32
Aug 31, 20267.05M+646.4K+10.1%1.64M4.29
Aug 14, 20266.40M+96.2K+1.5%1.75M3.67
Jul 31, 20266.31M−474.5K−7.0%2.26M2.80
Jul 15, 20266.78M−1.12M−14.1%1.95M3.49
Jun 30, 20267.90M−1.18M−13.0%3.51M2.25
Jun 15, 20269.08M+2.70M+42.4%2.30M3.95
May 29, 20266.37M+589.1K+10.2%2.17M2.94
May 15, 20265.79M−187.4K−3.1%2.21M2.62
Apr 30, 20265.97M+608.3K+11.3%1.78M3.35
Apr 15, 20265.36M+154.7K+3.0%1.53M3.51
Mar 31, 20265.21M+624.8K+13.6%1.89M2.76
Mar 13, 20264.58M+455.9K+11.0%1.65M2.79
Feb 27, 20264.13M+692.6K+20.2%1.55M2.67
Feb 13, 20263.44M−51.1K−1.5%2.07M1.66
Jan 30, 20263.49M−334.6K−8.8%1.95M1.78
Jan 15, 20263.82M+318.4K+9.1%1.82M2.10
Dec 31, 20253.50M−373.2K−9.6%1.55M2.26
Dec 15, 20253.88M−467.9K−10.8%1.64M2.36
Nov 28, 20254.34M−62.5K−1.4%1.90M2.29
Nov 14, 20254.41M+500.0K+12.8%2.08M2.12
Oct 31, 20253.91M+242.7K+6.6%2.47M1.58
Oct 15, 20253.66M−300.1K−7.6%1.93M1.90
Sep 30, 20253.96M−348.3K−8.1%1.63M2.44
Sep 15, 20254.31M−348.6K−7.5%2.05M2.11
Aug 29, 20254.66M+553.0K+13.5%1.63M2.87
Aug 15, 20254.11M+808.0K+24.5%2.31M1.78
Jul 31, 20253.30M−1.06M−24.3%2.00M1.65
Jul 15, 20254.36M−613.6K−12.3%1.50M2.91
Jun 30, 20254.97M+719.5K+16.9%1.72M2.90
Jun 13, 20254.25M−291.4K−6.4%1.47M2.89
May 30, 20254.54M−1.01M−18.2%1.36M3.34
May 15, 20255.56M+1.10M+24.8%1.36M4.09
Apr 30, 20254.45M−323.9K−6.8%1.70M2.62
Apr 15, 20254.77M−146.7K−3.0%2.39M2.00
Mar 31, 20254.92M−865.0K−15.0%1.91M2.58
Mar 14, 20255.79M−731.2K−11.2%2.10M2.76
Feb 28, 20256.52M+1.92M+41.8%2.30M2.84
Feb 14, 20254.60M−515.2K−10.1%1.42M3.23
Jan 31, 20255.11M+72.2K+1.4%1.68M3.04
Jan 15, 20255.04M−435.8K−8.0%1.68M2.99
Dec 31, 20245.47M−21.8K−0.4%1.44M3.79
Dec 13, 20245.50M−113.8K−2.0%1.49M3.70
Nov 29, 20245.61M−803.2K−12.5%1.96M2.86
Nov 15, 20246.41M+3.36M+110.3%3.56M1.80
Oct 31, 20243.05M+559.9K+22.5%1.49M2.04

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in SHW by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 2026324$321.03$104.0K
Sep 9, 202623,390$326.09$7.63M
Aug 18, 2026137,845$349.97$48.2M
Aug 17, 202690$359.10$32.3K
Aug 3, 20262,989$340.85$1.02M
Jul 20, 2026648$331.32$214.7K
Jul 10, 202652$332.03$17.3K
Jul 7, 202670$349.13$24.4K
Jul 2, 20262$346.05$692.1
Jun 29, 2026524$344.07$180.3K
Jun 16, 2026119,939$320.24$38.4M
Jun 15, 2026300$317.30$95.2K
Jun 12, 202611,292$316.89$3.58M
May 21, 202648$307.70$14.8K
May 19, 20265,310$302.78$1.61M
May 8, 20269,251$320.21$2.96M
Apr 28, 2026203$336.10$68.2K
Apr 15, 20263$333.60$1.00K
Apr 10, 202679$335.73$26.5K
Apr 6, 202618$318.00$5.72K
Mar 26, 20268,492$321.95$2.73M
Mar 25, 202623$313.70$7.22K
Mar 23, 202610,985$303.53$3.33M
Mar 13, 202618,225$317.70$5.79M
Feb 23, 2026164$360.63$59.1K
Feb 19, 202682,633$365.76$30.2M
Jan 21, 202619,614$346.96$6.81M
Jan 20, 2026400$357.83$143.1K
Jan 15, 20264$354.35$1.42K
Jan 14, 20264,000$355.99$1.42M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in SHW by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026167,824109440,38438.1%
Nov 9, 2026285,4252,113825,76134.6%
Nov 6, 2026262,57857598,52843.9%
Nov 5, 2026570,900774951,80860.0%
Nov 4, 2026528,8384521,053,01650.2%
Nov 3, 2026232,1953572,19640.6%
Nov 2, 2026575,0281,3421,044,17155.1%
Oct 30, 2026317,79577754,90342.1%
Oct 29, 2026439,83001,208,36236.4%
Oct 28, 2026440,38901,096,32740.2%
Oct 27, 2026501,7541471,148,51743.7%
Oct 26, 2026199,002121640,98931.0%
Oct 23, 2026153,527125514,35329.8%
Oct 22, 2026198,131109569,47634.8%
Oct 21, 2026186,093714404,12046.0%
Oct 20, 2026258,937791584,72544.3%
Oct 19, 2026163,332459340,53648.0%
Oct 16, 2026268,19720569,48247.1%
Oct 15, 2026387,647823887,46243.7%
Oct 14, 2026146,5639387,43837.8%
Oct 13, 2026173,3024432,64440.1%
Oct 12, 2026139,2643395,34335.2%
Oct 9, 2026124,353676330,88237.6%
Oct 8, 2026192,0911,411582,25533.0%
Oct 7, 2026260,34630,454564,85646.1%
Oct 6, 2026206,04999475,47543.3%
Oct 5, 2026241,716190475,43250.8%
Oct 2, 2026252,8671,738483,58352.3%
Oct 1, 2026252,916538573,70244.1%
Sep 30, 2026163,98231439,97437.3%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in SHW
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T11,889,26167,9071,446,16826,22856.6%
Oct 12, 2026T12,108,89770,2361,070,00326,83766.3%
Oct 5, 2026T11,882,64068,818854,07925,67868.8%
Sep 28, 2026T12,145,88173,6551,885,96327,86153.2%
Sep 21, 2026T12,266,35473,2141,413,34626,15761.6%
Sep 14, 2026T11,903,75067,0421,145,03225,84362.4%
Sep 7, 2026T11,557,21061,1821,225,59023,07556.0%
Aug 31, 2026T11,826,48776,3441,910,55323,04648.9%
Aug 24, 2026T11,655,10365,2092,601,58522,24038.9%
Aug 17, 2026T11,831,61568,3511,901,30022,41749.1%
Aug 10, 2026T11,760,74971,6941,810,92321,08549.3%
Aug 3, 2026T12,589,64287,1691,621,70527,09261.5%