Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) Monthly Backtest Results

The data points on this monthly chart show the results of using the 10 Month SMA Double Cross strategy on this stock. Read about this strategy here. This is a long term investment strategy designed to catch major bull runs in stocks and indices then exit before the worst of a serious drawdown. It tends to work better with securites that are prone to forming valuation bubbles. To view shorter term swing trading entry signals for this stock then go here.

Key: change_history : trade entry change_history : profitable trade exit change_history : breakeven trade exit (5% loss to 5% profit) change_history : losing trade (greater than 5% loss) show_chart : 10 month simple moving average (SMA)
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*Transaction costs, taxes and dividends are excluded from these calculations. Past performance may not necessarily be a reliable guide to future performance.

 

Backtest Summary

This table summarises how profitable it would have been to have bought this stock at each monthly entry signal. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) shows the profitability of the trade on an annualised basis.

Entry Date Exit Date Profit or Loss CAGR
02 March 2026 Trade in progress -10.12%
03 March 2025 01 April 2025 -2.94% -31.31%
02 January 2024 02 January 2025 10.72% 10.69%
01 August 2023 01 November 2023 -14.15% -45.77%
01 June 2020 01 February 2022 48.44% 26.71%
01 August 2019 02 March 2020 3.88% 6.75%
01 March 2019 03 June 2019 -2.83% -10.53%
01 August 2018 01 November 2018 -9.69% -33.55%
01 March 2017 01 May 2018 18.74% 15.86%
01 August 2016 01 September 2016 -3.89% -37.29%
Total Return 38.17%

 

The monthly data for Sherwin-Williams Company (exchange: XNYS symbol: SHW) was last updated 13 Mar 2026 13:47. Data for this stock is available from 01 Apr 2016 - 12 Mar 2026.