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Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

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<ul><li>Sherwin-Williams Company, a global leader in the paint and coatings industry, reported a promising review of their fourth quarter 2023 results and outlook for the first quarter and full year of 2024.</li><li>The company has experienced positive growth, with sales growing 4.1% to $23.1 billion and adjusted earnings per share growing 18.6% to $10.35 a share.</li><li>Sherwin-Williams demonstrated robust financial performance during the fourth quarter that has resulted in a record year for the company.</li></ul>

Sherwin-Williams Company, a global leader in the paint and coatings industry, reported a promising review of their fourth quarter 2023 results and outlook for the first quarter and full year of 2024.The company has experienced positive growth, with sales growing 4.1% to $23.1 billion and adjusted earnings per share growing 18.6% to $10.35 a share.Sherwin-Williams demonstrated robust financial performance during the fourth quarter that has resulted in a record year for the company.

The Sherwin-Williams Company: Can Its Dominant Market Position Last? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>The Sherwin-Williams Company delivered a solid result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.</li><li>In the third quarter, Sherwin-Williams' Paint Stores Group exhibited commendable resilience, with a 3.6% increase in sales, despite a demanding 21.5% comparison.</li><li>Within the Paint Stores Group, the Protective & Marine sector emerged as the fastest-growing, achieving double-digit percentage sales growth against a mid-teens comparison.</li></ul>

The Sherwin-Williams Company delivered a solid result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.In the third quarter, Sherwin-Williams' Paint Stores Group exhibited commendable resilience, with a 3.6% increase in sales, despite a demanding 21.5% comparison.Within the Paint Stores Group, the Protective & Marine sector emerged as the fastest-growing, achieving double-digit percentage sales growth against a mid-teens comparison.

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<ul><li>Sherwin-Williams managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Given the positive first half and the current outlook for the second half, they have increased their full-year guidance.</li><li>The company's projections for the quarter's consolidated net sales were surpassed and increased by a mid-single-digit percentage.</li></ul>

Sherwin-Williams managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.Given the positive first half and the current outlook for the second half, they have increased their full-year guidance.The company's projections for the quarter's consolidated net sales were surpassed and increased by a mid-single-digit percentage.

Sherwin-Williams Co: What Is Their Biggest Competitive Edge? – Key Drivers

<ul><li>Sherwin-Williams had an excellent first quarter compared to the same period last year, with consolidated net sales growing by a high single-digit percentage, led by a mid-teens percentage increase in the professional architectural end markets.</li><li>Despite higher inflation in wages and other employee-related categories, the cost of goods sold was partially offset by a slight decrease in raw material costs compared to the previous year.</li><li>The margin in all three reportable segments increased year-over-year, with strong growth in diluted net income per share and EBITDA.</li></ul>

Sherwin-Williams had an excellent first quarter compared to the same period last year, with consolidated net sales growing by a high single-digit percentage, led by a mid-teens percentage increase in the professional architectural end markets.Despite higher inflation in wages and other employee-related categories, the cost of goods sold was partially offset by a slight decrease in raw material costs compared to the previous year.The margin in all three reportable segments increased year-over-year, with strong growth in diluted net income per share and EBITDA.

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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>We joined WTR’s Head of Business Development Tim Regan on this week’s Water Tower Hour Podcast to recap what happened in the chemicals and materials technology industries in 2023 and to provide an outlook for 2024.</li><li>Those interested can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or on our website.</li><li>WTR-CMI in 2023. With the majority of stocks in our index finishing 2023 in positive territory, the WTR-CMI Index managed to keep pace with the Russell 2000, appreciating 15%.</li></ul>

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The Sherwin-Williams Company manufactures, distributes, and sells paints, coatings, and related products.  The Company's products are sold to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers primarily in North and South America. Sherwin Williams also has additional operations in the Caribbean region, Europe and Asia.

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