APD vs SHW

A side-by-side look at APD and SHW, updated throughout the trading session.

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Performance, normalized

Z-scored closes: both paths on one scale, price levels aside.

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APD vs SHW: how they differ

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) and The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) are both in the Basic Materials sector, in the same Chemicals - Specialty industry. Both trade on NYSE.

APD trades about 1.2 million shares a day on average, against 1.9 million for SHW. SHW has the higher beta (1.08 against 0.76 for APD), meaning it has historically moved more with the broad market. Over the trailing twelve months, APD paid $7.22 per share in dividends and SHW paid $3.19 per share.

Figures as of October 25, 2026.

The chart Z-score-normalizes each closing series, computing (close − mean) ÷ standard deviation over the window, so both paths share one scale regardless of price level, and correlation is computed on daily returns. Figures update throughout the trading session. Nothing on this page is financial advice.