Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 25, 2023 11:00 AM ET
Company Participants
James Jaye - SVP, IR & Corporate Communications
Heidi Petz - President, COO & Director
John Morikis - Chairman & CEO
Allen Mistysyn - SVP, Finance & CFO
Conference Call Participants
John McNulty - BMO Capital Markets
Vincent Andrews - Morgan Stanley
Jeffrey Zekauskas - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Gregory Melich - Evercore ISI
Stephen Byrne – Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Garik Shmois - Loop Capital Markets
Adam Baumgarten - Zelman & Associates
Aron Ceccarelli - Berenberg
Kevin McCarthy - Vertical Research Partners
Patrick Fischer - Goldman Sachs Group
Aleksey Yefremov - KeyBanc Capital Markets
Ghansham Panjabi - Robert W. Baird & Co.
Michael Harrison - Seaport Research Partners
David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank
Eric Bosshard - Cleveland Research Company
Joshua Spector - UBS
Arun Viswanathan - RBC Capital Markets
Operator
Good morning. Thank you for joining the Sherwin-Williams Company's review of third quarter 2023 Results and our Outlook for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2023.
This conference call is being webcast simultaneously in listen-only mode by Issuer Direct via the internet at www.sherwin.com. An archived replay of this webcast will be available at www.sherwin.com beginning approximately 2 hours after this conference call concludes.
This conference call will include certain forward-looking statements as defined under the U.S. federal securities laws with respect to sales, earnings and other matters. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of which such statement is made and the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A full declaration regarding forward-looking statements is provided in the company's earnings release transmitted earlier this morning. After the company's prepared remarks, we will open the session to questions.
I will now turn the call over to Jim Jaye, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications.
James Jaye
Thank you, and good morning to everyone. Joining me on the call today are John Morikis, Chairman and CEO; Heidi Petz, President and Chief Operating Officer; Al Mistysyn, Chief Financial Officer; and Jane Cronin, Senior Vice President of Enterprise Finance.
Sherwin-Williams delivered excellent third quarter results compared to the same period a year ago. These results follow our strong first half, and we are again increasing our full year guidance, which John will talk about in just a few minutes. But first, let me touch on a few third quarter highlights.