Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HUN scored 25.5, SHW scored 53.1 — SHW leads.
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HUN
Huntsman Corp
Chemicals · Quality-Growth
25.5
$8.14 · $1.5B
Score gap
27.6
SHW leads
SHW
The Sherwin-Williams Company
Specialty Chemicals · Quality-Growth
53.1
$319.36 · $77.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSHW+5.8%
Strongest balance sheetHUN0.73
Highest qualitySHW78 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HUN
stronger →← stronger
SHW
35
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
78
19
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
25
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
38
SHW is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HUN
SHW
-$9mF
FCF
$3.2bB
+0.6%C
Rev
+5.8%C+
0.73B
D/E
3.90D
0.3xA
P/S
—
—
PEG
2.07C
—
P/E
29.4xC+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HUN
SHW
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
66% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~18%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-41%
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5-yr DCF upside
-40%
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10-yr DCF upside
-37%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HUN
Why this score
Cut its dividend
SHW
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
Cyclical growth
The companies
HUNHuntsman Corp
Chemicals · $8.14 · beta 0.80
Why now
Chemicals · market cap $1.5b. Down 49% from 52-week high of $16.09 — deep drawdown territory.
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$9m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Currently unprofitable (margin -3.0%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Down 49% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
SHWThe Sherwin-Williams Company
Specialty Chemicals · $319.36 · beta 1.08
Why now
Specialty Chemicals · market cap $77.5b. 15% off the 52-week high of $377.77. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $385.87 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
ROE 70% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 120% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $77.5b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
D/E 3.90 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where HUN and SHW diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.6 points in favor of SHW. The widest single difference is Quality, where SHW leads by 43.4 points.
QualityHUN 35.0 · SHW 78.4SHW +43.4
GrowthHUN 19.2 · SHW 50.0SHW +30.8
ValueHUN 24.8 · SHW 38.1SHW +13.3
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is SHW or HUN the better stock?
SHW scores higher: SHW 53.1, HUN 25.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do SHW and HUN differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where SHW leads by 43 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. SHW leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are SHW and HUN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.