The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. Thank you for joining the Sherwin-Williams Company's review of first quarter 2026 and our outlook for the second quarter and full year of 2026. With us on today's call are Heidi Petz, Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Ben Meisenzahl, Chief Financial Officer, Paul Lang, Chief Accounting Officer, and Jim Jay, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications. This conference call is being webcast simultaneously in listen-only mode by access newswire via the Internet at www.sherwin.com. An archive replay of this webcast will be available at www.sherwin.com beginning approximately two hours after this conference call concludes. This conference call will include certain forward-looking statements as defined under U.S. Federal Securities Laws with respect to sales, earnings, and other matters. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on 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 up this session to questions. I will now turn the call over to Jim Jay. Thank you, and good morning to everyone. Sherwin-Williams delivered strong sales in a quarter characterized by heightened global uncertainty and persistent demand softness in most end markets. Our growth investments and ongoing new account and share of wallet initiatives continue to yield results. as sales exceeded guidance on a consolidated basis and in all three reportable segments. Consolidated sales grew by a high single-digit percentage, incl...