The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. Thank you for joining the Sherwin-Williams Company's review of second quarter 2026 and our outlook for the third 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 Jaye, Senior Vice President in Arrested Relations and Communications. This conference call has been webcast simultaneously in listen-only mode by Access Newswire via the Internet at www.sherwin.com. An archived 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 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 statements, 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. Good morning to everyone and thank you for joining our call. Sherwin-Williams delivered strong top and bottom line growth in the quarter amid ongoing global uncertainty and without any meaningful improvement in demand. Our sales outperformance reflects continued execution of our strategy, new account wins, and a clear return on prior growth investments as sales exceeded guidance on a consolidated basis and in all three reportable segments. ...