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PPG Industries (PPG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$125.79 +3.14 (+2.56%)
(As of 11:23 PM ET)

About PPG Industries Stock (NYSE:PPG)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$123.16
$126.09
50-Day Range
$121.08
$134.54
52-Week Range
$118.07
$151.16
Volume
1.91 million shs
Average Volume
1.58 million shs
Market Capitalization
$29.18 billion
P/E Ratio
19.94
Dividend Yield
2.16%
Price Target
$149.93
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes paints, coatings, and specialty materials in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through two segments, Performance Coatings and Industrial Coatings. The Performance Coatings segment offers coatings, solvents, adhesives, sealants, sundries, and software for automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, light industrial coatings, and specialty coatings for signs; wood stains; paints, thermoplastics, pavement marking products, and other advanced technologies for pavement marking for government, commercial infrastructure, painting, and maintenance contractors; and coatings, sealants, transparencies, transparent armor, adhesives, engineered materials, and packaging and chemical management services for commercial, military, regional jet, and general aviation aircraft. The Industrial Coatings segment offers coatings, adhesives and sealants, and metal pretreatments, as well as services and coatings applications for appliances, agricultural and construction equipment, consumer electronics, automotive parts and accessories, building products, kitchenware, and transportation vehicles and other finished products; and on-site coatings services. It also provides coatings for metal cans, closures, plastic and aluminum tubes for food, beverage and personal care, promotional, and specialty packaging; amorphous precipitated silica for tire, battery separator, and other end-uses; TESLIN substrates for labels, e-passports, drivers' licenses, breathable membranes, and loyalty and identification cards; and organic light emitting diode materials, displays and lighting lens materials, optical lenses, color-change products, and photochromic dyes. PPG Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1883 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PPG Industries Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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89th Percentile Overall Score

PPG MarketRank™: 

PPG Industries scored higher than 89% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 36th out of 191 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    PPG Industries has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on 11 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    PPG Industries has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about PPG Industries' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for PPG Industries are expected to grow by 8.80% in the coming year, from $8.18 to $8.90 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of PPG Industries is 19.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 121.35.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of PPG Industries is 19.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 108.76.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    PPG Industries has a PEG Ratio of 1.88. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    PPG Industries has a P/B Ratio of 3.68. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about PPG Industries' valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.97% of the float of PPG Industries has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    PPG Industries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in PPG Industries has recently increased by 12.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    PPG Industries pays a meaningful dividend of 2.22%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    PPG Industries has been increasing its dividend for 54 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of PPG Industries is 43.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, PPG Industries will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.56% next year. This indicates that PPG Industries will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about PPG Industries' dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    0.97% of the float of PPG Industries has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    PPG Industries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in PPG Industries has recently increased by 12.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    PPG Industries has a news sentiment score of 1.02. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for PPG Industries this week, compared to 12 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 5 people have searched for PPG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -62% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 5 people have added PPG Industries to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -44% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, PPG Industries insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $249,713.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.56% of the stock of PPG Industries is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    81.86% of the stock of PPG Industries is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about PPG Industries' insider trading history.
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PPG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

PPG Industries' stock was trading at $149.55 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, PPG stock has decreased by 16.3% and is now trading at $125.14.
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PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 16th. The specialty chemicals company reported $2.13 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.15 by $0.02. The company's revenue was down 1.5% on a year-over-year basis.
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PPG Industries' board authorized a stock buyback program on Thursday, April 18th 2024, which authorizes the company to buy back $2,500,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could buy up to 8.1% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

PPG Industries subsidiaries include these companies: Versaflex, Worwag Coatings, Tikkurila Group, Ennis-Flint, Dexmet Corporation, Whitford, Paintzen, and more.

Top institutional investors of PPG Industries include State Street Corp (5.05%), Wellington Management Group LLP (3.87%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.01%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.35%). Insiders that own company stock include Michael H Mcgarry, Timothy M Knavish, Vincent J Morales, Rebecca B Liebert and Anne M Foulkes.
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Shares of PPG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that PPG Industries investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Waste Connections (WCN), Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 9/12 Dividend
8/12/2024
Dividend Payable
9/12/2024
Last Earnings
10/16/2024
Ex-Dividend for 12/12 Dividend
11/12/2024
Today
11/25/2024
Dividend Payable
12/12/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024
Next Earnings (Confirmed)
1/01/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Paints & allied products
Sub-Industry
Diversified Chemicals
CUSIP
69350610
Employees
53,000
Year Founded
1883

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$149.93
High Stock Price Target
$163.00
Low Stock Price Target
$136.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+19.2%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.65
Research Coverage
17 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$1.27 billion
Pretax Margin
11.28%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$18.25 billion
Cash Flow
$10.35 per share
Book Value
$34.03 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
230,701,000
Market Cap
$29.18 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.26

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This page (NYSE:PPG) was last updated on 11/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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