NYSE:PPG - PPG Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPG Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PPG."

PPG Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View PPG Industries' Dividend History.

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.34 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $3.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.67 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 8.21% and a return on equity of 28.55%. The company's revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.15 EPS. View PPG Industries' Earnings History.

PPG Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries updated its first quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.32-1.42 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.53.

18 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect PPG Industries' stock price to reach $131.71 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPG Industries.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPG Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for PPG Industries.

News articles about PPG stock have trended extremely negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a news impact score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,510,000 shares, a decrease of 7.2% from the December 15th total of 5,940,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,270,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View PPG Industries' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PPG Industries include FMC (FMC), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Huntsman (HUN), Olin (OLN) and LSB Industries (LXU).

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PPG Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include SPF Beheer BV (0.31%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.26%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.11%) and Strs Ohio (0.10%). Company insiders that own PPG Industries stock include Jean-Marie Greindl, Michael H Mcgarry, Vadlamannati Ramaprasad, Victoria F Haynes and William E Schaupp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Marathon Asset Management LLP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Strs Ohio, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, DNB Asset Management AS and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold PPG Industries company stock in the last year include Michael H Mcgarry, Vadlamannati Ramaprasad, Victoria F Haynes and William E Schaupp. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, SPF Beheer BV, J.W. Cole Advisors Inc., Tuttle Tactical Management, TRH Financial LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and TIAA FSB. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPG Industries.

Shares of PPG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.81.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $29.75 billion and generates $15.15 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $1.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.22 on an earnings per share basis. PPG Industries employs 47,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About PPG Industries.

The official website for PPG Industries is http://www.ppg.com/.

PPG Industries' mailing address is ONE PPG PL 40 EAST, PITTSBURGH PA, 15272. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 412-434-3131 or via email at [email protected]