NYSE:PPGPPG Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPG Industries' stock was trading at $96.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PPG stock has increased by 11.8% and is now trading at $108.42. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPG Industries in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 16th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $3.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.42 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 7.88% and a return on equity of 27.56%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.38 earnings per share. View PPG Industries' earnings history.

PPG Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.88%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 8th. View PPG Industries' dividend history.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate PPG Industries' stock price to reach $112.84 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for PPG Industries.

News coverage about PPG stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a coverage optimism score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about PPG Industries.

PPG Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,100,000 shares, an increase of 17.0% from the June 15th total of 2,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,890,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View PPG Industries' Current Options Chain.

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

PPG Industries' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Private Trust Co. NA (0.01%), Diversified Trust Co (0.00%) and Pinnacle Bank (0.00%). Company insiders that own PPG Industries stock include 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Diversified Trust Co, and Pinnacle Bank. Company insiders that have sold PPG Industries company stock in the last year include Michael H Mcgarry, and Vadlamannati Ramaprasad. View insider buying and selling activity for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Trust Co. NA, and Confluence Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $108.42.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $25.58 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 47,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for PPG Industries is 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]