NYSE:PPGPPG Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

PPG Industries' stock was trading at $96.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PPG shares have increased by 12.5% and is now trading at $109.07. 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.17 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $3.38 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.42 billion. PPG Industries had a return on equity of 27.56% and a net margin of 7.88%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.38 EPS. View PPG Industries' earnings history.

PPG Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 8th. View PPG Industries' dividend history.

20 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $82.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect PPG Industries' stock price to reach $112.84 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for PPG Industries.

News stories about PPG stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about PPG Industries.

PPG Industries saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,650,000 shares, an increase of 5.2% from the May 31st total of 2,520,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,210,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View PPG Industries' Current Options Chain.

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

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.09%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $109.07.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $25.73 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]