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

PPG Industries' stock was trading at $96.97 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, PPG stock has decreased by 12.3% and is now trading at $85.00. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPG Industries in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 9 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 Monday, April 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 16th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $3.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.67 billion. PPG Industries had a return on equity of 28.25% and a net margin of 8.21%. PPG Industries's revenue for the quarter was up .7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.15 earnings per share. View PPG Industries' earnings history.

PPG Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders 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 2.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 20th. View PPG Industries' dividend history.

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

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $100.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect PPG Industries' share price to reach $124.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for PPG Industries.

Media coverage about PPG stock has been trending very positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a news impact score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutPPG Industries.

PPG Industries saw a decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 4,006,300 shares, a decrease of 23.5% from the February 27th total of 5,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (9.41%), State Street Corp (4.82%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.85%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%) and Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. (0.97%). 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, PGGM Investments, State Street Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Pinebridge Investments L.P., and AJO LP. 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 activity for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Madison Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Norges Bank, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and Parnassus Investments CA. 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 $85.00.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $20.05 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. 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]