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

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

PPG Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, September 12th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.85%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 9th. This is a boost from PPG Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. View PPG Industries' Dividend History.

PPG Industries declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Friday, December 15th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $2,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 18th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.85 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company earned $4.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.10 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 8.07% and a return on equity of 27.89%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.90 EPS. View PPG Industries' Earnings History.

PPG Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 18th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.57-1.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.68.

17 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $103.00 to $138.00. On average, they anticipate PPG Industries' stock price to reach $122.1429 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PPG Industries.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PPG Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings, 7 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPG Industries.

News stories about PPG stock have trended positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,802,100 shares, a decline of 8.8% from the June 30th total of 5,265,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View PPG Industries' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PPG Industries include Akzo Nobel (AKZOD), Akzo Nobel (AKZOY), Nippon Paint (NPCPF), RPM International (RPM), Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) and Ferro (FOE).

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PPG Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.50%), BlackRock Inc. (6.22%), Trian Fund Management L.P. (1.79%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.77%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.33%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.21%). Company insiders that own PPG Industries stock include Jean-Marie Greindl, 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 Trian Fund Management L.P., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, First Trust Advisors LP, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Echo Street Capital Management LLC and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc.. Company insiders that have sold PPG Industries company stock in the last year include 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Royal Bank of Canada, Panagora Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Cibc World Markets Corp. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $110.30.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $26.06 billion and generates $15.37 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $1.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.92 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]