NYSE:PPG - PPG 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 (WHO). Since then, PPG stock has decreased by 16.7% and is now trading at $80.73. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, April 27th 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 quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $3.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.67 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 8.21% and a return on equity of 28.25%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior 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 given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.32-1.42 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.53.

18 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $92.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect PPG Industries' stock price to reach $120.47 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for PPG Industries.

Media stories about PPG stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. 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 daily trading volume, of 1,710,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's 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 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 Park National Corp OH (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 Park National Corp OH. 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.

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One share of PPG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.73.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $19.05 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]