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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Wednesday, September 12th. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 9th. This is a boost from PPG Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. View PPG Industries' Dividend History.

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

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 19th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.88 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company earned $4.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.12 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 9.87% and a return on equity of 27.36%. The firm's revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.83 earnings per share. View PPG Industries' Earnings History.

PPG Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for PPG Industries.

17 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for PPG Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $110.00 to $139.00. On average, they anticipate PPG Industries' share price to reach $122.2941 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.5% 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 11 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PPG Industries.

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

Media coverage about PPG stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a daily sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.65 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for PPG Industries.

PPG Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (9.14%), BlackRock Inc. (6.13%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.76%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.40%), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. (1.31%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.26%). Company insiders that own PPG Industries stock include Glenn E Bost II, Jean-Marie Greindl and Viktoras R Sekmakas. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Findlay Park Partners LLP, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, BlackRock Inc. and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Parnassus Investments CA, Mondrian Investment Partners LTD, Bank of America Corp DE, FMR LLC, Advisors Asset Management Inc. and Confluence Investment Management LLC. 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 $109.73.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $26.01 billion and generates $14.75 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $1.59 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.87 on an earnings per share basis. PPG Industries employs 28,200 workers across the globe.

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]