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. 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 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.34 by $0.03. The specialty chemicals company earned $3.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.67 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 8.21% and a return on equity of 28.25%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.15 EPS. 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 dividend yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. View PPG Industries' dividend history.

PPG Industries updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $1.53.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives 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 headlines about PPG stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect 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 during 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 volume of 1,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares 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 retail and institutional 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 bought 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]