NYSE:PPG - PPG Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

PPG Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 10th will be given a dividend of $0.45 per share on Tuesday, June 12th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 9th. View PPG Industries' Dividend History.

PPG Industries declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, December 15th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $2,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.10. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $3.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.72 billion. PPG Industries had a return on equity of 26.15% and a net margin of 10.94%. The firm's revenue was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.35 earnings per share. View PPG Industries' Earnings History.

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

18 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for PPG Industries' stock. Their predictions range from $113.00 to $139.00. On average, they expect PPG Industries' share price to reach $123.6471 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for PPG Industries.

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Media coverage about PPG stock has been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news 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 media sentiment score of 0.15 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 44.68 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

PPG Industries' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (7.65%), BlackRock Inc. (6.01%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (1.36%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.33%), Thomaspartners Inc. (1.24%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.19%). Company insiders that own PPG Industries stock include Glenn E Bost II, Jean-Marie Greindl, Timothy M Knavish 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 Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Millennium Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Swiss National Bank, Honeywell International Inc. and WINTON GROUP Ltd. Company insiders that have sold PPG Industries company stock in the last year include Glenn E Bost II, Jean-Marie Greindl and Viktoras R Sekmakas. View Insider Buying and Selling for PPG Industries.

PPG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Findlay Park Partners LLP, WBI Investments Inc., Aristotle Capital Management LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Royal Bank of Canada and Neuberger Berman Group 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 $104.27.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $26.02 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]