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 announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.45 per share on Tuesday, June 12th. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 9th. View PPG Industries' Dividend History.

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

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.49 by $0.10. The specialty chemicals company earned $3.79 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.72 billion. PPG Industries had a net margin of 10.94% and a return on equity of 26.15%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous 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 12-month price targets for PPG Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $113.00 to $139.00. On average, they expect PPG Industries' share price to reach $123.6471 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for PPG Industries.

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News stories about PPG stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news 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 -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. PPG Industries earned a news impact score of 0.25 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.22 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

PPG Industries' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $105.42.

PPG Industries has a market capitalization of $26.27 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]