Basic Materials
PPG Industries, Inc.(PPG)
Live Price
Offline$119.34
+0.93% today
1Y Change
+4.28%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $23.96B
- Revenue Growth
- +0.2%
- EPS Growth
- +45.9%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.6%
Coverage: 248 bars ยท Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $23.96B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $119.34 and up 4.3% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 โ Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.2%, EPS growth of +45.9%, a dividend yield of 2.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.2%, EPS +45.9%, free cash flow +66.4% with operating margin 12.8% and ROIC 8.8%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 15.2 and price/sales 1.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines PPG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+0.2% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+12.8% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +0.2% and EPS at +45.9%, with operating margin around 12.8%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.9% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | -2.8% | -1.2% | +4.8% |
2026 Jan 27, 2026 | -4.4% | +3.3% | +8.4% | +11.6% |
2025 Oct 28, 2025 | +1.4% | -5.9% | -9.9% | -5.4% |
Benchmark Comparison
Normalized Performance vs SPY
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PPG Max Drawdown
-26.10%
Trailing 1Y
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Calendar-Year Returns
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Company Overview
PPG Industries, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes paints, coatings, and specialty materials worldwide. The company's Performance Coatings segment offers coatings, solvents, adhesives, sealants, sundries, and software for automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, light industrial coatings, and specialty coatings for signs; and coatings, sealants, transparencies, transparent armor, adhesives, engineered materials, and packaging and chemical management services for commercial, military, regional jet, and general aviation aircraft. It also provides coatings and finishes for the protection of metals and structures, such as metal fabricators, heavy duty maintenance contractors, and manufacturers of ships, bridges, and rail cars; paints, wood stains, adhesives, and purchased sundries for painting and maintenance contractors, and consumers for decoration and maintenance of residential and commercial building structures; and paints, thermoplastics, pavement marking products, and other technologies for pavement marking. The company's Industrial Coatings segment offers coatings, adhesives and sealants, and metal pretreatments, as well as services and coatings applications for appliances, agricultural and construction equipment, consumer electronics, automotive parts and accessories, building products, kitchenware, and transportation vehicles and other finished products; and on-site coatings services. It also provides coatings for metal cans, closures, plastic tubes, and promotional and specialty packaging; amorphous precipitated silica for tire, battery separator, and other end-uses; TESLIN substrates for labels, e-passports, drivers' licenses, breathable membranes, and loyalty and identification cards; and organic light emitting diode materials, displays and lighting lens materials, optical lenses, color-change products, and photochromic dyes. The company was incorporated in 1883 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- Timothy Knavish
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 46.0k
- Street Address
- One PPG Place
- Mailing
- Pittsburgh, PA, 15272
- Region
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 412-434-3131
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 15.2
- EV/EBITDA
- 10.8
- Price/Sales
- 1.5
- Price/Book
- 3.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +0.2%
- EPS
- +45.9%
- Free Cash Flow
- +66.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 40.6%
- Operating Margin
- 12.8%
- Net Margin
- 9.8%
- ROE
- 31.8%
- ROIC
- 8.8%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.95
- Current Ratio
- 1.61
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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