PPG Industries (PPQ) Stock Price & Analysis
PPQ Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 106.05 - EUR 106.20
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 80.78 - EUR 110.15
- Previous Close
- EUR 104.90
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 4
- Market Cap
- EUR 23.64B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 29.25B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 1.64B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 7.46B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 17.0
- Beta
- 0.89
- Next Earnings
- Jan 21, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.51
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.32%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Organic Growth And Market Outperformance
Sustained organic growth across seven consecutive quarters indicates broadening demand and execution rather than a single-period benefit. Outperformance versus the industry, supported by volume gains, can strengthen customer relationships and reinforce PPG’s competitive position over coming quarters.
Pricing And Margin Expansion
The ability to offset inflation through pricing, mix, and productivity supports margin resilience and demonstrates commercial execution. Expansion in major segments provides a durable earnings lever, especially as restructuring and footprint actions continue contributing beyond the current quarter.
Aerospace And Packaging Growth Platforms
Aerospace backlog, capacity investment, and repeated organic growth provide a multi-quarter platform for expansion. Packaging share gains and differentiated technologies add another structurally attractive avenue, supporting diversification beyond more cyclical construction and automotive demand.
Bears Say
Stressed Balance Sheet
Negative reported equity makes leverage measures less informative and signals a materially less flexible capital structure. Meaningful debt can constrain capital allocation and reduce the company’s ability to absorb operating volatility or fund strategic initiatives if conditions weaken.
Weaker Recent Cash Conversion
Positive free cash flow remains supportive, but the sharp reduction in operating cash flow lowers confidence in the consistency of cash conversion. If weaker conversion persists, internally generated funds available for debt reduction, investment, dividends, or buybacks could become less reliable.
Inflation And Cyclical End-Market Pressure
Elevated raw-material inflation can pressure margins when pricing actions lag, as already seen in Industrial Coatings. Lower automotive production and subdued conditions in China and Europe add demand risk, making earnings dependent on continued pricing, mix, and productivity execution.
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Company Description
PPG Industries
PPG Industries, Inc. operates globally as a manufacturer and distributor of paints, protective coatings, and various specialty materials. Its Performance Coatings division offers an extensive range of products, including paints, solvents, adhesives, sealants, and software, designed for the repair and refurbishment of automotive and commercial vehicles, light industrial applications, and signage. This segment also supplies advanced coatings, sealants, transparent components (such as transparent armor), engineered materials, and chemical management services to the commercial, military, and general aviation aerospace sectors. Furthermore, it develops protective coatings and finishes for metals and large-scale structures, serving metal fabricators, heavy-duty maintenance contractors, and manufacturers of ships, bridges, and rail cars. Architectural offerings include paints, wood stains, adhesives, and sundry items for both professional contractors and individual consumers for the decoration and upkeep of residential and commercial buildings. Additionally, it provides paints, thermoplastics, and other advanced solutions for pavement marking. The Industrial Coatings segment delivers specialized coatings, adhesives, sealants, and metal pretreatment solutions. These are applied across a diverse array of manufactured goods, including appliances, agricultural and construction machinery, consumer electronics, automotive components, building materials, kitchenware, and transportation vehicles, often supported by on-site application services. This segment also produces coatings specifically for packaging, such as metal cans, closures, plastic tubes, and promotional or specialty containers. Beyond coatings, PPG innovates with unique materials like amorphous precipitated silica for tires and battery separators; TESLIN substrates utilized in labels, e-passports, driver's licenses, and identification cards; as well as organic light-emitting diode (OLED) materials, display and lighting lens components, optical lenses, color-changing technologies, and photochromic dyes. Founded in 1883, PPG Industries, Inc. is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Chemicals - Specialty
- CEO
- Timothy Knavish
- Employees
- 43,500
- Website
- www.ppg.com
- Address
- One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA, 15272, US
PPG Industries (PPQ) Earnings & Revenues
PPQ Company Deck
PPQ Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. PPG reported record third-quarter earnings, sustained organic growth, margin expansion in its Architectural and Performance Coatings businesses, strong aerospace and packaging momentum, robust cash generation, shareholder returns, and raised full-year EPS guidance. These strengths outweighed challenges from industrial price-cost timing, elevated raw-material inflation, lower automotive builds, European uncertainty, and demand levels that remain below pre-COVID in some markets.
View all DE:PPQ earnings summariesPPQ Net sales Breakdown
- 34.73% Performance Coatings
- 41.10% Industrial Coatings
- 24.18% Global Architectural Coatings
PPQ Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 15 | 1 | 6 |
| Technical Analysis | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
