PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) Stock

About PPG Industries, Inc.

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.

PPG Industries, Inc. is led by CEO Timothy Knavish, employs 46,000 people, headquartered in Pittsburgh, US, publicly traded since 1980.

PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) stock trades at $117.95 with a market capitalization of $26.29B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.49, price-to-book of 3.36, price-to-sales of 1.69. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $93.39 and $133.43, and currently trades 11.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.33%.

On profitability, PPG Industries, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 20.75% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of -61.22%, an operating margin of 12.80%, a net profit margin of 9.83%.

In its most recent fiscal year, PPG Industries, Inc. reported annual revenue of $15.9B, net profit of $1.6B, revenue has compounded at 2.8% a year over the last five years, profit at 8.3% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 1.62, total assets of $8.0B, $2.2B in cash and equivalents.

PPG has an average daily trading volume of 1,897,240 shares, a beta of 1.06.

Official website: www.ppg.com