Stock · PPG · Basic Materials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1983 · Revenue 12 mo. $16.4B
Price as of 11/06/2026
PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes paints, coatings, and specialty materials in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes paints, coatings, and specialty materials in the United States, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates through three segments: Global Architectural Coatings, Performance Coatings, and Industrial Coatings. The Global Architectural Coatings segment supplies a variety of decorative coatings, adhesives, sealants, and finishes, as well as paint strippers, stains, and related chemicals. Its Performance Coatings segment offers aerospace coatings, automotive refinishing coatings, protective and marine coatings, and traffic solutions comprising paints, thermoplastics, raised pavement markers, and other technologies for pavement marking. The Industrial Coatings segment provides automotive OEM coatings, industrial coatings, and packaging coatings, as well as specialty products, such as optical monomers and coatings, low-friction coatings, and other specialty products. The company delivers its products to company-owned stores, home centers and other consumer retail outlets, paint dealers, concessionaires and independent distributors, company-owned distribution networks, and directly to manufacturing companies and retail customers. PPG Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1883 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Summary
57.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1B (2025), it supports €11.6B. The remaining €11.6B of the market value assume it grows 9.7% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
9.7%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 12.7×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 14.7× to 23.6×, median 17.1×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 19.85% | 10.66% | Rank 85 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 28.29% | 14.75% | Rank 82 |
| EBIT margin | 13.66% | 15.82% | Rank 43 |
| FCF margin | 7.33% | 8.70% | Rank 43 |
| Gross margin | 37.99% | 34.18% | Rank 63 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 0.19% | 4.25% | Rank 34 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 17.08% | 0.28% | Rank 68 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 9.29% | 13.36% | Rank 38 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 4.90% | 9.35% | Rank 17 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.67% | 4.98% | Rank 63 |
| FCF yield | 4.50% | 3.94% | Rank 56 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.99 | 2.36 | Rank 57 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 14.55 | 14.61 | Rank 51 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 18.98% | 8.75% | Rank 68 |
| Share price, 6 months | 12.13% | −1.37% | Rank 80 |
| Share price, 3 months | 7.35% | −1.16% | Rank 79 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −6.98% | −21.97% | Rank 82 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.61% | 0.63% | Rank 43 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −3.32% | −0.01% | Rank 87 |
| Dividend streak in years | 42 | 3 | Rank 100 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 4.18% | 0.05% | Rank 83 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 35.94% | 54.83% | Rank 12 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 2.02 | 1.01 | Rank 27 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.99 | 0.37 | Rank 9 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 30.61% | 37.23% | Rank 70 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 14.3 | 8.3% | $923.0M | 267M | $2.6B |
| 2017 | 14.7 | 13.7% | $1.2B | 258M | $2.7B |
| 2018 | 15.4 | 12.1% | $1.1B | 245M | $4.1B |
| 2019 | 15.1 | 12.9% | $1.7B | 238M | $4.6B |
| 2020 | 13.8 | 12.9% | $1.8B | 238M | −$1.6B |
| 2021 | 16.8 | 10.0% | $1.2B | 239M | −$813.0M |
| 2022 | 15.6 | 10.7% | $445.0M | 237M | $6.5B |
| 2023 | 16.2 | 12.5% | $1.9B | 237M | $5.1B |
| 2024 | 15.8 | 14.4% | $699.0M | 235M | $5.1B |
| 2025 | 15.9 | 13.7% | $1.2B | 227M | $5.7B |
4 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
PPG Industries Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
PPG Industries Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
4 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for PPG Industries Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 17.6 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 3.5 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 19.8% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 35.9% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.99 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| PPG | PPG Industries Incthis page | |
| IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc | Low0.9 |
| DD | Dupont De Nemours Inc | Low3.6 |
| RPM | RPM International Inc | locked |
| ALB | Albemarle Corp | locked |
| APD | Air Products and Chemicals Inc | locked |
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