PPG
PPG Industries
Materials · Specialty Chemicals · US
$113.80
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$24.4B
Total market value of the company
Trailing P/E
15.70
Reasonably valued
Forward P/E
12.70
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+6.7%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
ROE
20.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$122.75
+8% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 20 analysts covering this stock
About PPG Industries

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.

https://www.ppg.com

Country: United States Employees: 43,500 Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
35.7% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.4% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
22.4% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
1.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
Fair Value Est.
$172.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
Margin of Safety
33.8%
Trading below fair value — margin of safety exists
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
Percentile
68.4th
Ranks in the top 32% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
88.0
Quality Score
49.0
Combined
44.5

Trading at $110 against a fair value of $172, a 36% discount. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 70% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

Regime
DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
Sharpe Ratio
-0.074
Returns do not compensate for the risk — negative edge
Kelly Fraction
-0.0133
No positive edge detected — the data suggests staying out
Calmar Ratio
-0.187
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
-5.8%
Historical annualised return based on price data
Max Drawdown
-31.1%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
HMM State
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
60
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

Beta
1.05
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$133.43
15% below the year high
52W Low
$93.39
22% above the year low
Avg Volume
2,117,624
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
Short Ratio
3.0
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
3.3%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
Div Yield
259.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
EPS (TTM)
$6.98
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

Debt/Equity
0.94
Moderate leverage — manageable
Current Ratio
1.61
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
1.07
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
41.7%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
13.7%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
Free Cash Flow
$728M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$16.1B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.6B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
20
Target High
$135.00
Target Median
$122.75
Target Low
$108.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

45
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Political selling noted.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-15 TOPALIAN LEON J Director 1,210 $130,341
2026-04-15 SCHNEIDER TODD M Director 432 —
2026-04-15 NALLY MICHAEL Director 1,849 $199,174
2026-04-15 ROBERTS CHRISTOPHER III Director 1,849 $199,174
2026-04-15 FORTMANN KATHY LYNN Director 1,849 $199,174
2026-04-15 HEALEY MELANIE L Director 1,849 $199,174
2026-04-15 NOVO GUILLERMO Director 1,849 $199,174
2026-04-15 LAMACH MICHAEL W Director 1,849 $199,174
2026-04-15 SMITH CATHY R Director 1,849 —
2026-04-15 HEMINGER GARY R Director 1,849 $199,174
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2026-04-13 Ro Khanna Democrat Sale 1K–15K
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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