PPG Industries

PPG on NYSE. PPG Industries sells paints and coatings to manufacturers, builders, and consumers. Market value $23.4bn.

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Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.

The company doesn't report operating profit, so we work it out from pre-tax profit and interest.

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Cash yield
past 12 months to June 2026
6.0%high

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $6.01 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
past 12 months to June 2026
12.6×fair

You pay 12.6 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
14.4%five-year median

Each dollar kept in the business earns 14 cents a year. Above 10 is good.

Quality score: 88 of 100. Price score: 98 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$105.27 a share, 13% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $93.39 to $133.43.

Dividend: 2.7% a year

Paid every year for at least 5 years

Prices from Monday’s close (5 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

1.2
0.5
1.9
0.7
1.2
1.4
2021202220232024202512 monthsto Jun '26
Revenue
$16.8bn$15.6bn$16.2bn$15.8bn$15.9bn
Operating margin
12.9%13.1%16.5%13.2%14.4%
Debt to equity
1.051.040.770.860.92
Shares outstanding
0.24bn0.24bn0.23bn0.22bn0.22bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)6 of 9
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
  • Debt0.92× equity
  • Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 2.8% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesYes, 5% fewer since 2021

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $4.5 billion last quarter, up 7% on a year ago.
  • Profit: $437 million, down 3% on a year ago.
  • Spare cash over the past 12 months: $1.4 billion, up from $800 million.
  • 2% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
  • Debt is $5.4 billion more than cash, down from $5.8 billion a year ago.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$4.0bn
December 2024Not reported
March 2025$3.7bn
June 2025$4.2bn
September 2025$4.1bn
December 2025$3.9bn
March 2026$3.9bn
June 2026$4.5bn
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$468m
December 2024-$280m
March 2025$373m
June 2025$450m
September 2025$453m
December 2025$300m
March 2026$382m
June 2026$437m

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
27 October 2026
Last annual report (10-K)
19 February 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
28 October 2026

Who owns it

12 long-term investors we follow own it, up from 11 last quarter. 1,093 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

5 investors own more than 5%.

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $2,753 of shares on the open market. 3 sold $15m, $4m of it under preset trading plans.

  • Hefel Juliane M.
    Sr. VP, Ind Coatings & Sp Prod
    Bought
    Date
    11 September 2026
    Shares
    13
    Price
    $105.31
    Value
    $1,409
  • Hefel Juliane M.
    Sr. VP, Ind Coatings & Sp Prod
    Bought
    Date
    12 June 2026
    Shares
    12
    Price
    $116.45
    Value
    $1,344
  • Foulkes Anne M.
    Sr. VP, Legal & Spl. Projects
    Sold
    Date
    20 February 2026
    Shares
    3,594
    Price
    $124.61
    Value
    $447,848
  • Morales Vincent J
    Senior VP & CFO
    Sold
    Date
    13 February 2026
    Shares
    78,095
    Price
    $131.00
    Value
    $10m
  • Morales Vincent J
    Senior VP & CFO
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    4 February 2026
    Shares
    29,672
    Price
    $125.00
    Value
    $4m
  • Hagerty Chancey E.
    Sr. VP, Auto. Refinish Ctgs.
    Sold
    Date
    29 January 2026
    Shares
    2,250
    Price
    $115.59
    Value
    $260,078
  • Morales Vincent J
    Senior VP & CFO
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    15 January 2026
    Shares
    5,200
    Price
    $110.00
    Value
    $572,000

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

None of the warning signs we check for were found.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 19 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 29 Jul 2026 and 5 later 8-Ks.

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

What could go wrong

Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.

Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.

What changed in the risks this year

Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.

  • We are incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into our research, products, services and processes. These technologies may present business, operational, compliance and reputational risks.

    Could happen
    Artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine-learning technology continue to advance rapidly, presenting both opportunities and risks. If we cannot incorporate these rapidly advancing technologies as quickly or effectively as other companies, our competitive position and business results may suffer. Incorporation of these new technologies into our processes may result in new or expanded risks, including risks related to regulatory compliance, litigation, ethical concerns, confidentiality or cybersecurity, among other factors that could potentially adversely impact our business, reputation and financial results. The use of AI in the development of our products and services could increase the risk of loss or theft of our intellectual property and could subject us to incremental risks related to data privacy and cybersecurity. The use of AI can lead to unintended consequences, including generating content that appears correct but is factually inaccurate, misleading or otherwise flawed, or that results in unintended biases and discriminatory outcomes, which could harm our stakeholders, our reputation and our business. Additionally, we face risks of competitive disadvantage if our competitors are able to more effectively use AI to create products or services at a lower cost or higher quality compared to PPG’s competing products or services.
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Read it in the annual report

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