PPG Industries Q4 EPS Forecast Reduced by Seaport Res Ptn

PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for PPG Industries in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Harrison now anticipates that the specialty chemicals company will post earnings of $1.82 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.87. Seaport Res Ptn has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for PPG Industries’ current full-year earnings is $7.95 per share.

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.65 by ($0.04). PPG Industries had a return on equity of 23.78% and a net margin of 6.41%.

PPG has been the topic of several other research reports. Barclays reissued an “equal weight” rating on shares of PPG Industries in a report on Monday, February 3rd. Mizuho lowered their price target on shares of PPG Industries from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, February 3rd. StockNews.com lowered shares of PPG Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 3rd. UBS Group lowered their price target on shares of PPG Industries from $128.00 to $126.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on shares of PPG Industries from $150.00 to $145.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $138.15.

PPG Industries Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of PPG Industries stock opened at $115.47 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.21 billion, a PE ratio of 24.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 1.58 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $116.82 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $122.76. PPG Industries has a 52-week low of $109.15 and a 52-week high of $145.61.

PPG Industries Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 12th. Investors of record on Friday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 21st. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.36%. PPG Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 57.51%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Timothy M. Knavish sold 4,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $118.35, for a total transaction of $568,080.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 35,833 shares in the company, valued at $4,240,835.55. This represents a 11.81 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.55% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Park Square Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in PPG Industries during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in PPG Industries during the 4th quarter worth about $25,156,000. Brooklyn FI LLC bought a new stake in PPG Industries during the 4th quarter worth about $232,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. bought a new stake in PPG Industries during the 4th quarter worth about $568,000. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its holdings in PPG Industries by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 238,915 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $28,538,000 after purchasing an additional 1,571 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.86% of the company’s stock.

PPG Industries Company Profile

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 two segments, Performance Coatings and Industrial Coatings. The Performance Coatings segment offers coatings, solvents, adhesives, sealants, sundries, and software for automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, light industrial coatings, and specialty coatings for signs; wood stains; paints, thermoplastics, pavement marking products, and other advanced technologies for pavement marking for government, commercial infrastructure, painting, and maintenance contractors; and coatings, sealants, transparencies, transparent armor, adhesives, engineered materials, and packaging and chemical management services for commercial, military, regional jet, and general aviation aircraft.