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PPG Industries (PPG) Stock Moves -0.56%: What You Should Know
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PPG Industries (PPG - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $128.65, moving -0.56% from the previous trading session. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.37%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.29%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.87%.
Heading into today, shares of the paint and coatings maker had lost 8.9% over the past month, lagging the Basic Materials sector's loss of 6.57% and the S&P 500's loss of 4.93% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from PPG Industries as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be October 18, 2023. The company is expected to report EPS of $1.95, up 17.47% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $4.63 billion, up 3.72% from the year-ago period.
PPG's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $7.51 per share and revenue of $18.23 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +24.13% and +3.26%, respectively.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for PPG Industries. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.02% higher. PPG Industries is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Digging into valuation, PPG Industries currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 17.23. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 14.63, so we one might conclude that PPG Industries is trading at a premium comparatively.
It is also worth noting that PPG currently has a PEG ratio of 1.04. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. Chemical - Specialty stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 2.54 based on yesterday's closing prices.
The Chemical - Specialty industry is part of the Basic Materials sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 216, which puts it in the bottom 15% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.
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PPG Industries (PPG) Stock Moves -0.56%: What You Should Know
PPG Industries (PPG - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $128.65, moving -0.56% from the previous trading session. This change was narrower than the S&P 500's daily loss of 1.37%. Elsewhere, the Dow lost 1.29%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 1.87%.
Heading into today, shares of the paint and coatings maker had lost 8.9% over the past month, lagging the Basic Materials sector's loss of 6.57% and the S&P 500's loss of 4.93% in that time.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from PPG Industries as it approaches its next earnings report date. This is expected to be October 18, 2023. The company is expected to report EPS of $1.95, up 17.47% from the prior-year quarter. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $4.63 billion, up 3.72% from the year-ago period.
PPG's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $7.51 per share and revenue of $18.23 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +24.13% and +3.26%, respectively.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for PPG Industries. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
Ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), the Zacks Rank system has a proven, outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks returning an average of +25% annually since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.02% higher. PPG Industries is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Digging into valuation, PPG Industries currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 17.23. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 14.63, so we one might conclude that PPG Industries is trading at a premium comparatively.
It is also worth noting that PPG currently has a PEG ratio of 1.04. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. Chemical - Specialty stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 2.54 based on yesterday's closing prices.
The Chemical - Specialty industry is part of the Basic Materials sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 216, which puts it in the bottom 15% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and many more, on Zacks.com.