PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) does about 1.79M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1053473 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 31.17B USD. Its current market price is $132.92, marking an increase of 0.51% compared to the previous close of $132.25. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $152.89 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $120.32.
PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) has a 20-day trading average at $133.44 and the current price is -13.06% off the 52-week high compared with 10.47% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $138.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $138.10. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.75%, which decreases to 1.66% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 45.41 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $157.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 15.34% over the period.
Evercore ISI downgraded the stock to “In-line” from Outperform on April 22, 2024 at a price target of $152. Wells Fargo upgraded its price target at $150-$163.
PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) stock is up 2.12% over the week and -4.90% over the past month. Its price is -11.12% year-to-date and -3.92% over the past year.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 15.34 percent from here.
The company has a return on investment of 9.71% and return on equity of 18.64%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 22.43 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 14.21. The beta has a value of 1.29. Price to book ratio is 3.93 and price to sales ratio is 1.71.
