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Quote this valuation with its source: Fair value, Potential value and the price at analysis.
FAQ
PPG — frequently asked questions
Is PPG Industries Inc. overvalued?
In our latest published analysis dated 2026-10-07, PPG screens modestly overvalued. The price recorded at analysis is USD ۱۰۵ versus our fair value of USD ۹۹٫۵; the high endpoint is presented separately as potential value of USD ۱۲۵. That implies roughly 5.3% downside to fair value at that date.
Our latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-07, gives PPG a fair value of USD ۹۹٫۵ and a potential value of USD ۱۲۵. The conclusion is triangulated across multiple valuation models and weighted by reliability for PPG Industries Inc.'s archetype; it is a dated research output, not a live price.
Should I buy PPG now?
Our latest published rating for PPG, analyzed 2026-10-07, is Hold. PPG Industries Inc. screens modestly overvalued at the analysis-date price of USD ۱۰۵ versus fair value of USD ۹۹٫۵; potential value is USD ۱۲۵. This is research for educational purposes, not personalized investment advice.
What are the biggest risks for PPG?
The dedicated bear-case section in our report analyzed 2026-10-07 documents PPG Industries Inc.'s material risks, evidence, thresholds, and thesis-invalidation conditions. Scenario-specific explanations remain in that section so the report does not repeat or decontextualize them elsewhere.
What is PPG's rating?
Our latest published rating for PPG, analyzed 2026-10-07, is Hold, with a published moat assessment of 6.5/10 (Narrow). It reflects our fair value of USD ۹۹٫۵, the potential value of USD ۱۲۵, and the price recorded at analysis (USD ۱۰۵).
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§1 خلاصه اجراییEN
پاسخ ۳۰ ثانیهایHold
قیمت در برابر ارزش
Price
$105.07
Fair value
$99.48
Potential value
$125.29
As of
2026-10-07
چرا این سناریو میتواند موفق باشد
Accelerating global manufacturing production and automotive OEM volume recovery driving operating margins toward 15.0%.
چه چیزی دیدگاه ما را تغییر میدهد
Severe cyclical downturn in automotive OEM assembly rates coupled with prolonged manufacturing stagnation across Europe,.
We rate PPG Industries Inc. a Hold. The company combines market leadership in automotive OEM and aerospace coatings with reliable free cash flow conversion of $1,163M, but near-term upside is capped by persistent European manufacturing weakness and cyclical volume softness in automotive builds,,.5,7
Our rating is Hold. For an ordinary investor, this recommendation means maintaining an existing allocation without committing fresh capital, as the stock is reasonably valued against its cyclical earnings power.4
On the analysis date of October 7, 2026, the report was prepared with the shares priced at $105.07. At this price, the shares trade at a modest 5.6% premium to our Fair value of $99.48, representing 5.3% downside. If cyclical manufacturing demand recovers and expands margins, the shares could achieve our of $125.29, offering 19.2% upside.
The single risk that would change our view is a prolonged decline in global automotive assembly builds combined with ongoing European industrial stagnation,. Industrial Coatings accounts for 41.1% of net sales ($6,524M), and EMEA accounts for 33.8% ($5,368M),. If volume declines prevent fixed manufacturing plants from being fully utilized, consolidated operating margins would compress below 11.5% and free cash flow would contract below $800M, forcing a reduction in share repurchases,.4,5,7
The primary catalyst that could drive performance toward our Potential value is volume recovery and margin execution across Industrial Coatings and Performance Coatings,. In FY2025, PPG converted $1,941M of operating cash flow into $1,163M of free cash flow while investing $778M in capital expenditures,,. If manufacturing demand accelerates and raw material costs remain stable, operating margins would expand toward 15.0%, lifting free cash flow above $1.4B and supporting anti-dilutive share repurchases that raise earnings per share,.4,5,6,7
Switching Costs
Automotive OEM coatings ($6,524M segment revenue) and aerospace coatings ($5,513M Performance Coatings) require extensive formulation qualification and deep integration into customer assembly processes,.7
Proprietary resin chemistries, specialized aerospace barrier coatings, and patented electrocoat technologies provide technical differentiation.7
Cost Advantage
Global production network and regional supply chains across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific provide local distribution and raw material scale efficiencies,.7
توصیه داخلی
We rate PPG Industries a Hold because the shares trade within 5.6% of Fair value, where dependable free cash flow conversion of $1,163M is counterbalanced by ongoing European industrial weakness and cyclical automotive build uncertainty,,.4,5,7
نمای کلی شرکت
PPG Industries Inc. is a global manufacturer of paints, coatings, and specialty materials founded in 1883. The company supplies protective coatings, decorative finishes, and surface technologies designed to enhance durability, aesthetics, and sustainability across a broad spectrum of commercial and industrial applications.
The company serves customers across diverse end-use markets and geographic regions worldwide. Key customer groups include automotive original equipment manufacturers, commercial and military aerospace builders, packaging container producers, and general industrial fabricators,. PPG operates technical laboratories located near customer production facilities to formulate customized coatings that meet strict regulatory and operational specifications.
PPG manages its operations through reportable business segments that include Industrial Coatings, Performance Coatings, and Global Architectural Coatings. Each segment incorporates dedicated research and development teams and customer technical service networks to sustain product innovation and preserve customer integration over multi-year manufacturing cycles,.
§2 سناریوی نزولیEN
In a severe combined stress scenario, prolonged European manufacturing contraction and automotive OEM assembly cuts reduce Industrial Coatings revenue while input costs remain sticky. If consolidated operating margins fall to 11.4% and revenue growth decelerates to 0.74%, annual free cash flow contracts below $800M. This compression restricts capital return capacity and leaves less flexibility to service $7,468M of total debt, triggering valuation multiple compression toward 11.60x forward earnings.
Protracted manufacturing stagnation across Europe and key export markets
Operating margin compression from automotive build cuts and fixed overhead under-absorption
Free cash flow compression restricting capital returns and share repurchases
A downside scenario exists where prolonged manufacturing stagnation across EMEA and slower industrial activity in Asia restrict volume growth in Industrial Coatings. Under this path, customer pricing resistance and plant under-absorption compress operating margins, while free cash flow generation contracts and limits capital return capacity. Investors would observe this deterioration through consecutive quarters of international volume contraction and gross margin erosion through FY2026.
چگونگی شکست این تز
Severe automotive OEM build cut and industrial under-absorption
Industrial Coatings contributed $6,524M or 41.1% of consolidated net sales in FY2025. If automotive OEM assembly rates drop significantly, operating margin will compress 300 bps below the current 14.4% level toward 11.4%.4,7
FV impact
-7.7%
Operating margin 3 points lower throughout
Trigger
Within 12 months
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پنج تحولی که میتواند تز سرمایهگذاری ما را تضعیف کند.
Operating margin falling below 11.5% confirms severe fixed manufacturing overhead under-absorption and competitive pricing concessions across Industrial Coatings.
وضعیت فعلی:14.4%
هشدار در صورت<11.5%
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§3 خندق رقابتیEN
Narrow
PPG possesses a narrow economic moat underpinned by customer switching costs in automotive OEM and aerospace coatings, proprietary resin formulation intangibles, and global manufacturing scale,.
In Industrial Coatings ($6,524M in FY2025) and Performance Coatings ($5,513M), coatings are heavily integrated into customer production processes, where switching involves costly qualification audits and operational disruption. Scale across EMEA ($5,368M) and North America ($5,372M) provides regional supply security and distribution advantages,.
01Switching Costs — Automotive OEM coatings ($6,524M segment revenue) and aerospace coatings ($5,513M Performance Coatings) require extensive formulation qualification and deep integration into customer assembly processes,.Moderate
02Intangible Assets — Proprietary resin chemistries, specialized aerospace barrier coatings, and patented electrocoat technologies provide technical differentiation.Moderate
03Cost Advantage — Global production network and regional supply chains across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific provide local distribution and raw material scale efficiencies,.Narrow
تهدیدات شناختهشده برای خندق
تهدید
شدت
بازه زمانی
کاهش
Intense competitive pricing from peers like Sherwin-Williams in architectural and industrial coatings
medium
12-24 months
Focus on higher-specification industrial OEM coatings and aerospace technologies with high qualification barriers.7
Raw material cost and supplier concentration in pigments and specialty resins
ردیفها: نرخ تنزیل (Ke برای سود؛ WACC برای جریان نقدی). ستونها: رشد نهایی.
ارزش منصفانه
تغییر مدت (سال)
−۵
−۲
۰
+۲
+۵
ارزش منصفانه
$۹۹٫۶۹
$۹۹٫۵۸
$۹۹٫۴۸
$۹۹٫۴۰
$۹۹٫۲۸
مدت مزیت رقابتی در حالت پایهٔ مشخصشده: 5 سال. سایر فرضها ثابت میمانند.
مرجع حساسیت
The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($99.48). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.
Free cash flow to the firm stays positive in the first projected year at $1.4B after modeled reinvestment of $367.8M, with terminal value at 77.9% of enterprise value. A sudden drop in free cash flow is not projected unless capital spending relative to revenue, reinvestment, or gross margin resets materially.
In the Base case, Fair value reaches $99.48, representing an expected return of -5.3% with an assigned probability of 55.0%. This trajectory assumes moderate organic revenue expansion led by Latin America and Asia Pacific offsetting sluggish European volumes, while operating margins normalize near house forecast expectations. Confirmation requires steady operating cash flow conversion and volume stabilization in Industrial Coatings through FY2026. The path would be disconfirmed if automotive OEM builds contract sharply or European industrial weakness deepens.
Synchronized acceleration in global industrial production and automotive builds
Operating margin expansion driven by manufacturing efficiencies and pricing discipline
Accelerated free cash flow generation and accretive share repurchases
§7 درخت تصمیم سودEN
بیش از انتظار
Upgrade the rating; Review portfolio allocation and evaluate whether margin expansion persists across subsequent quarters.
محرک: Consolidated organic sales growth accelerating above prior-year rates with operating margin expanding across both Industrial Coatings and Performance Coatings.
Demonstrates pricing durability and volume recovery in automotive OEM, driving cash conversion above modeled expectations toward $125.29.
مطابق
Maintain Hold; Maintain current portfolio allocation and track European volume demand and raw material cost trends.
Earnings quality is supported by operating cash flow converting cleanly relative to net income. Working capital management has been disciplined, with receivables and inventory tracking revenue changes closely. Operating cash flow fully covers reported net earnings, indicating low reliance on non-cash accounting accruals.
روند برآوردها
Consensus earnings estimates have remained steady following the latest earnings release. Diluted earnings per share estimates across the forecast horizon are unchanged, reflecting a balance between resilient Performance Coatings demand and ongoing industrial softness in European end-markets.
PPG generated $1,941M in operating cash flow in FY2025, up significantly from $1,420M in FY2024. Capital expenditures of $778M represented 4.9% of revenue, resulting in free cash flow of $1,163M. Working capital management contributed favorably, and free cash flow comfortably covered cash dividends of $628M and share repurchases of $790M.5,6
تخصیص سرمایه
Management maintains a balanced capital allocation framework. In FY2025, operating cash flow funded $778M of capex, $628M of dividends, and $790M in share buybacks. Total debt of $7,468M is supported by $2,163M in . Capital deployment prioritizes organic growth and productivity investments, followed by steady dividend growth and anti-dilutive share repurchases.
ROIC of 12.09% reflects solid capital efficiency and disciplined asset utilization following portfolio optimization, supporting sustained economic value added.
ROIC of 12.09% comfortably exceeds the computed WACC of 8.33% and moderate cost of equity of 9.57%, generating positive economic spread of approximately 376 bps.
PPG Industries Inc. (PPG) trades at 12.4x forward earnings against a peer median of 22.3x. Its EV/EBITDA of 11.0x compares with a peer median of 18.6x. The comparison uses 4 peers: The Sherwin-Williams Company, Ecolab Inc., Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., as of 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-07.
§10 صنعت و چرخهEN
فاز چرخه
Expansion
Industry capex-to-depreciation of 1.55 and capex-to-revenue of 4.1% demonstrate active reinvestment above maintenance levels across specialty chemicals and coatings.
چرخه صعودی
A synchronized global manufacturing upturn and automotive production recovery drive organic volume expansion, while declining raw material prices widen gross margins and operating leverage accelerates earnings.
چرخه نزولی
Persistent European industrial contraction and slowing automotive builds lead to volume declines, fixed-cost under-absorption, and margin compression, exacerbated by currency translation headwinds.
روندهای بلندمدت
روند
تأثیر
یادداشت
Transition to Sustainable and Low-VOC Coatings
positive
Tightening environmental regulations globally drive customer demand for waterborne, high-solids, and powder coatings, favoring scaled innovators like PPG with advanced formulation capabilities.
Automotive OEM Lightweighting and Electric Vehicle Adoption
positive
Electric vehicle battery pack fire protection coatings, dielectric coatings, and composite bonding expand content per vehicle in Industrial Coatings.
European Industrial Stagnation and De-industrialization
negative
High energy costs and sluggish manufacturing in Europe dampen long-term demand growth across EMEA, which represents $5,368M of net sales.
موقعیتیابی
PPG holds leading global market positions in Industrial Coatings ($6,524M) and Performance Coatings ($5,513M). Its balanced geographic footprint spans EMEA (33.8%), North America (33.8%), Asia Pacific (18.5%), and Latin America (13.8%), providing operational diversification against localized downturns.7
§11 مدیریت موقعیتEN
اندازه موقعیت
2-3%
Under our Hold rating, existing positions should be maintained without adding fresh capital. The shares trade near fair value, balancing reliable free cash flow conversion against cyclical European headwinds and automotive volume uncertainty.
ریسک
Investors should maintain strict position limits given cyclical exposure to automotive and European manufacturing end-markets. Key portfolio risks include margin compression from automotive build cuts, currency translation headwinds from strong USD, and refinancing costs on $7,468M of total debt. Position sizing should remain disciplined until organic revenue growth accelerates sustainably.
بخشهای ورود
سطح
اقدام
چرا
$85.00 - $90.00
Consider initial accumulation
Provides a discount to our base Fair value of $99.48, establishing an attractive entry multiple on normalized earnings power.
Below $80.00
Increase allocation
Represents a substantial discount to intrinsic value, offering asymmetrical risk-reward supported by cash flow conversion.
Trading at $105.07 against our Fair value of $99.48, PPG offers an NTM P/E of 12.41x but lacks a sufficient discount to intrinsic value,,. Existing positions should be maintained for steady free cash flow of $1,163M, with incremental buying deferred until prices pull back below $90.00.4,5
Growth Perspective
Hold
Consolidated revenue was essentially flat at $15,875M in FY2025, and consensus estimates expect moderate top-line growth of 5.74% in FY2026 and 3.22% in FY2027,. Growth investors should maintain existing exposure and withhold fresh capital until European manufacturing and automotive build rates show clear volume acceleration.1,6,7
Core / Income Perspective
Hold
PPG provides reliable shareholder cash returns, supported by $1,941M of operating cash flow that fully covered $628M in dividends and $790M in share buybacks in FY2025,. Core total return investors can hold existing shares to capture steady yield and buyback accretion.6
§14 توصیه نهاییEN
اقدام
نگهداری
We recommend a Hold on PPG Industries Inc. At $105.07 on October 7, 2026, the stock trades at a 5.6% premium to our Fair value of $99.48,. The company's established competitive advantages in Industrial Coatings ($6,524M in FY2025 revenue) and Performance Coatings ($5,513M) deliver reliable free cash flow of $1,163M,,. However, persistent European industrial manufacturing stagnation and cyclic softness in global automotive OEM builds cap near-term margin expansion and justify maintaining existing exposure without adding fresh capital,.4,5,7
Investors should hold current positions at recommended portfolio weightings of 2% to 3%. We advise waiting for valuation pullbacks into the $85.00 to $90.00 range before initiating new positions, which would provide an adequate margin of safety against potential cyclical demand shocks. If a synchronized global manufacturing rebound drives the stock toward our Potential value of $125.29, investors should look to trim or harvest profits.
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۰ نویسه
Sources
The records this analysis drew on, as they stood when it was run.
Not every cited input appears here: internal calculations and intermediate model outputs have no external record, and some citations could not be matched to one.
Protracted European manufacturing stagnation and strong USD translation headwind
EMEA represents $5,368M (33.8% of sales) and total international sales exceed 66%. Ongoing European industrial weakness and currency drag would reduce annual revenue growth by 500 bps from the 5.74% consensus baseline down to 0.74%.1,7
FV impact
-8.8%
Revenue and EPS growth 5 points lower for five years
PPG currently trades at forward P/E of 12.41x against peer median of 22.27x. If structural gross margins remain compressed below peers like Sherwin-Williams at 48.98%, exit P/E derates 20% from modeled 14.50x to 11.60x.3,4
Discounted forecast-period cash flows ($۲۷٫۱۶) plus discounted terminal value ($۹۵٫۸۷) minus signed per current share ($۲۲٫۸۴) equals the $۱۰۰ lens value shown above. Negative net debt is , so subtracting it raises value.
In the Bull case, Potential value reaches $125.29, offering an implied return of 19.2% with a probability of 20.0%. This path requires synchronized global industrial acceleration, automotive OEM volume recovery, and raw material cost stability that expands operating margins toward peak historical levels. Investors would confirm this scenario by observing accelerating volume growth across both Industrial and Performance Coatings during FY2026. This case would be disconfirmed by renewed raw material inflation or failure to gain operating leverage.
PPG's gross margins trail specialty peers such as Sherwin-Williams at 48.98% and Ecolab at 44.21%.
Automotive OEM customer concentration and commodity raw material exposure limit gross margin expansion relative to pure architectural or specialty peers.
Review pricing pass-through effectiveness and demote gross margin trajectory.
Accelerating global manufacturing production and automotive OEM volume recovery driving operating margins toward 15.0%. Supported by aerospace coatings backlogs in Performance Coatings ($5,513M in FY2025 revenue) and input cost stabilization, annual free cash flow expansion above $1.4B would enable accelerated share buybacks and support valuation upside toward our Potential value of $125.29,,.