PPG Industries Inc. (PPG): Today's Featured Chemicals Winner
(
) pushed the Chemicals industry higher today making it today's featured chemicals winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, PPG Industries rose $3.40 (3.4%) to $104.20 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, two million shares of PPG Industries exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $102.24-$104.59 after having opened the day at $103.77 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $100.80. Other companies within the Chemicals industry that increased today were:
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), up 9.5%,
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), up 8.7%,
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), up 8.5%, and
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), up 8.1%.
PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and supplies protective and decorative coatings. PPG Industries has a market cap of $15.12 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.9, equal to the average chemicals industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 20.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate PPG Industries a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates PPG Industries as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full PPG Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 10.6%,
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), down 6.6%,
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), down 3.6%, and
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), down 2.5%, were all losers within the chemicals industry with
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) being today's chemicals industry loser.
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(
) while those bearish on the chemicals industry could consider
ProShares Short Basic Materials Fd
(
).
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