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PPG Industries Inc (PPG) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

The Closelooknet read

PPG Industries makes paints, coatings and specialty materials, organised into three segments: architectural coatings for buildings, performance coatings for aerospace, cars and marine markets, and industrial coatings for manufacturers and packaging. It reaches customers through owned stores, dealers, distributors and direct manufacturer sales.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for PPG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 1.33 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How PPG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.33 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), PPG Industries Inc moved 1.33% on average · correlation 0.41 · higher than 91% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.01 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.63% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.82% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against PPG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — PPG Industries Inc

PPG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
PPG Industries makes paints, coatings and specialty materials, organised into three segments: architectural coatings for buildings, performance coatings for aerospace, cars and marine markets, and industrial coatings for manufacturers and packaging. It reaches customers through owned stores, dealers, distributors and direct manufacturer sales. It is based in Pittsburgh.
Where it sits in the stack
PPG carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Basic Materials sleeve of our universe as a specialty-chemicals maker supplying coatings to industrial and consumer end markets, outside the AI build-out layers we track elsewhere.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group has not been set for PPG; the comparison the market draws is with Sherwin-Williams, the other paints-and-coatings name investors name alongside it.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
PPG holds a seat in the S&P 500; it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score, and our diary has not logged any quotes on it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether coatings demand from housing and auto production shifts enough to move PPG's chart away from its recent slide against its own moving averages.

PPG Industries Inc (PPG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Bernstein SocGen Group, 2026-10-29

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PPG from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Bernstein SocGen Group — target 137 Target set to $137 (+14.6% to spot) 2026-10-29
  • Price target RBC Capital — target 123 from 115 Target raised to $123 from $115 (+3.1% to spot) 2026-10-29
  • Price target Barclays — target 136 Target set to $136 (+31.1% to spot) 2026-10-12

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.35%, quarterly · last 0.74 USD on 2026-08-10

Dividends and capital return

What PPG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.87 USD per share · a 2.35% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year +4.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 2.75 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.74 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-10
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.65 USD (partial) · 2024: 2.66 USD · 2025: 2.78 USD · 2026: 2.16 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is PPG Industries Inc (PPG)?

PPG Industries Inc trades as PPG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is PPG in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — PPG Industries Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

Where does PPG trade against its moving averages?

PPG Industries Inc trades 11.5% above its 50-day and 8.9% above its 200-day moving average (7.4% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does PPG Industries Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Chemicals · United States), PPG Industries Inc (PPG) sits 7.2% below its 52-week high, 11.5% above its 50-day average; Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) is 5.6% below, Ashland Global Holdings Inc (ASH) is 3.6% below, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF) is 13.3% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to PPG in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does PPG Industries Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year PPG Industries Inc had a beta of 1.33 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 91% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.63% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does PPG Industries Inc do?

PPG Industries makes paints, coatings and specialty materials, organised into three segments: architectural coatings for buildings, performance coatings for aerospace, cars and marine markets, and industrial coatings for manufacturers and packaging. It reaches customers through owned stores, dealers, distributors and direct manufacturer sales. It is based in Pittsburgh. Closelooknet's peer group has not been set for PPG; the comparison the market draws is with Sherwin-Williams, the other paints-and-coatings name investors name alongside it. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does PPG Industries Inc sit in the AI build-out?

PPG carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Basic Materials sleeve of our universe as a specialty-chemicals maker supplying coatings to industrial and consumer end markets, outside the AI build-out layers we track elsewhere. PPG holds a seat in the S&P 500; it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score, and our diary has not logged any quotes on it. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does PPG Industries Inc pay a dividend?

PPG Industries Inc has paid 2.87 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.35% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.74 USD on 2026-08-10. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on PPG Industries Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on PPG Industries Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Bernstein SocGen Group on 2026-10-29 (target 137). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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