PPG Industries: Revenues rose 11.2% year on year
PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG). Last Market Price: 78.77, Change: -0.07, % Change: (-0.09%). Shares trade in the range of 78.29 – 80.17 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 12.41B dollars, making it a Large Cap Stock and has 157.52M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 1.26, indicating, the stock to be more volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 6.35; P/E of 12.4. It operates in Basic Materials sector and belongs to Chemical Manufacturing industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 77%. The company has a 52 week high of $ 97.81 and a 52 week low of $ 66.43. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 1,610,000. Volume traded in the last session was at 365,190, 0.23 times the average volume.
- Reports Q3 (Sep)
- EPS of $1.96 better than the market estimates
- Revenues rose 11.2% year on year to $3.85 billion
For Q2 (Jun ’11), It had a Net profit margin of 9.33%, an Operating margin of 12.54%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 9.83%, Return on average equity of 34.88%. The organization has an employee strength of 38,300
Consensus Recommendation is a Outperform.
Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 14,957.40 million dollars, an estimate high of 15,203.00 million dollars and an estimate low of 14,358.00 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 13,796.40 million dollars.
Estimate for sales for the Year Ending Dec-12 show a mean of 15,503.20 million dollars, an estimate high of 16,080.50 million dollars and an estimate low of 14,868.00 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 14,205.40 million dollars.
Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Dec-11 show a mean of 6.83 dollars, an estimate high of 7.00 dollars and an estimate low of 6.15 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 5.34 dollars.
Estimate for EPS for the Year Ending Dec-12 show a mean of 7.09 dollars, an estimate high of 7.80 dollars and an estimate low of 6.15 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 5.83 dollars.
Sales for Quarter Ending Jun-11 was estimated at 3,800.49 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 3,986.00 million dollars, 185.51 million dollars more than estimates.
Sales for Quarter Ending Mar-11 was estimated at 3,403.78 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 3,533.00 million dollars, 129.22 million dollars more than estimates.
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