PPG Industries, Inc. · PPG · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

PPG Maintains Guidance as Aerospace and Marine Coatings Lead

The current analysis supports a cautiously constructive view of PPG's operating trajectory: performance coatings, organic growth, pricing, and cost actions are positives, but modest revenue decline, currency, Mexico, automotive, and tariff risks temper confidence.

Reported After market closeNYSEBasic Materials $23.11B market cap
80quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $1.62
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $3.67B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +4.9% Event window
SPY move +0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +4.8% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +2.3% Up to 20 sessions
PPGSPY benchmark

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What changed

Performance coatings strengthened, with aerospace and protective and marine delivering strong double-digit volume growth. Management maintained FY 2025 EPS guidance, while Mexico's project market experienced a temporary pause and European architectural volumes stabilized.

Guidance delta

Maintained: FY 2025 EPS guidance of $7.75-$8.05.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue declined modestly, while organic growth and pricing gains offset some headwinds.
  • Performance coatings delivered strong double-digit volume growth, particularly in aerospace and protective and marine coatings.
  • Management reaffirmed FY 2025 EPS guidance and highlighted cost self-help, share gains, and balance-sheet flexibility.
  • European architectural coating volumes are stabilizing, while Mexico faces a temporary project-spending pause.

Management priorities

  • Invest in aerospace and protective and marine capacity and debottlenecking.
  • Expand digital productivity and allied products in automotive refinish.
  • Continue cost self-help programs and disciplined share buybacks.
  • Pursue opportunistic M&A aligned with the enterprise growth strategy.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
PPG REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $4B Q1 '24 actual $4B, miss Q2 '24 estimate $5B Q2 '24 actual $5B, miss Q3 '24 estimate $5B Q3 '24 actual $5B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $4B Q2 '25 actual $4B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $4B Q3 '25 actual $4B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $4B Q4 '25 actual $4B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $4B Q1 '26 actual $4B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $4B Q2 '26 actual $4B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $4B Q4 '26 estimate $4B Q1 '27 estimate $4B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold37 ratings
Bullish2054.1%
Neutral1540.5%
Bearish25.4%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$103.71Current
$115Low
$148.39Average
$194High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 13, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainOct 9, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 5, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 30, 2026
B of A Securities Buy NeutralUpgradeJul 17, 2026
BMO Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 6, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $103.71. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Goldman SachsDuffy Fischer$128$104.77 +23.4%Oct 9, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$116$105.15 +11.9%Oct 5, 2026
BernsteinJames Hooper$136$106.72 +31.1%Sep 24, 2026
KeyBancAnalyst unavailable$133$105.05 +28.2%Sep 11, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$125$111.42 +20.5%Jul 30, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

PPG Industries, Inc. operates globally as a manufacturer and distributor of paints, protective coatings, and various specialty materials. Its Performance Coatings division offers an extensive range of products, including paints, solvents, adhesives, sealants, and software, designed for the repair and refurbishment of automotive and commercial vehicles, light industrial applications, and signage. This segment also supplies advanced coatings, sealants, transparent components (such as transparent armor), engineered materials, and chemical management services to the commercial, military, and general aviation aerospace sectors. Furthermore, it develops protective coatings and finishes for metals and large-scale structures, serving metal fabricators, heavy-duty maintenance contractors, and manufacturers of ships, bridges, and rail cars.…

Historical context

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-15T00:03:42.498162+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-12T22:40:41.561770+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-12T22:40:41.558765+00:00

Methodology

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