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PPG Industries
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What PPG Industries is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $16.1 billion, up 2.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $1.23 billion, up 58% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $0.77 billion, up 13% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.79 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2016: $1.16 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 29, 2026): sentiment 0.60 on a −1 to +1 scale (mixed), confidence 0.80 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 0 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed February 19, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- 1,097 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+49 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 16 (14 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What PPG Industries is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Withheld: 50% of the evidence is readable at this date (needs 60%).
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings24th pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications52nd pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment75th pct
- Call confidence68th pct
- Guidance changes57th pct
- Risk factors added52nd pct
- Insider open-market trades96th pct
- + Insider open-market trades
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver21st pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →PPG Industries's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$7.1B
- Due within a year $0.7B
- Longer term $6.4B
- Default point $3.9B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Mar 31, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
$0.7B
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
| Priced | Amount | Coupon | Matures | Spread | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2025 | $700M | 4.375% | 2031 (5y) | +75bp | 4.467% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | €900M | 3.250% | 2032 (7y) | +108bp | 3.344% |
From the pricing term sheets PPG Industries filed with the SEC. Spread is to the benchmark Treasury (or Bund, Gilt) at pricing.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PPG INDUSTRIES, INC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 20, 2026Patent
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 14, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (K&L GATES, LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (PPG INDUSTRIES, INC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (CAPITOLINE CONSULTING, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jul 15, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Apr 28, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 21, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 21, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 19, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Dec 11, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Dec 1, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 3, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Aug 11, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Apr 23, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 21, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 4, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 20, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Jan 3, 2025Risk event
- Nov 14, 2024Risk event
- Nov 7, 2024Risk event
- Oct 30, 2024Risk event
- Oct 24, 20248-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 15, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
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