PPG Industries Valuation

Is PPG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PPG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PPG ($128.57) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($181.33)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PPG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PPG?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

PPG key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12.6x
PEG Ratio2.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PPG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PPG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average47.9x
DD DuPont de Nemours
115x28.8%US$36.4b
RPM RPM International
27.1x13.0%US$16.4b
CE Celanese
7.7x-1.4%US$14.6b
ECL Ecolab
41.7x11.7%US$71.4b
PPG PPG Industries
20.8x7.8%US$29.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PPG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the peer average (47.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PPG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a17.8%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PPG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (24.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PPG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PPG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.8x
Fair PE Ratio20.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PPG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PPG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$128.57
US$149.88
+16.6%
6.6%US$166.00US$118.00n/a24
Sep ’25US$129.73
US$149.92
+15.6%
6.8%US$166.00US$118.00n/a23
Aug ’25US$125.88
US$149.92
+19.1%
6.8%US$166.00US$118.00n/a23
Jul ’25US$123.98
US$155.71
+25.6%
7.0%US$175.00US$118.00n/a23
Jun ’25US$131.41
US$156.32
+19.0%
6.9%US$175.00US$118.00n/a23
May ’25US$130.95
US$156.50
+19.5%
6.7%US$175.00US$118.00n/a24
Apr ’25US$143.38
US$157.47
+9.8%
7.5%US$175.00US$117.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$139.52
US$158.43
+13.6%
7.8%US$175.00US$117.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$141.50
US$158.99
+12.4%
7.6%US$175.00US$117.00n/a24
Jan ’25US$149.55
US$154.89
+3.6%
8.5%US$174.00US$117.00n/a22
Dec ’24US$143.63
US$153.39
+6.8%
7.8%US$170.00US$117.00n/a22
Nov ’24US$122.97
US$153.11
+24.5%
7.3%US$166.00US$117.00n/a23
Oct ’24US$129.80
US$160.19
+23.4%
8.1%US$180.00US$115.00US$130.7423
Sep ’24US$142.01
US$159.35
+12.2%
8.4%US$180.00US$115.00US$129.7324
Aug ’24US$145.55
US$158.25
+8.7%
8.8%US$180.00US$115.00US$125.8825
Jul ’24US$148.30
US$151.76
+2.3%
8.1%US$169.00US$114.00US$123.9825
Jun ’24US$134.98
US$151.38
+12.1%
8.2%US$169.00US$114.00US$131.4124
May ’24US$139.76
US$150.18
+7.5%
8.3%US$169.00US$114.00US$130.9522
Apr ’24US$133.58
US$138.26
+3.5%
9.4%US$159.00US$112.00US$143.3823
Mar ’24US$133.23
US$138.33
+3.8%
9.2%US$159.00US$112.00US$139.5224
Feb ’24US$132.01
US$138.33
+4.8%
9.2%US$159.00US$112.00US$141.5024
Jan ’24US$125.74
US$131.26
+4.4%
10.8%US$155.00US$104.00US$149.5523
Dec ’23US$134.96
US$127.96
-5.2%
10.6%US$154.00US$104.00US$143.6323
Nov ’23US$114.00
US$127.96
+12.2%
10.6%US$154.00US$104.00US$122.9723
Oct ’23US$110.69
US$143.90
+30.0%
12.6%US$180.00US$110.00US$129.8021

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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