PPG Posts Decent Full-Year 2016 Results; Maintaining $94 Fair Value Estimate
PPG reported decent full-year 2016 results, with adjusted earnings per share up about 7% to $5.82 despite sales declines of more than 1% due to negative effects from currency. Strong cost-cutting was a primary contributor to higher margins, as the company faced slight pricing headwinds. Going forward, the company has announced selling price increases to combat recent raw material cost inflation. The company does not expect significant increases in TiO2 costs going forward. We continue to forecas...PPG Industries manufactures and distributes a range of paints, coatings and specialty materials. The company's business is comprised of two reportable business segments: Performance Coatings, which primarily supplies a variety of protective and decorative coatings, sealants and finishes along with paint strippers, stains and related chemicals, as well as transparencies and transparent armor; and Industrial Coatings, which primarily supplies a variety of protective and decorative coatings and finishes along with adhesives, sealants, metal pretreatment products, optical monomers and coatings, precipitated silicas and other specialty materials.
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