Friday, April 20, 2012

Chart of the Day - PPG Industries (PPG)

The "Chart of the Day" is PPG Industries (PPG), which showed up on Wednesday's Barchart "All-Time High" list. PPG on Wednesday posted a new all-time high of $98.89 and closed up 0.13%. TrendSpotter issued a Buy signal on April 12 at $96.83. In recent news on the stock, Citigroup on April 16 upgraded PPG to a Buy from Neutral and raised its target to $114 from $107, citing the benefits from lower natural gas prices and the improvement in the automotive and aerospace sectors. PPG management on April 5 provided Q1 EPS guidance of $1.75-1.80, which was substantially higher than the consensus of $1.44. PPG Industries, with a market cap of $14 billion, produces coatings, glass, and chemicals.

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