PPG PEER ANALYSIS

PPG Industries Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

PPGPPG Industries Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Specialty Chemicals

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

PPGIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	PPG	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
P/E	17.74	—	33.72	16.76●	35.56	44.81	27.62
P/B	3.47	1.21●	3.34	2.13	1.81	3.01	1.81
EV/EBITDA	12.03	11.40	12.43	8.48●	9.29	9.81	12.43
P/S	1.74	1.80	2.02	1.05	0.55●	1.39	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	PPG	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.61	1.59	2.52●	1.72	1.74	1.31	1.87
Debt/Equity	95.4%	28.9%●	70.2%	125.2%	75.4%	86.9%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.15	1.51	1.42●	1.94	2.31	1.77	2.15

Profitability
Metric	PPG	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
Net Margin	9.8%●	-8.0%	6.0%	6.3%	1.5%	3.1%	3.5%
ROE	21.1%●	-4.8%	9.6%	13.1%	5.0%	6.1%	4.4%
ROA	7.3%●	-3.1%	4.5%	4.1%	2.0%	2.5%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	17.6%	18.2%	18.4%●	16.0%	7.9%	17.3%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	PPG	DSFIR	SY1	AKZA	BNR	ORI	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	10.0%	-2.7%	24.4%●	-7.0%	-9.5%	1.8%	1.2%
NI Growth	45.5%	—	-15.3%	32.7%	-56.9%	155.6%●	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.3%	3.0%	1.4%	3.3%	3.4%●	2.5%	1.5%
Payout	39.9%	-73.4%	41.7%	56.0%	132.9%	107.9%	9.1%

Valuation
Metric	PPG	IFF	LYB	ALB	RPM	DD	Ind. Median
P/E	17.74●	25.68	—	—	21.47	—	27.62
P/B	3.47	1.53●	1.72	1.63	4.53	4.11	1.81
EV/EBITDA	12.03●	13.43	21.97	22.58	14.70	34.54	12.43
P/S	1.74	2.00	0.58●	2.93	1.85	5.95	1.70

Financial Health
Metric	PPG	IFF	LYB	ALB	RPM	DD	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.61	1.49	1.54	2.07	2.28	2.68●	1.87
Debt/Equity	95.4%	41.2%	142.0%	19.1%●	92.1%	22.6%	63.0%
NetDebt/EBITDA	2.15	2.63	8.84	1.06●	2.27	1.39	2.15

Profitability
Metric	PPG	IFF	LYB	ALB	RPM	DD	Ind. Median
Net Margin	9.8%●	7.9%	-2.7%	-4.2%	8.6%	-0.3%	3.5%
ROE	21.1%	6.2%	-7.1%	-2.3%	22.9%●	-0.2%	4.4%
ROA	7.3%	3.2%	-2.3%	-1.4%	9.2%●	-0.1%	2.0%
EBITDA Margin	17.6%	18.5%●	4.4%	13.6%	14.9%	18.0%	14.7%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	PPG	IFF	LYB	ALB	RPM	DD	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	10.0%●	-5.6%	-13.9%	7.9%	5.7%	-20.4%	1.2%
NI Growth	45.5%●	—	—	—	3.5%	—	-4.8%
Div. Yield	2.3%	2.0%	9.1%●	1.2%	1.9%	2.6%	1.5%
Payout	39.9%	48.0%	-26.4%	-153.4%	40.3%	-1,748.3%	9.1%

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