PPG Industries Inc.
PPG
reported net income from continuing operations of $442 million or $1.86 per share in third-quarter 2020, up from the year-ago quarter’s profit of $366 million or $1.54 per share.
Barring one-time items, adjusted earnings were $1.93 per share in the reported quarter, up 15.6% from $1.67 logged in the year-ago quarter. The figure also topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.92.
Net sales declined 3.7% year over year to $3,685 million. However, the figure surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3,608.7 million. Sales volumes were down around 5% year over year, reflecting the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
PPG Industries, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Segment Highlights
Performance Coatings: Net sales in the segment amounted to around $2.3 billion in the third quarter, down 3% year over year. Sales volume in the segment declined around 5% mainly due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Segment income rose 12% year over year to $426 million. The upside was backed by higher selling prices, restructuring initiatives and cost-mitigation efforts, which were partly offset by reduced sales volumes due to the pandemic.
Industrial Coatings: Sales in the segment totaled around $1.4 billion, down around 5% from the prior-year quarter’s figure. Sales volumes fell 5% year over year due to decline in global economic demand resulting from the pandemic.
Net income in the segment totaled $253 million, up around 23% year over year. Results gained from the company’s restructuring cost savings, aggressive cost-mitigation actions and higher selling prices, which were partly offset by lower sales volumes.
Financial Position
As of Sep 30, 2020, PPG Industries had cash and cash equivalents of $2,008 million, up 34.8% year over year. Long-term debt fell 1.2% year over year to $4,828 million.
Outlook
Going forward, the company expects to achieve restructuring savings of $30-$35 million in the fourth quarter of 2020.
PPG Industries also expects total sales volume for the fourth quarter to be down a low-to-mid-single digit percentage, differing by region and business.
Moreover, it anticipates corporate expenses of $55-$60 million and net interest expenses of $28-$30 million for the fourth quarter.
Price Performance
Shares of the company have gained 7.7% in the past year compared with 7.5% rise of the
industry
.
Zacks Rank & Other Key Picks
PPG Industries currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
Other top-ranked stocks in the basic materials space are
Coeur Mining, Inc.
CDE
,
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
AEM
and
Barrick Gold Corporation
GOLD
, each sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see
the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here
.
Coeur Mining has an expected earnings growth rate of 156% for 2020. The company’s shares have surged 57.3% in the past year.
Agnico Eagle has an expected earnings growth rate of 104.1% for 2020. Its shares have returned 50% in the past year.
Barrick has an expected earnings growth rate of 148% for 2020. The company’s shares have gained 60.9% in the past year.
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