PPG

PPG Industries
Specialty Chemicals · Materials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$105.27
+0.1% on the session
1-year return
+3.4%
+2.7% over six months
Volatility
30.4%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-25.7%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

PPG Industries is a specialty chemicals name in the materials sector. Over the past year it returned +3.4%, against -11.9% over three months and -4.9% over one. It trades 5.1% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 30.4% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -25.7%, and it has traded a median $165M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.45 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Materials#18 of 25
Stronger than 29% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#354 of 496

How PPG scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 5 others in Specialty Chemicals.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.1%
1 week-1.6%
1 month-4.9%
3 months-11.9%
6 months+2.7%
1 year+3.4%
12-1 momentum+8.8%
Volatility (1y, annualized)30.4%
Max drawdown (1y)-25.7%
Distance vs 200-day average-5.1%
Return per unit of risk0.11
Median daily dollar volume$165M
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