PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG)

iStockInvestor (34.67) Submitted: 7/11/2008 6:20:18 PM : Start Price: $49.45 PPG Score: +99.93

Jim Cramer told me to

nemaline (90.15) Submitted: 6/19/2008 2:36:58 PM : Start Price: $53.56 PPG Score: +91.08

Boring stock, niche market, best in biz

NumbersDude (62.36) Submitted: 4/13/2008 3:59:02 PM : Start Price: $55.23 PPG Score: +83.50

SAPI Slugs

tcred (66.89) Submitted: 4/8/2008 3:13:24 PM : Start Price: $55.13 PPG Score: +86.60

they are back

styreeduhon (51.71) Submitted: 3/18/2008 9:22:55 PM : Start Price: $52.60 PPG Score: +93.53

this is a great stock

asd264 (54.18) Submitted: 12/21/2007 12:02:04 PM : Start Price: $61.16 PPG Score: +75.38

Great long term stock. Can hold through any condition in the stock market.

MikeYan (61.02) Submitted: 12/8/2007 5:48:34 PM : Start Price: $60.88 PPG Score: +78.01

This is a stable company, especially after the restructure.

TopDividendPayer (99.48) Submitted: 12/1/2007 5:39:15 AM : Start Price: $59.40 PPG Score: +80.85

This CAPS account is tracking the 200 highest yielding S&P stocks.

iamamartin (98.68) Submitted: 11/10/2007 5:11:05 PM : Start Price: $59.33 PPG Score: +78.61

PPG is a dividend raising machine. It's one of those companies thats sits in a corner and prints money for its shareholders. The dividend means it will outperform the S&P 500.

rockonomics (64.43) Submitted: 10/22/2007 7:57:00 PM : Start Price: $64.11 PPG Score: +69.58

Used to be slow growth until new leadership. Stock has experienced great growth the last few years while paying great dividends. Made me a lot of money and I feel it always will.

bilandcarmen (< 20) Submitted: 7/21/2007 9:00:15 AM : Start Price: $68.49 PPG Score: +60.47

rated high by mad money..AAA++++

Missy1976 (67.21) Submitted: 5/14/2007 5:12:37 PM : Start Price: $63.41 PPG Score: -70.05

I worked there. Not nice people. Over priced product. Okay to paint your dog house with.

Margins under pressure. can't cut any more people. Losing share in Industrial and glass.

captandrew (< 20) Submitted: 5/14/2007 1:00:29 PM : Start Price: $63.50 PPG Score: +69.92

PPG covers a lot of bases and they are all good solid ones. Their products show up in some form in all our lives and cannot be ignored. Good management is working.

NetscribeManufac (31.73) Submitted: 12/18/2006 8:09:04 AM : Start Price: $55.44 PPG Score: +87.74

PPG Industries is one of the world's leading producers of original and refinish automotive and industrial coating. Business segments include coatings, glass and chemicals with focused resources on industrial, aerospace, packaging, architectural and automotive customers.

PPG benefits from having a diversified customer base that runs the gamut from automobile to aircraft manufacturers. This allows the company to weather difficult conditions in the broader economy and within individual industries. At the same time, its limited exposure to US manufacturers, coupled with increasing international sales, have allowed PPG to endure the decline in US manufacturing demand.

Through a combination of process improvements and price hikes, PPG has successfully passed along the entire burden of rising energy and raw-material costs to its customers in recent quarters. The company has the ability to post above-average growth as natural gas prices have moderated, and a further decline in input costs should boost margins and earnings, assuming that the global economic landscape remains stable.

The company’s sales have been largely unaffected by slowing housing starts as 75% of the segment's market is composed of commercial and specialty applications. Looking ahead, PPG has an extensive research and development pipeline in its coatings and glass businesses, which can inflate the revenues in the coming years. Moreover, a high demand from the aerospace segment is expected to drive the company’s top-line.

The company ended the second quarter of 2006 with a debt/capitalization ratio of 28%, slightly below the company's target. A low debt component together with an aggressive share repurchase program, in our opinion, should send a positive signal to the investors.