PPG Industries Second Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek

S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, July 19, 2012. PPG Industries makes coatings, glass, and chemical products.

PPG Industries Earnings Preview Cheat Sheet

Wall St. Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is for net income of $2.37 per share, a rise of 11.8% from the company’s actual earnings for the year-ago quarter. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved up from $2.30. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved up. It has been unchanged at $2.37 during the last month. Analysts are projecting profit to rise by 17.4% versus last year to $7.97.

Past Earnings Performance: The company has beaten estimates the last four quarters and is coming off a quarter where it topped forecasts by 2 cents, reporting profit of $1.81 per share against a mean estimate of net income of $1.79 per share.

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A Look Back: In the first quarter, profit fell 94.3% to $13 million (8 cents a share) from $228 million ($1.40 a share) the year earlier, but exceeded analyst expectations. Revenue rose 6.2% to $3.75 billion from $3.53 billion.

Stock Price Performance: Between April 18, 2012 and July 13, 2012, the stock price rose $4.87 (4.9%), from $98.47 to $103.34. The stock price saw one of its best stretches over the last year between April 13, 2012 and April 20, 2012, when shares rose for six straight days, increasing 5.8% (+$5.57) over that span. It saw one of its worst periods between May 7, 2012 and May 18, 2012 when shares fell for 10 straight days, dropping 8.7% (-$9.34) over that span.

Wall St. Revenue Expectations: On average, analysts predict $4.16 billion in revenue this quarter, a rise of 4.3% from the year-ago quarter. Analysts are forecasting total revenue of $15.66 billion for the year, a rise of 5.2% from last year’s revenue of $14.88 billion.

Key Stats:

After last quarter’s profit drop broke a string of income increases, this earnings announcement is definitely a chance for a rebound. Net income rose 25% in the second quarter of the last fiscal year, 18.7% in the third quarter of the last fiscal year and 5.4% in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year before declining in the first quarter.

On the top line, the company is looking to build on four-straight revenue increases heading into this earnings announcement. Revenue rose 15.3% in the second quarter of the last fiscal year, 11.2% in the third quarter of the last fiscal year and 4.1% in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year before increasing again in the first quarter.

Analyst Ratings: With nine analysts rating the stock a buy, none rating it a sell and six rating the stock a hold, there are indications of a bullish stance by analysts. Over the past 90 days, the average rating for the stock has moved up from hold to moderate buy.

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(Company fundamentals by Xignite Financials. Earnings estimates provided by Zacks)

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