How do you interpret performance coatings — number of employees impacted?

A high number indicates significant workforce reduction or reorganization, often signaling a major shift in operational strategy.

How does performance coatings — number of employees impacted compare across companies?

Comparable to workforce reduction disclosures in annual reports of large multinational industrial companies.

PPG Industries PPG Performance Coatings — Number Of Employees Impacted

Discontinued — last reported Q2 '18

Similar metrics at other companies

SHWPerformance Coatings Group — Number of stores closed

3.3—

DDPerformance Materials And Coatings — Number Of Businesses

0.80.0%

SHWPerformance Coatings Group — Net increase (decrease) in stores

-$1.75-450%

SHWPerformance Coatings Group — Number of company operated stores

31,700%-700pp

SHWPerformance Coatings Group — Reclassification related to segment change

-$36.08M—

ATIHigh Performance Materials Componentsand Corporate — Restructuring And Related Cost Number Of Positions Eliminated

100—

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.9B+6.7%

Gross profit$1.7B+7.3%

Operating income$636.0M+4.8%

Net income$382.0M+2.4%

EPS (diluted)$1.70+4.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.6B-14.0%

Total debt$7.0B+13.7%

Total equity$8.1B+17.0%

Total assets$22.2B+4.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$33.0M+283%

CapEx$196.0M-6.2%

Free cash flow-$163.0M+28.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$26.11B-3.6%

Enterprise value$31.58B+0.7%

P/E16.5×—

P/S1.6×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin41.4%0.0pp

Operating margin16.6%—

Net margin9.8%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity21.1%—

Debt / equity0.9×0.0×

Current ratio1.6×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by PPG Industries in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept ppg:NumberOfEmployeesImpacted.

The official record: PPG Industries’s 10-Q, filed October 19, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does performance coatings — number of employees impacted mean?: The number of employees affected by organizational changes or restructuring in the segment.
How do you interpret performance coatings — number of employees impacted?: A high number indicates significant workforce reduction or reorganization, often signaling a major shift in operational strategy.
How does performance coatings — number of employees impacted compare across companies?: Comparable to workforce reduction disclosures in annual reports of large multinational industrial companies.