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PPG Industries PPG Return on invested capital

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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

Calculated from PPG Industries’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: PPG Industries’s 10-Q, filed April 29, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is PPG Industries's return on invested capital?
PPG Industries (PPG) reported return on invested capital of 15.6% in Q1 2026.
How has PPG Industries's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
PPG Industries's return on invested capital increased by 17.4% year-over-year, from 13.3% to 15.6%.
What is the long-term trend for PPG Industries's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), PPG Industries's return on invested capital has grown at a -3.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 63.3% to 54.3%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.