---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-26-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:26:59.440498+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG Q1 net sales $3.93B (+7%); adj. EPS $1.83 (+6% YoY); reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Reported EPS $1.70; adjusted EPS $1.83; net income $382M vs $375M; share repurchases $100M.
- Organic sales +1% on higher prices; segment EBITDA margin 19%; Global Architectural sales +13%, income +31%.
- Performance Coatings sales +5%; aerospace double-digit organic growth, backlog $315M; industrial coatings income −10%.
- Reaffirms FY2026 EPS guidance $7.70–$8.10; expects Q2 adj. EPS flat to low single-digit growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-26-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000167/0000079879-26-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000167/ppg-20260428.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-26-000167.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PPG INDUSTRIES INC reported first quarter 2026 results: revenue Net sales of $3.9 billion, net income Net income $382, EPS reported earnings per diluted share (EPS) of $1.70. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Revenue: Net sales of $3.9 billion
  - Net income: Net income $382
  - EPS: reported earnings per diluted share (EPS) of $1.70
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: PPG reports first quarter 2026 financial results • Net sales of $3.9 billion, an increase of 7% versus prior year • Organic sales increased 1% year over year driven by higher selling prices • First quarter reported earnings per diluted share (EPS) of $1.70 and adjusted EPS of $1.83, an increase of 6% year over year • Segment margin of 16% and segment EBITDA margin of 19% • Share repurchases in the quarter totaled about $100 million • Reaffirms full-year 2026 EPS guidance range of $7.70 to $8.10
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987926000167/0000079879-26-000167-index.htm

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