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Recent Insider Activity Suggests Potential Gains for PPG Industries, Inc (PPG)

In a filing, PPG Industries, Inc revealed its Sr. VP and General Counsel Foulkes Anne M. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.25 million on Oct 31 ’24. In the deal valued at $125.80 per share,1,985 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Foulkes Anne M. now holds 13,454 shares worth roughly $1.56 million.

Then, Foulkes Anne M. bought 1,985 shares, generating $249,713 in total proceeds.

Before that, KNAVISH TIMOTHY M bought 2,061 shares. PPG Industries, Inc shares valued at $274,615 were divested by the Chairman and CEO at a price of $133.24 per share. As a result of the transaction, KNAVISH TIMOTHY M now holds 35,833 shares, worth roughly $4.15 million.

Seaport Research Partners upgraded its PPG Industries, Inc [PPG] rating to a Buy from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Evercore ISI’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late April from “an Outperform” to “an In-line”. Wells Fargo also remained covering PPG and has increased its forecast on April 11, 2024 with a “an Overweight” recommendation from previously “an Equal weight” rating. UBS revised its rating on March 07, 2024. It rated PPG as “a Neutral” which previously was an “a Buy”.

Price Performance Review of PPG

On Tuesday, PPG Industries, Inc [NYSE:PPG] saw its stock jump 0.69% to $115.86. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.71%. PPG Industries, Inc shares have fallen nearly -3.01% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -20.61% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $147.76 was reached on 01/02/25, a 52-week low of $113.49 was recorded on 01/03/25. SMA at 50 days reached $122.95, while 200 days put it at $128.02.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For PPG Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 114.36, which if violated will result in even more drops to 112.86. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 117.86. A further resistance level may holdings at 119.86. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 33.70, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -3.86, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 79.06%. Stochastics %K at 13.89% indicates the stock is a buying.

How much short interest is there in PPG Industries, Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in PPG Industries, Inc stocks on 2024-12-13, growing by 1.35 million shares to a total of 4.62 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-11-15 was 3.27 million shares. There was a rise of 29.26%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on March 01, 2024 when Wolfe Research began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Peer perform”‘ rating .

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