2021–2025 (latest 5 aligned FYs; v3 window cap 5): revenue $16.8B to $15.9B, decreasing; diluted EPS 6.01 to 6.94, increasing.
68
Median gross margin 41.5% over 9y, very stable.
92
Median ROIC 18.1%, above the 12% hurdle in 100% of years.
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Insufficient leverage/coverage inputs to score the balance sheet.
79
Owner earnings changed +6.0%/yr over up to the ten most recent annual observations.
The balanceSheet component abstained: Insufficient leverage/coverage inputs to score the balance sheet. The other four 20% weights were renormalized over the scored 80%.
Price vs. value if growth stopped today
A cautious baseline, not a price target: what the shares may support if normalized owner earnings simply hold steady.
Above value if growth stopped todayBelow value if growth stopped today
84% above value if growth stopped today
$1.3B
$63.16
$91.54
$116.00
84% above value if growth stopped today
What today’s price assumes: owner earnings growing ~13%/yr over 5 years. The zero-growth estimate assumes owner earnings stay flat (0% growth).
How to read this
We solve for the constant annual change in owner earnings that would make the five-year zero-growth estimate equal today’s price. This keeps the existing model inputs and calculation unchanged; it is an expectations lens, not a forecast.
This zero-growth estimate assumes trailing owner earnings persist — unreliable for declining businesses. The recent FY revenue series does not trigger the three-consecutive-declines flag.
Among the current top-score group, the median current price is 239% above the zero-growth estimate across 48 of the current top 50 companies by Moat Score with both values.
Missing a usable price or zero-growth estimate: ANF, BKNG.
Model details under moat-index@3.0.0: zero-growth multiple 11.1×, capped-growth comparison at no more than 18×; 9% discount rate; high-end growth 3% (capped at 4%) using min(5y revenue CAGR, 5y diluted-EPS CAGR), clamped to 0%–4%; maintenance capex uses min(capex, D&A); abstain when D&A is unavailable. This is a disclosed model range, not intrinsic value as fact.
20 years of fundamentals
The business, in plain English
PPG INDUSTRIES INC booked $15.9B of revenue in FY2025 in the Materials sector and kept 41.3% of it as gross profit — a solid-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, 9.9% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.
Across the filed record, revenue grew from $12.2B (FY2007) to $15.9B (FY2025) — about 1.5% a year compounded over 18 years.
ROIC is not available for the latest filed year, FY2025. Across the full 15-year measurable filed record, median ROIC was 19.2%. Over the v3 recent window (8 measurable filed years), median ROIC was 18.1%. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 92/100.
The balance sheet carried $7.3B of total debt in FY2025 against $1.6B of owner earnings — roughly 4.6 years of owner earnings to retire it all.
This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.
FY2006–FY2025 · 20 fiscal years, normalized from PPG’s SEC filings
Sales, as filed$15.9B FY2025Revenue kept after cost of goods41.3% FY2025Standard ROIC or separately labeled Operating ROICROIC 16.1% FY2023Cash an owner could take out$1.6B FY2025
Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in PPG’s filings for that year. The series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.
Flagship explainer
How PPG INDUSTRIES INC makes its money
PPG INDUSTRIES INC's filing does not supply enough comparable lines for a truthful flow chart — here's what is filed:
Position size uses shares and filed value from each manager’s 13F. Portfolio weight uses the eligible long-share filing denominator. Changes compare only with the immediately preceding calendar quarter.
Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 11, 2026.
Partial coverage: the incomplete Form 4 walk cannot establish no activity, an activity date, or zero counts.
Moat Score history
16 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten
Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale72.0 / 100
Breaks in the line mark methodology or normalizer upgrades — readings across versions aren’t compared, so a level shift there isn’t a change in the business.
Tier changesSame-methodology and same-normalizer crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars
Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record cannot be reconstructed retroactively, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.
Insider activity
Form 4 reports mix P/S market or private transactions with compensation-plan mechanics. Activity casually described as “insider selling” can include compensation mechanics; awards, tax withholding, and option exercises are shown by their exact filed class here, never collapsed into “Bought” or “Sold.”
These are disclosed filing facts and arithmetic aggregates, not a signal or verdict.
This machine-readable surface covers SEC ownership filings from 2003; it does not represent earlier paper-era records.
Records still being gathered — partial as of retrieval Aug 11, 2026.
421 filings were skipped because the SEC primary document returned 404; the omission is disclosed and aggregates are withheld.
Among the rows shown, A/F/M acquisition, payment or withholding, and exercise or conversion rows outnumber S sale rows (7 versus 0). The filing codes alone do not establish that every such row arose from a compensation plan.
Trailing-12-month totals and the 90-day cluster result are withheld because this issuer walk is incomplete.
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Insider
Shares owned after
Date
Filing detail
Massy Robert L.Sr. VP and Chief HR Officer
Grant, award, or other acquisition (A)Table II · Acquired · Phantom Stock Units
0.3057
$110.52
$34
173.1083
Jul 31, 2026
1 filed lot
Table II · Phantom Stock Units: 0.3057 shares at $110.52 · code A · owned after 173.1083 ·
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores PPG INDUSTRIES INC (PPG) 72.0 out of 100 — a Narrow moat. The five questions behind that score begin at 20% each; if exactly one genuinely lacks data, the other four weights are renormalized and disclosed. revenue and EPS trend 50, pricing power 68, returns on capital 92, balance-sheet safety not measurable from the filings, capital allocation 79.
Is PPG trading below the conservative owner-earnings estimate?
The value if growth stopped today — a zero-growth baseline — is $63.16 per share. It capitalizes normalized owner earnings at a 9% rate and assumes 0% growth. Versus a recent price of $116.00, that is 84% above value if growth stopped today. The model also publishes a capped-growth comparison, but the zero-growth estimate is the cautious baseline. It assumes trailing owner earnings persist and is unreliable for declining businesses. This is an educational estimate from primary SEC filings, not intrinsic value as a fact or investment advice.
How has PPG's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 16 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 72.0 out of 100 (narrow moat). No tier changes on record yet. (Methodology or normalizer upgrades on Jul 20, 2026, Jul 23, 2026, Jul 26, 2026 re-based the score; readings across versions aren't compared.) The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.
Scored from primary SEC filings via the public methodology. Educational only — not a recommendation to buy or sell PPG. See the disclaimer.