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PPG Industries price to free cash flow PPG

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
17.5×
10-year median
22.3×
Against its 10-year history
8th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
11.3× to 103×
Peer median
21.7×

PPG Industries' price to free cash flow is 17.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 22.3×, lower than on 92% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.3× in Mar 2020 to 103× in Dec 2022.

The median for 10 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 21.7×.

Price to free cash flow over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far17.5×16.4×40.7×
202532.3×20.5×37.5×
202421.8×17.0×23.7×
202322.5×18.1×99.4×
202294.4×20.7×103×
202123.8×16.8×23.8×
202021.1×11.3×21.6×
201919.0×17.6×31.8×
201829.5×20.8×31.8×
201723.7×18.1×32.6×
201622.1×14.8×26.1×
201527.1×26.4×84.4×
201434.1×16.3×34.1×
201316.8×13.7×18.2×
201215.5×12.5×15.5×
201112.8×12.2×16.6×
201013.2×7.5×13.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest PPG Industries' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPrice to free cash flow
PPGPPG Industries17.5×
IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances44.5×
LYBLyondellBasell Industries13.6×
RPMRPM International17.8×
CLXClorox25.8×
APDAir Products and Chemicalsn/m
NEUNewmarket16.9×
ECLEcolab43.1×
SHWSherwin-Williams25.5×
AXTAAxalta Coating Systems14.8×
SXTSensient Technologiesn/m
Peer median21.7×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.