PPG Industriesreason 02 of 4it can hold its price and keep the customerderived 2026-09-08accession 0000079879-26-000252
PPG demonstrates pricing power sufficient to pass through cost inflation in real time across diverse geographies and end-markets, protecting margins even during inflationary periods. The company's ability to achieve 2% price increases globally while maintaining volume growth indicates customers cannot easily substitute away.
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the claims it rests on
“The company has proactively made price adjustments globally and across all our businesses, resulting in a 2% selling price improvement in the second quarter”
“In the second quarter, this selling price improvement offset approximately 90% of the cost of goods sold inflation, and we currently anticipate that 100% of cost of goods sold inflation will be offset by higher selling prices and productivity initiatives by the fourth quarter”
“Net sales were approximately $4.5 billion for the three months ended June 30, 2026, an increase of 7% compared to the prior year primarily due to higher selling prices, higher sales volumes and the favorable impact of foreign currency translation”
what it was checked against
Latin America price + volume growth
“Architectural coatings - Latin America and Asia Pacific organic sales increased by a mid-single-digit percentage year over year driven by volume growth in Latin America and higher selling prices.”
pricing offsetting cost inflation
“Segment income of $340 million was 22% higher than the prior year. The increase was driven by higher selling prices, favorable foreign currency translation and cost-control actions partially offset by cost of goods sold inflation.”