The “Chart of the Day” is PPG Industries (PPG), which showed up on Wednesday’s Barchart “All-Time High” list. PPG on Wednesday posted a new all-time high of $98.89 and closed up 0.13%. TrendSpotter issued a Buy signal on April 12 at $96.83. In recent news on the stock, Citigroup on April 16 upgraded PPG to a Buy from Neutral and raised its target to $114 from $107, citing the benefits from lower natural gas prices and the improvement in the automotive and aerospace sectors. PPG management on April 5 provided Q1 EPS guidance of $1.75-1.80, which was substantially higher than the consensus of $1.44. PPG Industries, with a market cap of $14 billion, produces coatings, glass, and chemicals.
How we found the Chart of the Day:
We found the “Chart of the Day” by scanning the Barchart “All Time High” list. In order to get to that list, we first clicked on the Stocks menu item on the Barchart home page, then on the “All Time Highs” menu item on the left menu bar. We then sorted the list by percentage gainers by clicking on the “Percent” column title. A stock that has posted a new All-Time high is typically showing strong upside momentum.
The status of Barchart’s Opinion trading systems are listed below. Please note that the Barchart Opinion indicators are updated live during the session every 10 minutes and can therefore change during the day as the market fluctuates. The indicator numbers shown below therefore may not match what you see live on the Barchart.com web site when you read this report.
- TrendSpotter: Buy
- Short-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
- Medium-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
- Long-Term Indicators: 100% Buy
- Overall Average 100% Buy
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