Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HUN scored 25.5, PPG scored 54.1 — PPG leads.
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HUN
Huntsman Corp
Chemicals · Quality-Growth
25.5
$8.14 · $1.5B
Score gap
28.6
PPG leads
PPG
PPG Industries, Inc.
Specialty Chemicals · Quality-Growth
54.1
$103.96 · $23.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthPPG+2.8%
Strongest balance sheetHUN0.73
Highest qualityPPG70 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HUN
stronger →← stronger
PPG
35
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
70
19
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
46
25
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
49
PPG is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HUN
PPG
-$9mF
FCF
$1.2bC+
+0.6%C
Rev
+2.8%C
0.73B
D/E
0.87C
0.3xA
P/S
—
—
PEG
1.51C+
—
P/E
15.2xB+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HUN
PPG
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
35% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~11%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-25%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-26%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-27%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HUN
Why this score
Cut its dividend
PPG
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
HUNHuntsman Corp
Chemicals · $8.14 · beta 0.80
Why now
Chemicals · market cap $1.5b. Down 49% from 52-week high of $16.09 — deep drawdown territory.
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$9m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Currently unprofitable (margin -3.0%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Down 49% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
PPGPPG Industries, Inc.
Specialty Chemicals · $103.96 · beta 1.05
Why now
Specialty Chemicals · market cap $23.1b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $133.43 — deep drawdown territory. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $125.57 (implying +21% upside).
Moat
ROE 20% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where HUN and PPG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 28.6 points in favor of PPG. The widest single difference is Quality, where PPG leads by 35.4 points.
QualityHUN 35.0 · PPG 70.4PPG +35.4
GrowthHUN 19.2 · PPG 46.4PPG +27.2
ValueHUN 24.8 · PPG 48.5PPG +23.7
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is PPG or HUN the better stock?
PPG scores higher: PPG 54.1, HUN 25.5 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do PPG and HUN differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where PPG leads by 35 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. PPG leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are PPG and HUN scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.