AXTA vs. PPG, RPM, LYB, GOLD, NTR, TECK, WPM, CCJ, FNV, and MT
Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include PPG Industries (PPG), RPM International (RPM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Nutrien (NTR), Teck Resources (TECK), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Cameco (CCJ), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and ArcelorMittal (MT).
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. PPG Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axalta Coating Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PPG Industries received 450 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.05% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
PPG Industries has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PPG Industries has a net margin of 7.74% compared to PPG Industries' net margin of 4.77%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 22.98% beat PPG Industries' return on equity.
PPG Industries currently has a consensus target price of $155.47, indicating a potential upside of 21.97%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus target price of $38.23, indicating a potential upside of 7.24%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
In the previous week, PPG Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PPG Industries and 4 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 1.00 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PPG Industries beats Axalta Coating Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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