AXTA vs. PPG, GGB, TX, RGLD, CLF, KGC, FMC, ATI, X, and PAAS
Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include PPG Industries (PPG), Gerdau (GGB), Ternium (TX), Royal Gold (RGLD), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Kinross Gold (KGC), FMC (FMC), ATI (ATI), United States Steel (X), and Pan American Silver (PAAS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 2 more articles in the media than PPG Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 10 mentions for PPG Industries. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.86 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PPG Industries received 451 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 63.03% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
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.
Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.62%. PPG Industries has a consensus target price of $155.47, indicating a potential upside of 15.64%. Given PPG Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PPG Industries has a net margin of 7.74% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 4.77%. PPG Industries' return on equity of 22.98% beat Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity.
Summary
PPG Industries beats Axalta Coating Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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