PPG vs. AXTA, DD, LYB, GOLD, AEM, NTR, TECK, WPM, FNV, and NUE
Should you be buying PPG Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPG Industries include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), DuPont de Nemours (DD), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Nutrien (NTR), Teck Resources (TECK), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Nucor (NUE). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, PPG Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for PPG Industries and 11 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. PPG Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.87 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 currently has a consensus price target of $155.47, suggesting a potential upside of 15.37%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given PPG Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
Summary
PPG Industries beats Axalta Coating Systems on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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