CSWI vs. AXTA, ICL, ALTM, ESI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, PCT, and BAK
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), ICL Group (ICL), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
CSW Industrials vs.
CSW Industrials (NASDAQ:CSWI) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than CSW Industrials. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CSW Industrials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 8 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for CSW Industrials and 10 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat CSW Industrials' score of 0.20 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
CSW Industrials presently has a consensus price target of $404.67, indicating a potential upside of 3.70%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $43.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.54%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than CSW Industrials.
Axalta Coating Systems received 278 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 63.01% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote.
CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 13.77% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 6.22%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 24.92% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats CSW Industrials on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSWI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
