CSWI vs. AXTA, ICL, ESI, ALTM, AVNT, MEOH, CC, BAK, PRM, and NGVT
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), Element Solutions (ESI), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Braskem (BAK), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and Ingevity (NGVT). 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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Axalta Coating Systems received 281 more outperform votes than CSW Industrials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.69% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave CSW Industrials an outperform vote.
In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 4 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for CSW Industrials and 4 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.25 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CSW Industrials presently has a consensus target price of $379.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.47%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus target price of $43.08, indicating a potential upside of 19.63%. Given CSW Industrials' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe CSW Industrials is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.53% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 7.41%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.29% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.
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.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats CSW Industrials on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CSWI) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
