Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Competitors

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) 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 profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in NTR or AXTA?

63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Nutrien 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate NTR or AXTA?

Nutrien presently has a consensus target price of $60.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.33%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus target price of $41.64, indicating a potential upside of 33.79%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Nutrien.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nutrien	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Axalta Coating Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Is NTR or AXTA more profitable?

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 7.41% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.62%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.29% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nutrien	2.62%	6.81%	3.23%
Axalta Coating Systems	7.41%	26.29%	6.77%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NTR or AXTA?

Axalta Coating Systems received 92 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.76% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 62.20% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 441 62.20%	Underperform Votes 268 37.80%
Axalta Coating Systems	Outperform Votes 533 63.76%	Underperform Votes 303 36.24%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NTR or AXTA?

Nutrien has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nutrien, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Nutrien	$25.97B	0.99	$1.26B	$1.37	38.31
Axalta Coating Systems	$5.28B	1.29	$391M	$1.78	17.49

Does the media prefer NTR or AXTA?

In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 8 more articles in the media than Nutrien. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 25 mentions for Nutrien. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.70 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Axalta Coating Systems	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, NTR or AXTA?

Nutrien has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Nutrien on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.