Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) Competitors

Nutrien (NYSE:NTR) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NTR or AXTA?

Axalta Coating Systems received 90 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.78% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nutrien	Outperform Votes 440 62.15%	Underperform Votes 268 37.85%
Axalta Coating Systems	Outperform Votes 530 63.78%	Underperform Votes 301 36.22%

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%

Which has more volatility & risk, NTR or AXTA?

Nutrien has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NTR or AXTA?

Nutrien presently has a consensus price target of $60.13, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $43.08, suggesting a potential upside of 25.66%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Axalta Coating Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	0.94	$1.26B	$1.37	36.61
Axalta Coating Systems	$5.28B	1.42	$391M	$1.78	19.26

Does the media favor NTR or AXTA?

In the previous week, Nutrien had 3 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Nutrien and 7 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 1.37 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nutrien	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Axalta Coating Systems	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Nutrien on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.