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$36.28 +0.62 (+1.72%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AXTA vs. NTR, ICL, CSWI, ALTM, ESI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, and PCT

Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), and PureCycle Technologies (PCT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Axalta Coating Systems vs.

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

98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Nutrien shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Nutrien shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutrien has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.54%. Nutrien has a consensus target price of $59.21, suggesting a potential upside of 14.78%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Nutrien.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Axalta Coating Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Nutrien
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

Axalta Coating Systems received 89 more outperform votes than Nutrien when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.56% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 62.73% of users gave Nutrien an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Axalta Coating SystemsOutperform Votes
525
63.56%
Underperform Votes
301
36.44%
NutrienOutperform Votes
436
62.73%
Underperform Votes
259
37.27%

In the previous week, Nutrien had 3 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Nutrien and 10 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Nutrien's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.61 indicating that Nutrien is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Axalta Coating Systems
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nutrien
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Axalta Coating Systems$5.18B1.53$267.40M$1.4824.51
Nutrien$26.56B0.95$1.26B$1.4934.62

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Nutrien's net margin of 2.79%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 24.92% beat Nutrien's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Axalta Coating Systems6.22% 24.92% 6.25%
Nutrien 2.79%6.99%3.32%

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Nutrien on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AXTA vs. The Competition

MetricAxalta Coating SystemsPaints & allied products IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.91B$15.23B$2.94B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A1.50%5.10%3.70%
P/E Ratio24.5120.26110.1941.44
Price / Sales1.531.49871,268.4317.21
Price / Cash11.8312.7124.2819.84
Price / Book4.533.613.725.73
Net Income$267.40M$708.92M$152.70M$993.95M
7 Day Performance7.45%5.19%1.57%3.14%
1 Month Performance-0.32%-0.84%2.33%1.89%
1 Year Performance11.31%-5.33%26.03%19.67%

Axalta Coating Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.6735 of 5 stars
$36.28
+1.7%
$43.00
+18.5%
+11.3%$7.91B$5.18B24.5112,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
NTR
Nutrien
4.612 of 5 stars
$51.19
+5.6%
$59.21
+15.7%
+5.4%$25.21B$26.56B34.3625,900Short Interest ↑
ICL
ICL Group
2.1317 of 5 stars
$5.49
+5.6%
$4.00
-27.1%
+36.1%$7.21B$6.93B17.7113,350Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
CSWI
CSW Industrials
4.1435 of 5 stars
$365.84
+1.0%
$421.33
+15.2%
+83.2%$6.15B$839.93M49.712,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
ALTM
Arcadium Lithium
2.1238 of 5 stars
$5.71
+0.9%
$11.00
+92.6%
+7.4%$6.14B$1.21B21.151,470Short Interest ↑
ESI
Element Solutions
4.6065 of 5 stars
$25.00
-1.5%
$31.40
+25.6%
+19.2%$6.05B$2.41B22.525,300Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
AVNT
Avient
4.9387 of 5 stars
$39.96
+4.7%
$55.50
+38.9%
+15.8%$3.65B$3.21B24.679,700Short Interest ↓
Positive News
MEOH
Methanex
4.3971 of 5 stars
$48.05
+0.7%
$57.25
+19.1%
+13.5%$3.24B$3.69B22.451,451Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CC
Chemours
3.9684 of 5 stars
$18.41
+4.4%
$23.75
+29.0%
-32.6%$2.75B$5.75B36.826,200Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
1.2994 of 5 stars
$12.90
+2.1%
$14.50
+12.4%
+237.6%$1.89B$534.19M-11.42240Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.1781 of 5 stars
$9.66
-0.4%
$12.50
+29.4%
+196.6%$1.68BN/A-6.44146Gap Down

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