Chemours (CC) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, AXTA or CC?

Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AXTA or CC?

98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Chemours shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend AXTA or CC?

Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.54%. Chemours has a consensus target price of $23.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.35%. Given Chemours' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chemours is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.

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
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is AXTA or CC more profitable?

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.34%. Chemours' return on equity of 29.48% beat Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axalta Coating Systems	6.22%	24.92%	6.25%
Chemours	1.34%	29.48%	2.74%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AXTA or CC?

Chemours received 108 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.56% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 60.69% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axalta Coating Systems	Outperform Votes 525 63.56%	Underperform Votes 301 36.44%
Chemours	Outperform Votes 633 60.69%	Underperform Votes 410 39.31%

Which has better valuation and earnings, AXTA or CC?

Axalta Coating Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, 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
Axalta Coating Systems	$5.18B	1.53	$267.40M	$1.48	24.51
Chemours	$6.03B	0.48	-$238M	$0.50	38.82

Does the media prefer AXTA or CC?

In the previous week, Chemours had 5 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Chemours and 10 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Chemours' score of -0.44 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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