CSW vs. AXTA, ESI, AVNT, PCT, MEOH, PRM, CC, NGVT, UAN, and BAK
Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
CSW Industrials vs. Its Competitors
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) are both mid-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.
Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus price target of $38.80, suggesting a potential upside of 30.44%. CSW Industrials has a consensus price target of $347.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.41%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than CSW Industrials.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of CSW Industrials shares are held by company 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 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.
CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.56% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 8.56%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.30% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.
In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 4 more articles in the media than CSW Industrials. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 14 mentions for CSW Industrials. CSW Industrials' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.19 indicating that CSW Industrials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats CSW Industrials on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CSW) was last updated on 7/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
