AXTA vs. FMC, PAAS, OLN, CMC, GGB, ATI, WFG, ICL, KGC, and RGLD
Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include FMC (FMC), Pan American Silver (PAAS), Olin (OLN), Commercial Metals (CMC), Gerdau (GGB), ATI (ATI), West Fraser Timber (WFG), ICL Group (ICL), Kinross Gold (KGC), and Royal Gold (RGLD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and FMC (NYSE:FMC) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
FMC has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. FMC is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axalta Coating Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FMC had 6 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for FMC and 5 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. FMC's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.63 indicating that FMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FMC has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
FMC received 205 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave FMC an outperform vote while only 62.70% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus price target of $35.70, suggesting a potential upside of 14.35%. FMC has a consensus price target of $71.75, suggesting a potential upside of 22.73%. Given FMC's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FMC is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of FMC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of FMC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
FMC has a net margin of 29.45% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 5.16%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 20.70% beat FMC's return on equity.
Summary
FMC beats Axalta Coating Systems on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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