Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA - Get Free Report) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.600-0.630 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.660. The company issued revenue guidance of -, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.4 billion. Axalta Coating Systems also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.500-2.600 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently commented on AXTA shares. Mizuho set a $37.00 price objective on Axalta Coating Systems in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. BNP Paribas raised Axalta Coating Systems from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $38.00 price target for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Barclays lifted their price objective on Axalta Coating Systems from $44.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Wolfe Research upgraded Axalta Coating Systems from a "peer perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $41.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Axalta Coating Systems from $42.00 to $32.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $40.60.

Axalta Coating Systems Price Performance

NYSE:AXTA traded down $0.19 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $31.08. 2,979,834 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,010,028. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $32.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $35.55. Axalta Coating Systems has a 52-week low of $27.70 and a 52-week high of $41.66. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 1.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.74. The company has a market cap of $6.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.46, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.35.

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.29 billion. Axalta Coating Systems had a return on equity of 26.29% and a net margin of 7.41%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.48 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Axalta Coating Systems will post 2.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Troy D. Weaver sold 10,457 shares of Axalta Coating Systems stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $37.57, for a total value of $392,869.49. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 74,905 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,814,180.85. This trade represents a 12.25 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company's stock.

Axalta Coating Systems Company Profile

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes high-performance coatings systems in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through two segments, Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings.