PCT vs. AXTA, ALTM, ESI, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, PRM, NGVT, BAK, and UAN
Should you be buying PureCycle Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PureCycle Technologies include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Ingevity (NGVT), Braskem (BAK), and CVR Partners (UAN). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
PureCycle Technologies vs. Its Competitors
PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Axalta Coating Systems received 503 more outperform votes than PureCycle Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.33% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 63.58% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies 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.
Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 7.41% compared to PureCycle Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.29% beat PureCycle Technologies' return on equity.
PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PureCycle Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.14%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $40.38, indicating a potential upside of 33.32%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than PureCycle Technologies.
In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies and PureCycle Technologies both had 7 articles in the media. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat PureCycle Technologies' score of 1.30 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats PureCycle Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:PCT) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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