ALTM vs. AXTA, ICL, ESI, CSWI, AVNT, MEOH, CC, PRM, PCT, and BAK
Should you be buying Arcadium Lithium stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Arcadium Lithium include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), ICL Group (ICL), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), Chemours (CC), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Arcadium Lithium vs.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Arcadium Lithium (NYSE:ALTM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Arcadium Lithium had 2 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Arcadium Lithium and 7 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Arcadium Lithium's score of 0.11 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus target price of $43.18, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. Arcadium Lithium has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.64%. Given Arcadium Lithium's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Arcadium Lithium is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
Axalta Coating Systems received 522 more outperform votes than Arcadium Lithium when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.52% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 15.38% of users gave Arcadium Lithium an outperform vote.
Arcadium Lithium has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. Arcadium Lithium 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.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.0% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Arcadium Lithium shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 6.22% compared to Arcadium Lithium's net margin of 0.00%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 24.92% beat Arcadium Lithium's return on equity.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arcadium Lithium has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Arcadium Lithium on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALTM) was last updated on 1/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
