Axalta Coating Systems - AXTA Competitors

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Sibanye Stillwater (NYSE:SBSW) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.

Do analysts prefer AXTA or SBSW?

Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus price target of $31.45, indicating a potential upside of 12.64%. Sibanye Stillwater has a consensus price target of $13.48, indicating a potential upside of 57.79%. Given Sibanye Stillwater's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sibanye Stillwater is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axalta Coating Systems	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Sibanye Stillwater	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AXTA or SBSW?

Axalta Coating Systems received 460 more outperform votes than Sibanye Stillwater when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 58.18% of users gave Sibanye Stillwater an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axalta Coating Systems	Outperform Votes 492 63.81%	Underperform Votes 279 36.19%
Sibanye Stillwater	Outperform Votes 32 58.18%	Underperform Votes 23 41.82%

Does the media favor AXTA or SBSW?

In the previous week, Sibanye Stillwater had 4 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Sibanye Stillwater and 3 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Sibanye Stillwater's score of 0.29 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Axalta Coating Systems	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sibanye Stillwater	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, AXTA or SBSW?

Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sibanye Stillwater has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AXTA or SBSW?

6.8% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Sibanye Stillwater shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AXTA or SBSW more profitable?

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Sibanye Stillwater's net margin of 0.00%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 23.50% beat Sibanye Stillwater's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axalta Coating Systems	3.92%	23.50%	4.73%
Sibanye Stillwater	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has better valuation & earnings, AXTA or SBSW?

Sibanye Stillwater has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Axalta Coating Systems	$4.88 billion	1.26	$191.60 million	$0.86	32.47
Sibanye Stillwater	$8.45 billion	0.72	$1.13 billion	N/A	N/A

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Sibanye Stillwater on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.