AXTA vs. SBSW, WFG, X, VVV, AUY, UNVR, CMC, SIM, OLN, and ASH
Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), West Fraser Timber (WFG), United States Steel (X), Valvoline (VVV), Yamana Gold (AUY), Univar Solutions (UNVR), Commercial Metals (CMC), Grupo Simec (SIM), Olin (OLN), and Ashland (ASH). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Axalta Coating Systems vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sibanye Stillwater has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Sibanye Stillwater on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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