AXTA vs. PAAS, GGB, FMC, ATI, OLN, CMC, ICL, WFG, RGLD, and KGC
Should you be buying Axalta Coating Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axalta Coating Systems include Pan American Silver (PAAS), Gerdau (GGB), FMC (FMC), ATI (ATI), Olin (OLN), Commercial Metals (CMC), ICL Group (ICL), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Royal Gold (RGLD), and Kinross Gold (KGC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pan American Silver has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 4.77% compared to Pan American Silver's net margin of -5.24%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 21.82% beat Pan American Silver's return on equity.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Pan American Silver. Pan American Silver 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 owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Pan American Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.09%. Pan American Silver has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.54%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Pan American Silver.
Axalta Coating Systems received 13 more outperform votes than Pan American Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave Pan American Silver an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 4 more articles in the media than Pan American Silver. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 17 mentions for Pan American Silver. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Pan American Silver's score of 0.75 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Pan American Silver on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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