Chemours (CC) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate AXTA or CC?

Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus price target of $41.36, suggesting a potential upside of 28.24%. Chemours has a consensus price target of $21.56, suggesting a potential upside of 76.11%. Given Chemours' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chemours is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axalta Coating Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is AXTA or CC more profitable?

Axalta Coating Systems has a net margin of 7.41% compared to Chemours' net margin of 1.51%. Chemours' return on equity of 26.54% beat Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axalta Coating Systems	7.41%	26.29%	6.77%
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AXTA or CC?

Chemours received 104 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 60.67% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axalta Coating Systems	Outperform Votes 533 63.68%	Underperform Votes 304 36.32%
Chemours	Outperform Votes 637 60.67%	Underperform Votes 413 39.33%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, AXTA or CC?

Axalta Coating Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Chemours. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chemours, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Axalta Coating Systems	$5.28B	1.34	$391M	$1.78	18.12
Chemours	$5.78B	0.32	-$238M	$0.57	21.47

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AXTA or CC?

98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.3% of Chemours shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Chemours shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, AXTA or CC?

Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chemours has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer AXTA or CC?

In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 13 more articles in the media than Chemours. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 7 mentions for Chemours. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Chemours' score of 0.85 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	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chemours	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Chemours on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.