Chemours (CC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CC or AXTA?

Chemours presently has a consensus price target of $17.56, indicating a potential upside of 57.17%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $40.38, indicating a potential upside of 27.01%. Given Chemours' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Chemours is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chemours	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Axalta Coating Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more volatility and risk, CC or AXTA?

Chemours has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CC or AXTA?

In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 10 more articles in the media than Chemours. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 14 mentions for Chemours. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Chemours' score of 0.93 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chemours	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Axalta Coating Systems	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CC or AXTA?

Chemours received 103 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.58% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote while only 60.57% of users gave Chemours an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chemours	Outperform Votes 639 60.57%	Underperform Votes 416 39.43%
Axalta Coating Systems	Outperform Votes 536 63.58%	Underperform Votes 307 36.42%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CC or AXTA?

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CC or AXTA?

Axalta Coating Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Chemours	$5.79B	0.29	-$238M	$0.20	55.85
Axalta Coating Systems	$5.24B	1.32	$391M	$2.05	15.51

Is CC or AXTA 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
Chemours	1.51%	26.54%	2.41%
Axalta Coating Systems	7.41%	26.29%	6.77%

Summary

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