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CSW Industrials (CSW) Competitors

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$268.69 +2.21 (+0.83%)
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CSW vs. AXTA, ESI, AVNT, PRM, MEOH, PCT, CC, NGVT, UAN, and BAK

Should you be buying CSW Industrials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CSW Industrials include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Element Solutions (ESI), Avient (AVNT), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Chemours (CC), Ingevity (NGVT), CVR Partners (UAN), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

CSW Industrials vs. Its Competitors

CSW Industrials (NYSE:CSW) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both mid-cap chemicals companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

CSW Industrials has a net margin of 15.18% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 8.58%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 25.32% beat CSW Industrials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CSW Industrials15.18% 13.78% 10.43%
Axalta Coating Systems 8.58%25.32%7.05%

CSW Industrials has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CSW Industrials$878.30M5.14$136.65M$8.3732.10
Axalta Coating Systems$5.28B1.29$391M$2.0415.43

CSW Industrials currently has a consensus price target of $319.75, suggesting a potential upside of 19.00%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus price target of $37.71, suggesting a potential upside of 19.82%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than CSW Industrials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CSW Industrials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Axalta Coating Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

82.8% of CSW Industrials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of CSW Industrials shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, CSW Industrials had 4 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for CSW Industrials and 11 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat CSW Industrials' score of 1.32 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
CSW Industrials
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Axalta Coating Systems
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats CSW Industrials on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CSW vs. The Competition

MetricCSW IndustrialsAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.48B$1.30B$6.49B$21.17B
Dividend Yield0.41%4.41%4.17%3.54%
P/E Ratio32.1022.6014.3528.99
Price / Sales5.142,437.801,765.7654.60
Price / Cash24.8160.62127.5023.61
Price / Book4.071.395.115.33
Net Income$136.65M$265.04M$1.23B$995.89M
7 Day Performance1.52%0.55%0.97%2.56%
1 Month Performance-5.20%1.01%2.19%2.81%
1 Year Performance-17.70%6.69%23.91%11.06%

CSW Industrials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSW
CSW Industrials
2.3325 of 5 stars
$268.69
+0.8%
$319.75
+19.0%
-18.1%$4.48B$878.30M32.102,600News Coverage
Positive News
AXTA
Axalta Coating Systems
4.3627 of 5 stars
$30.48
+0.2%
$37.71
+23.7%
-12.0%$6.59B$5.28B14.9412,800Positive News
ESI
Element Solutions
3.5793 of 5 stars
$25.02
+0.3%
$27.38
+9.4%
-2.1%$6.03B$2.46B25.025,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AVNT
Avient
4.2838 of 5 stars
$35.80
+1.0%
$45.60
+27.4%
-22.4%$3.25B$3.24B27.979,200Positive News
PRM
Perimeter Solutions
2.9027 of 5 stars
$18.66
+0.5%
$18.50
-0.9%
+90.9%$2.72B$560.97M43.40240News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MEOH
Methanex
4.6236 of 5 stars
$33.97
-1.1%
$44.88
+32.1%
-23.1%$2.66B$3.72B10.021,415Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
1.8883 of 5 stars
$12.69
-4.6%
$14.67
+15.6%
+116.7%$2.40BN/A-7.51120News Coverage
Positive News
CC
Chemours
3.7322 of 5 stars
$14.92
+2.1%
$17.38
+16.5%
-21.0%$2.19B$5.78B-5.336,000Positive News
NGVT
Ingevity
1.867 of 5 stars
$55.24
+1.2%
$55.00
-0.4%
+47.7%$1.99B$1.32B-9.281,600Positive News
UAN
CVR Partners
1.0189 of 5 stars
$92.13
+0.9%
N/A+27.6%$1.56B$525.32M11.07300
BAK
Braskem
1.5579 of 5 stars
$2.95
+3.1%
$9.75
+230.5%
-49.4%$1.14B$14.36B-1.178,382

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