ESI vs. AXTA, ALTM, CSWI, AVNT, PCT, MEOH, PRM, CC, UAN, and NGVT
Should you be buying Element Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Element Solutions include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), CSW Industrials (CSWI), Avient (AVNT), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Methanex (MEOH), Perimeter Solutions (PRM), Chemours (CC), CVR Partners (UAN), and Ingevity (NGVT). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Element Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Element Solutions (NYSE:ESI) and Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Element Solutions has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Element Solutions and Element Solutions both had 8 articles in the media. Element Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Axalta Coating Systems' score of 0.31 indicating that Element Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.3% of Element Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 6.9% of Element Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Element Solutions has a net margin of 11.56% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 8.56%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 26.30% beat Element Solutions' return on equity.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Element Solutions. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Element Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Element Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.29%. Axalta Coating Systems has a consensus target price of $40.44, suggesting a potential upside of 30.99%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Element Solutions.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Element Solutions on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:ESI) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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