PRM vs. AXTA, ESI, CSW, AVNT, MEOH, PCT, NGVT, CC, UAN, and BAK
Should you be buying Perimeter Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Perimeter Solutions include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Element Solutions (ESI), CSW Industrials (CSW), Avient (AVNT), Methanex (MEOH), PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Ingevity (NGVT), Chemours (CC), CVR Partners (UAN), and Braskem (BAK). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Perimeter Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Perimeter Solutions. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perimeter Solutions, 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, 89.9% of Perimeter Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Perimeter Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Perimeter Solutions has a net margin of 13.05% compared to Axalta Coating Systems' net margin of 8.58%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 25.32% beat Perimeter Solutions' return on equity.
Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus target price of $37.71, suggesting a potential upside of 23.15%. Perimeter Solutions has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.15%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Perimeter Solutions.
In the previous week, Perimeter Solutions had 1 more articles in the media than Axalta Coating Systems. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Perimeter Solutions and 10 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Perimeter Solutions' score of 1.03 indicating that Axalta Coating Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Axalta Coating Systems beats Perimeter Solutions on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:PRM) was last updated on 8/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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