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Axalta Coating Systems vs Solstice Advanced Materials

AXTA and SOLS side by side, both in chemicals and allied products. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How AXTA and SOLS compare

Solstice Advanced Materials is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Axalta Coating Systems ($10.5B against $7.8B).

On earnings, Axalta Coating Systems is cheaper: it trades at 23.6× trailing earnings, against 32.4× for Solstice Advanced Materials.

Solstice Advanced Materials grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.4% versus 0.14% for Axalta Coating Systems).

Solstice Advanced Materials keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 7.8% compared with 6.5% at Axalta Coating Systems.

Solstice Advanced Materials pays a dividend yielding 0.34%; Axalta Coating Systems does not pay one.

Axalta Coating Systems scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 7 for Solstice Advanced Materials), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricAXTASOLS
Size and price
Market cap$7.8B$10.5B
Share price$36.56$66.12
Change, 1 year24.7%40.9%
Change, 5 years9.8%–
Beta (5Y)1.08–
Employees12K4,100
StockData Score
Total score12 (better)7
Valuation score4 (better)0
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score4 (better)2
Health score3 (better)2
Dividend score01 (better)
Valuation
P/E23.6× (better)32.4×
P/S1.5× (better)2.5×
P/B3.0× (better)6.7×
EV/EBITDA10.8×–
P/FCF15.7× (better)23.5×
PEG0.89–
FCF yield6.4% (better)4.2%
Fair value$40.23$45.19
Margin of safety9.1% (better)−46.3%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)0.14%9.4% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average6.5%–
Net income growth (TTM)−26.6%−1.2% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−25.8%–
EPS growth, 5Y average27.3%–
Profitability
Gross margin33.6% (better)30.9%
Operating margin12.4%–
Net margin6.5%7.8% (better)
FCF margin9.6%10.7% (better)
Return on equity13.6% (better)13.6%
Return on invested capital8.8%–
Financial health
Debt / equity1.14 (better)1.26
Net debt / EBITDA2.47–
Interest coverage4.2×–
Current ratio1.53 (better)1.38
Altman Z-score2.45 (better)2.30
Piotroski F-score7 (better)4
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield–0.34%
Payout ratio–473%
Shareholder yield0.00%0.34% (better)
Ownership
Held by institutions106%84.4%
Held by insiders0.49%0.04%
Superinvestors holding11
Short interest, % of float4.2%2.9%

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