Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA)Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Philadelphia, United States | NYSE
37.02 USD
+0.33
(0.899%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 37.29 +0.27 (0.733%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT
The most critical development here is the pending merger of equals with AkzoNobel, which fundamentally alters the investment thesis. While the company recently beat earnings estimates, the soft guidance and the massive concentration of put buying at deep discounts suggest the market is pricing in significant downside risk or a deal failure scenario. The statistical forecast model shows a neutral lean, but the options flow screams caution. For the short term, the stock is volatile and risky due to this uncertainty; the heavy put wall acts as a psychological barrier preventing a clean breakout. Long-term, the merger offers a path to scale and efficiency, but the current valuation and the lack of a dividend yield make it a speculative play rather than a core holding. The price has underperformed its longer-term average, yet the upcoming corporate restructuring creates a binary event risk that dominates the current outlook. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.059568 |
| AutoETS | 0.059569 |
| AutoTheta | 0.066072 |
| MSTL | 0.067373 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 5.24 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.155 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 119.424 |
| Revenue per Share | 24.071 |
| Market Cap | 7,923,020,288 |
| Trailing P/E | 22.57 |
| Forward P/E | 12.95 |
| Beta | 1.24 |
| Profit Margins | 6.78% |
| Website | https://www.axalta.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:49 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy out-of-the-money put volume at strikes significantly below the current price (e.g., $25, $28), suggesting a fear of a sharp downside gap or a 'crash' scenario. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in-the-money and at the money, indicating buyers are willing to pay for immediate upside but lack the conviction to place deep out-of-the-money bets. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term expiration, reflecting uncertainty surrounding the pending merger.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.18240416 |
| Address1 | 1,050 Constitution Avenue |
| All Time High | 41.655 |
| All Time Low | 12.92 |
| Ask | 37.04 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,470,620 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,943,406 |
| Average Volume | 1,943,406 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,470,620 |
| Beta | 1.241 |
| Bid | 37.02 |
| Bid Size | 300 |
| Board Risk | 1 |
| Book Value | 11.785 |
| City | Philadelphia |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 2 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 37.02 |
| Current Ratio | 1.533 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 37.32 |
| Day Low | 36.53 |
| Debt To Equity | 119.424 |
| Display Name | Axalta Coating Systems |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,240,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,240,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.18 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.183 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,241,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,190,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,190,600 |
| Ebitda | 991,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.19243 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.499 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.02 |
| Enterprise Value | 10,404,020,224 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.65038 |
| Eps Forward | 2.85942 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.64 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 34.8776 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.1423988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.061426207 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 18.240416 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 38.61 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5900002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.041181043 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 24.937 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 12.083 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.48454106 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 24.937 - 38.61 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,415,802,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 212,742,298 |
| Forward Eps | 2.85942 |
| Forward P E | 12.946681 |
| Free Cashflow | 539,500,032 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 12,200 |
| Fullday Change | 0.330002 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.899433 |
| Fullday Price | 37.2912 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.34039003 |
| Gross Profits | 1,752,999,936 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0044400003 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.08129 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 214,019,997 |
| Industry | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Disp | Specialty Chemicals |
| Industry Key | specialty-chemicals |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., through its subsidiaries, manufactures, markets, and distributes high-performance coatings systems in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The company operates through two segments, Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings. It also offers water and solvent-borne products and systems to repair damaged vehicles for independent body shops, multi-shop operators, and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) dealership body shops. In addition, the company provides functional and decorative liquid, and powder coatings for building materials, cabinet, wood and luxury vinyl flooring, and furniture applications under the Imron Industrial, Tufcote Industrial, Corlar Industrial, Strenex Industrial, PercoTop, Voltatex, AquaEC, Durapon, Hydropon, UNRIVALED, Ceranamel, Alesta, Teodur, Nap-Gard, Abcite, and Plascoat brands. Further, it develops and supplies electrocoat, primer, the basecoat, and clearcoat products for OEMs of light and commercial vehicles; and coatings systems for various commercial applications, including HDT, MDT, bus, rail, motorcycles, marine and aviation, trailers, recreational vehicles, and personal sport vehicles under the Imron, Imron Elite, Centari, Rival, Corlar epoxy undercoats, and AquaEC brands. The company also offers products under the Audurra, Abcite, Alesta, AquaEC, Axalta Irus Mix, Axalta Irus Scan, Axalta NextJet, Axalta Nimbus, Centari, Ceranamel, Challenger, Chemophan, ColorNet, Cromax, Cromax Mosaic, Durapon 70, Duxone, Harmonized Coating Technologies, Hydropon, Imron ExcelPro, Imron Elite, Imron, Lutophen, Nap-Gard, Nason, Spies Hecker, Standox, Stollaquid, Syntopal, Syrox, Raptor, Rival, U-POL, and Vermeera brands. The company was formerly known as Axalta Coating Systems Bermuda Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. in August 2014. Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Long Name | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 7,923,020,288 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_216313883 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 349,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 7,852,393,689 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 14 |
| Open | 37.19 |
| Operating Cashflow | 701,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.15156001 |
| Overall Risk | 1 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.04 |
| Phone | 855 547 1461 |
| Post Market Change | 0.27119827 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.7325723 |
| Post Market Price | 37.2912 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,805 |
| Previous Close | 36.69 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.967809 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.1412814 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.5384505 |
| Profit Margins | 0.06777 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.006 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.26667 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.330002 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.899433 |
| Regular Market Day High | 37.32 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 36.53 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 36.53 - 37.32 |
| Regular Market Open | 37.19 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 36.69 |
| Regular Market Price | 37.02 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,910,190 |
| Return On Assets | 0.06121 |
| Return On Equity | 0.14344 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.031 |
| Revenue Per Share | 24.071 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 214,019,997 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0481 |
| Shares Short | 10,292,632 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 9,377,982 |
| Short Name | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0559 |
| Short Ratio | 6.28 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | PA |
| Symbol | AXTA |
| Target High Price | 44.0 |
| Target Low Price | 33.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 38.57143 |
| Target Median Price | 38.5 |
| Total Cash | 634,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.962 |
| Total Debt | 3,068,000,000 |
| Total Revenue | 5,150,000,128 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.64 |
| Trailing P E | 22.573172 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 31.62155 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 5.398451 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.17072064 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,910,190 |
| Website | https://www.axalta.com |
| Zip | 19,112 |