Axalta (AXTA)
Materials · specialty chemicals / coatings · NYSE
Axalta is a leading global coatings manufacturer specializing in high-performance automotive and industrial finish solutions.
What Axalta does
Axalta Coating Systems is a global provider of liquid and powder coatings for the automotive and industrial sectors. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes coatings that provide protection, durability, and aesthetic finish for light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and various industrial applications.
Themes: automotive supply chain, industrial coatings, surface finishing
Fundamentals
- Price$32.81 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$7.0B as of 2026-04-23 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+20.0% 2025-10-08 close $27.35 → 2026-10-08 close $32.81
- P/E20.21 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+7.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+15.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity1.22 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)-0.9% as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+1.6% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.04 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How AXTA compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 91 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 125 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- operating margintop 25% 108 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- return on equitytop 25% 144 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 122 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
AXTA is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
45.6 #967 of 1,379 scored · #44 of 73 in Materials
Profitability 62nd (return on equity 15.8%, operating margin 14.4%) and trend 56th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 5.0 percentage points); weakest is growth (20th, revenue growth year over year -0.9%, 3-year revenue CAGR 1.6%).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
How Axalta looks technically
Axalta (AXTA) is trading 2.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 72 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 6 trading days ago. It is 15.0% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +2.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $34.92 | $34.92 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $32.18 | $32.18 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 72 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 72 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 2.0% above | +2.0% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 21.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 45.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($31.20 to $33.72) — its "stochastic" reading is 64 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 64.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $38.61 | $38.61 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 15.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -15.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 31.6% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +31.6% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 15.0% below its highest point of the past year | 15.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 6 trading days ago | 6 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 44 trading days ago | 44 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $41.66 (set on 2024-11-25) | $41.66 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($25.44 to $38.19), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 42% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $29.90 to $30.31. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 42.2% |
| From the all-time high | it is 21.2% below its all-time high | -21.2% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.0% above a support level at $32.47 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-08-22, most recently on 2026-01-20. Since 2024-10-08 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 4 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $12.92 (set on 2020-03-18) | $12.92 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 153.9% above its all-time low | +153.9% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 1% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 0th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.8366 between its high and its low — about 2.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.8366 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $31.57 and $33.92 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $31.57 – $32.75 – $33.92 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.8 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (2.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.8 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.99× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.5% since the prior reading | -0.5% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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| Since a hammer | 5 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 5 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 6 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 6 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.4% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -1.4% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.3% gap up opened on 2026-09-22 has been "filled" 5 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 7 sessions to close | 5 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 8.7 percentage points (the stock lost 7.7% while the market gained 1.0%) | -8.7% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 3.1 percentage points (the stock gained 0.8% while the market gained 3.8%) | -3.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 6.9 percentage points (the stock gained 24.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | +6.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 5.0 percentage points (the stock gained 20.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | +5.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.4% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.1% of the share price. | -6.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $32.01 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 191 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.5% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 5% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $34.59 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 52 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -5.1% |
Price levels it has turned at before
AXTA last closed at $32.81 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $32.47 | Support | 1.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-08-22 to 2026-01-20 |
| $33.40 | Resistance | 1.8% above the last close | turned there 8 times · 2025-01-10 to 2026-06-29 |
| $31.49 | Support | 4.0% below the last close | turned there 9 times · 2025-06-10 to 2026-10-01 |
| $34.45 | Resistance | 5.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-10-22 to 2025-02-03 |
| $30.73 | Support | 6.3% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-05-09 to 2025-12-01 |
| $35.43 | Resistance | 8.0% above the last close | turned there six times · 2025-02-21 to 2026-08-18 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Near 200-day moving-average support · Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · beating the market · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.19 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 15 analysts
- Mean price target$39.13 range $33.00 – $47.00; median $39.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-06. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for AXTA
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.7075 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-06
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00763 (-1.1%) from $0.7152, on 2026-09-01, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward25% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["fluctuations in raw material costs and availability","global economic conditions affecting automotive production volumes","risks associated with international operations and foreign currency exchange rate volatility"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of AXTA's 10-Q filed 2026-07-29 against the prior one filed 2026-04-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) reports six-month results for the period ended June 30, 2026, including net sales increased 1.3% with a 4.2% foreign currency translation benefit.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) reports Performance Coatings six-month net sales increased 1.0%, driven by 3.8% favorable foreign currency translation and 1.4% contribution from Recent Acquisitions, partially offset by 4.1% lower sales volumes and 0.1% unfavorable average selling prices and product mix.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) reports Mobility Coatings six-month net sales increased 1.9%.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-04-30) reports three-month results for the period ended March 31, 2026, including net sales decreased 0.6% with a 5.7% foreign currency translation benefit.
- Older filing (2026-04-30) reports Performance Coatings three-month net sales decreased 2.4%, driven by 7.9% lower sales volumes, 1.8% lower average selling prices and unfavorable product mix, partially offset by 1.6% contribution from Recent Acquisitions and 5.7% favorable foreign currency translation.
- Older filing (2026-04-30) reports Mobility Coatings three-month net sales increased 2.8%.
- Reworded:
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) describes 52 customer training centers and approximately 12,200 team members; older filing (2026-04-30) describes 50 customer training centers and approximately 12,300 team members.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) omits the words "estimate," and "plans" from the list of forward-looking statement terminology; older filing (2026-04-30) includes "estimate," and "plans" in that list.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29) changes the reporting period in Business Highlights from three months ended March 31, 2026 to six months ended June 30, 2026 and updates the corresponding net sales metrics and segment trends.
Risk Factors
- Added:
- In the newer filing (2026-07-29), Exhibit 2.1* Amendment No. 1 to Merger Agreement, by and among Akzo Nobel N.V. and Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., dated May 27, 2026, is listed, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 28, 2026.
- Removed:
- In the older filing (2026-04-30), Exhibit 10.1^ Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement for U.S. Employees was listed; it is not present in the newer filing (2026-07-29).
- Reworded:
- In the older filing (2026-04-30), Item 5(c) states 'During the three months ended March 31, 2026'; in the newer filing (2026-07-29), Item 5(c) states 'During the three months ended June 30, 2026'.
- In the older filing (2026-04-30), the exhibit list includes a footnote '^ Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.' In the newer filing (2026-07-29), the exhibit list instead includes a footnote '* Previously filed.'
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for AXTA — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
AXTA had 7,960,927 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
AXTA had 3.72% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.58 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 7,960,927
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.72%
- Prior settlement (shares) 9,498,458
- Reported change -16.19%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.58
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- PPG Industries (PPG)
- Sherwin-Williams (SHW)
- AkzoNobel (AKZOY)
- BASF (BASFY)
- Nippon Paint (NIPPY)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Axalta (AXTA) do?
Axalta Coating Systems is a global provider of liquid and powder coatings for the automotive and industrial sectors. The company develops, manufactures, and distributes coatings that provide protection, durability, and aesthetic finish for light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and various industrial applications.
What sector is Axalta (AXTA) in?
Axalta (AXTA) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is specialty chemicals / coatings. It trades on NYSE.
Who are Axalta's (AXTA) competitors?
Notable peers of Axalta (AXTA) include PPG Industries, Sherwin-Williams, AkzoNobel, BASF and Nippon Paint. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Axalta (AXTA) overbought or oversold right now?
Axalta (AXTA) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 45, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on AXTA come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.