Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.500-2.600 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.350. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.4 billion-$5.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.4 billion. Axalta Coating Systems also updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.540-0.540 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

AXTA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup lowered Axalta Coating Systems from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $45.00 to $41.00 in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Axalta Coating Systems from $44.00 to $42.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 19th. Mizuho decreased their price target on shares of Axalta Coating Systems from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Axalta Coating Systems from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $41.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Axalta Coating Systems from $44.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $43.00.

Axalta Coating Systems Stock Up 8.5 %

Shares of AXTA stock traded up $2.98 on Tuesday, reaching $38.09. 1,485,284 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,631,387. The company has a market capitalization of $8.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.46. Axalta Coating Systems has a 12-month low of $30.40 and a 12-month high of $41.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.42 and a current ratio of 2.00. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $36.70 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.37.

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.08. Axalta Coating Systems had a return on equity of 24.92% and a net margin of 6.22%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.43 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Axalta Coating Systems will post 2.15 earnings per share for the current year.

About Axalta Coating Systems

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.