Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA) is a publicly traded company in the Basic Materials — Chemicals - Specialty industry listed on NYSE. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. is a leading global enterprise focused on the development, sale, and distribution of advanced, high-performance coating solutions. Its operations extend across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region, and Latin America. The company's business is organized into two principal divisions: Performance Coatings and Transportation Coatings.
Is Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA) trades at 20.7× earnings (P/E), above the median of the 156 materials companies over $2bn in Kaplio's universe. At the decade median (25.9×) $42 (+25 %); at its sector median (18.8×) $30 (-9 %).
Kaplio overview: Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
Market cap $7B · 52 weeks $25 – $38 (12 % below the high) · P/E 20.7× · 2027 expected P/E 11.9× · Dividend none · Next earnings February 17, 2027 · expected EPS $0.64 · Closing price, Oct 29 · accounts published Oct 29.
- Valuation: P/E 20.7× (fairly priced).
- Business: ROIC 7 % (weak).
- Balance sheet: Net debt/EBITDA 2.6× (solid).
- Earnings: 6 of 8 (on track).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
At the decade median (25.9×) $42 (+25 %); at its sector median (18.8×) $30 (-9 %). Implied price from applying the reference multiples to today's earnings (or book value, or FFO) per share. Not a fair value: it is where the stock would trade at its usual multiples.
What matters in materials: 5 of 7 pass
- Capex / D&A 0.7×, fails.
- P/B across cycles 2.7×, fails.
- FCF yield 10.5 %, passes.
- Gross margin 32.6 %, passes, near the threshold.
- Net debt / EBITDA (trough) 2.6×, passes.
- Altman Z-Score 2.4, passes.
- Cycle-adjusted EV/EBITDA 10.0×, passes.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.: P/E 20.8×; EV/EBITDA 10.0×; ROIC 7.0 %; $7.2B. H.B. Fuller Company (P/E 13.8×; EV/EBITDA 8.6×; ROIC 6.6 %; $2.7B), PPG Industries, Inc. (P/E 17.2×; EV/EBITDA 11.1×; ROIC 9.5 %; $26.7B), The Sherwin-Williams Company (P/E 30.3×; EV/EBITDA 19.9×; ROIC 14.4 %; $79.7B).
Expensive or cheap against its last 7 years?
P/E at each close: today 20.8× · median 25.9× · minimum 13.9× · maximum 65.2× · cheap below 21.1× · expensive above 37.2×. It has been cheaper than today only 27% of the time over its last 7 years.
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 13.48% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 7.05% |
| Return on Assets | 4.31% |
| Gross Margin | 32.59% |
| Operating Margin | 12.39% |
| Net Margin | 6.46% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 1.14 |
| Current Ratio | 1.53 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 6 |
| Altman Z-Score | 2.42 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +4.51% |
| 3 months | -6.14% |
| Year-to-date | +4.02% |
| 1 year | +17.27% |
| 3 years | +28.14% |
| 5 years | +7.76% |
| 10 years | +33.85% |
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