Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.540-0.540 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.500. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Axalta Coating Systems also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.500-2.600 EPS.

Axalta Coating Systems Stock Performance

NYSE AXTA traded down $0.20 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $37.81. 532,651 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,735,427. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $8.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.55, a PEG 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 business has a 50 day moving average of $36.52 and a 200-day moving average of $36.39.

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.31 billion. Axalta Coating Systems had a net margin of 6.22% and a return on equity of 24.92%. Axalta Coating Systems’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Axalta Coating Systems will post 2.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on AXTA shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on shares of Axalta Coating Systems from $44.00 to $42.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Mizuho dropped their price objective on shares of Axalta Coating Systems from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 7th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Axalta Coating Systems from $44.00 to $45.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Wolfe Research upgraded shares of Axalta Coating Systems from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $41.00 target price on the stock in a report on Friday, January 17th. Finally, Evercore ISI began coverage on Axalta Coating Systems in a report on Wednesday, November 13th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $47.00 target price for the company. Three investment 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $43.08.

Axalta Coating Systems Company Profile

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.