Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) Updates 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 (EPS) guidance of 0.540-0.540 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on AXTA. KeyCorp reaffirmed a “sector weight” rating on shares of Axalta Coating Systems in a research report on Tuesday, December 17th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on Axalta Coating Systems from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 13th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Axalta Coating Systems from $44.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Wolfe Research raised 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 research note on Wednesday, November 13th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $47.00 target price for the company. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Axalta Coating Systems presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $43.00.

Axalta Coating Systems Stock Performance

AXTA traded up $2.98 on Tuesday, hitting $38.09. The company had a trading volume of 1,485,284 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,631,387. Axalta Coating Systems has a 1-year low of $30.40 and a 1-year high of $41.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 1.42. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $36.70 and its 200 day moving average price is $36.37. The stock has a market cap of $8.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 1.46.

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.52 by $0.08. Axalta Coating Systems had a net margin of 6.22% and a return on equity of 24.92%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.43 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Axalta Coating Systems will post 2.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.