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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.

AXTA

Basic Materials · 34.17 +0.5% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 26 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue decreased 0.6% versus the comparable filing period.
Company+0.5% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 26 activeCyclical Demand · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 2 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Foreign currency translation benefited net sales by 4.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2026 versus prior year.
  • Currency translation materially affected both sales and cost of sales in the six-months disclosure.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if AXTA's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 26 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges
  • Revenue decreased 0.6% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 2.3 percentage points.
  • Net margin fell 0.7 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Foreign currency translation benefited net sales by 4.2% for the six months ended June 30, 2026 versus prior year.
  • Currency translation materially affected both sales and cost of sales in the six-months disclosure.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations328
Usable filing statements110
Verified relationships3
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.72x in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed -3.0% year over year.
  • Input and raw-material costs has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Pricing and mix has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 24% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

34.17
6m+22.6%12m+10.4%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$4.4B+18.2%$1.14-1.7%
2022-12-31$4.9B+10.6%$0.86-4.1%
2023-12-31$5.2B+6.1%$1.21-0.2%
2024-12-31$5.3B+1.8%$1.78-0.7%
2025-12-31$5.1B-3.0%$1.74-1.5%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Input and raw-material costsnegative · 4 filings
The decreased net sales were driven by lower sales volumes of 7.9%, furthered by lower average selling prices and unfavorable product mix of 1.8%, partially offset by contributions of 1.6% from the Recent Acquisitions and favorable foreign currency translatio…
10-Q · Apr 30, 2026
Pricing and mixnegative · 4 filings
Dollar n Contributions from the Recent Acquisitions Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased primarily due to the following: n Lower sales volumes across both end-markets due primarily to unfavorable macro trends in North America n Lower average s…
10-Q · Apr 30, 2026
Foreign exchangenegative · 2 filings
Other Impacts on Cash Currency exchange impacts on cash for the six months ended June 30, 2026 were unfavorable by $4 million, which was driven primarily by fluctuations of the Euro and Indian Rupee, partially offset by fluctuations in the Chinese Yuan and Br…
10-Q · Jul 29, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 1 filings
During October 2025, we entered into the Seventeenth Amendment to the Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K) to permit the use of borrowings under the Credit Agre…
10-K · Feb 13, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.4× · EV/sales 1.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

34.17+0.5% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for AXTA. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing shows material pressure

10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-07.

cautious
OperationscautiousEvidence score -3
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

What improved

No thresholded improvement was identified.

What weakened

  • Revenue decreased 0.6% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 2.3 percentage points.
  • Net margin fell 0.7 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Net sales Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 vs 2025 2026 2025 $ Change % Change Net sales $ 1,254 $ 1,262 $ (8) (0.6) % Volume effect (6.2) % Price/Mix effect (1.1) % Exchange rate effect 5.7 % Impact of the Recent Acquisitions 1.0 % Three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 Net sales decreased primarily due to the following: n Lower sales volumes driven primarily by North America Performance Coatings n Lower average selling prices and unfavorable product mix primarily in Performance Coatings Partially offset by: n Favorable impacts of currency translation driven by fluctuations of the Euro, Mexican Peso, Chinese Yuan and Brazilian Real, in each cas...

Dollar n Contributions from the Recent Acquisitions Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin decreased primarily due to the following: n Lower sales volumes across both end-markets due primarily to unfavorable macro trends in North America n Lower average selling prices and product mix in the refinish end-market Partially offset by: n Favorable impacts of currency translation due primarily to fluctuations of the Euro, Mexican Peso and Swiss Franc, in each case, compared with the U.S.

Dollar n Contributions from the Recent Acquisitions Cost of sales Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 vs 2025 2026 2025 $ Change % Change Cost of sales $ 838 $ 829 $ 9 1.1 % % of net sales 66.8 % 65.7 % Three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 Cost of sales increased primarily due to the following: n Unfavorable impacts of currency translation of 5.3% driven by fluctuations of the Euro, Mexican Peso, Chinese Yuan and Brazilian Real, in each case compared to the U.S.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind AXTA

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AKZOYFiling-linked nameinvesteeFeb 13, 2026

During November 2025, we entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Akzo Nobel N.V., a public company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“AkzoNobel”) providing for the combination of the Company and AkzoN…

Depended on by

PPGPPG Industries, Inc.competitorFeb 19, 2026

Major Competitive Factors Product performance, technology, quality, technical and customer service, price, customer productivity, distribution and brand recognition Global Competitors Akzo Nobel N.V., Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., BASF Corporation, Hempel A/S,…

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

AXTA is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Cyclical Demand. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.