Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) vs. Orion (NYSE:OEC) Financial Survey

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and Orion (NYSE:OEC) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Axalta Coating Systems and Orion, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axalta Coating Systems	0	6	7	1	2.64
Orion	0	2	1	0	2.33

Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus price target of $37.7143, suggesting a potential upside of 32.89%. Orion has a consensus price target of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.93%. Given Axalta Coating Systems’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Axalta Coating Systems is more favorable than Orion.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Axalta Coating Systems and Orion”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Axalta Coating Systems	$5.28 billion	1.16	$391.00 million	$2.04	13.91
Orion	$1.88 billion	0.32	$44.20 million	$0.46	22.99

Axalta Coating Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Orion. Axalta Coating Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Orion, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.3% of Orion shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Orion shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Orion has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Axalta Coating Systems and Orion’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axalta Coating Systems	8.58%	25.32%	7.05%
Orion	0.82%	16.67%	4.00%

Summary

Axalta Coating Systems beats Orion on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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. It also offers water and solvent-borne products and systems to repair damaged vehicles for independent body shops, multi-shop operators, and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) dealership body shops. In addition, the company provides functional and decorative liquid, and powder coatings used in various industrial applications, including building materials, cabinet, wood and luxury vinyl flooring and furniture market under the Voltatex, AquaEC, Durapon, Hydropon, UNRIVALED, Ceranamel, Industrial, Corlar Industrial, Tufcote, Imron Industrial, Alesta, Teodur, Nap-Gard, Abcite, and Plascoat brands for powder coatings. Further, it develops and supplies electrocoat, primer, the basecoat, and clearcoat products for OEMs of light and commercial vehicles; and coatings systems for various commercial applications, including HDT, MDT, bus, and rail under the Imron, Imron Elite, Centari, Rival, Corlar epoxy undercoats, and AquaEC brands. The company offers products under the Audurra, Abcite, Alesta, AquaEC, Centari, Ceranamel, Challenger, Chemophan, ColorNet, Cromax, Cromax Mosaic, Durapon 70, Duxone, Harmonized Coating Technologies, Imron ExcelPro, Lutophen, Nason, Spies Hecker, Standox, Stollaquid, Syntopal, Syrox, Raptor, U-POL, and Vermeera brand names. The company was formerly known as Axalta Coating Systems Bermuda Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. in August 2014. Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania.

About Orion

Orion S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of carbon black products. It operates in two segments, Specialty Carbon Black and Rubber Carbon Black. The company offers post-treated specialty carbon black grades for coatings and printing applications; high purity carbon black grades for the fiber industry; and conductive carbon black grades for batteries, polymers, and coatings. It also provides rubber carbon black products for applications in mechanical rubber goods, as well as in tires under the ECORAX brand name; and acetylene-based conductive additives for lithium-ion batteries and other applications. It operates in the United States, Brazil, rest of the Americas, Germany, South Africa, Italy, Spain, Turkey, France, Rest of EMEA, China, the Republic of Korea, and rest of Asia. The company was formerly known as Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. and changed its name to Orion S.A. in June 2023. Orion S.A. was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Senningerberg, Luxembourg.