PPG vs. AXTA, AEM, LYB, DD, GOLD, NTR, TECK, WPM, FNV, and CCJ
Should you be buying PPG Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PPG Industries include Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), DuPont de Nemours (DD), Barrick Gold (GOLD), Nutrien (NTR), Teck Resources (TECK), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Franco-Nevada (FNV), and Cameco (CCJ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) and PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
PPG Industries received 451 more outperform votes than Axalta Coating Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.05% of users gave PPG Industries an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Axalta Coating Systems an outperform vote.
Axalta Coating Systems has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPG Industries has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.3% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of PPG Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Axalta Coating Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PPG Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
PPG Industries has a net margin of 7.74% compared to PPG Industries' net margin of 4.77%. Axalta Coating Systems' return on equity of 22.98% beat PPG Industries' return on equity.
PPG Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Axalta Coating Systems. PPG Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axalta Coating Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Axalta Coating Systems currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.57%. PPG Industries has a consensus price target of $155.47, suggesting a potential upside of 16.18%. Given Axalta Coating Systems' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PPG Industries is more favorable than Axalta Coating Systems.
In the previous week, Axalta Coating Systems had 18 more articles in the media than PPG Industries. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Axalta Coating Systems and 11 mentions for PPG Industries. Axalta Coating Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat PPG Industries' score of 0.71 indicating that PPG Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PPG Industries beats Axalta Coating Systems on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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