Can Axalta Coating Systems Ltd’s (AXTA) hike of 8.50% in a week be considered a lucky break?

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (NYSE: AXTA) on Tuesday, soared 0.89% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $38.08. Within the past 52 weeks, AXTA’s price has moved between $28.95 and $38.77.

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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Basic Materials sector saw sales topped by 2.75%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 36.92%. With a float of $217.23 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $220.10 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 12000 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 32.85%, operating margin of 12.93%, and the pretax margin is 8.72%.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Observing investor behavior towards Specialty Chemicals industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd is 0.38%, while institutional ownership is 101.27%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 04 ’23, was worth 335,895. In this transaction SVP, Glbl Mobility Coatings of this company sold 10,500 shares at a rate of $31.99, taking the stock ownership to the 14,656 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 17 ’23, when Company’s SVP and General Counsel sold 7,500 for $31.19, making the entire transaction worth $233,925. This insider now owns 44,408 shares in total.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) Latest Financial update

As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 0.44) by -0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.52 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 36.92% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 21.38% during the next five years compared to 7.16% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (NYSE: AXTA) Trading Performance Indicators

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.42 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.59. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 16.45.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.48, a number that is poised to hit 0.52 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.41 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA)

The latest stats from [Axalta Coating Systems Ltd, AXTA] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.95 million was superior to 2.04 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 84.60%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.80.

During the past 100 days, Axalta Coating Systems Ltd’s (AXTA) raw stochastic average was set at 93.45%, which indicates a significant increase from 91.49% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 36.31% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 26.20% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $36.05, while its 200-day Moving Average is $34.39. Now, the first resistance to watch is $38.73. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $39.03. The third major resistance level sits at $39.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $37.84, it is likely to go to the next support level at $37.25. The third support level lies at $36.95 if the price breaches the second support level.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (NYSE: AXTA) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 8.38 billion based on 218,063K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 5,184 M and income totals 267,400 K. The company made 1,320 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 101,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.