Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (NYSE:AXTA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.82M but it saw 1644995 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 7.76B USD, the company’s current market price of $35.38 came falling about -1.01 while comparing to the previous closing price of $35.74. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $37.49 and as low as $25.03. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $35.13 while lowest mark touched by it was $36.13.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) gives us an average price of $34.81, while its current price level is -5.63% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 41.35% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $34.81 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $33.64. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.02% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.72%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 52.68 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

UBS downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on January 08, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $35-$36. Citigroup also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $37.

Over the week, AXTA’s stock price is moving 0.20% up while it is 3.85% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 4.15% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 24.97%.

Currently, Axalta Coating Systems Ltd’s total number of outstanding shares is 220.10M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.58% and return on equity (ROE) at 17.50%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 26.17 while having a 15.09 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.44. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.38 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.48. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.17% on average.