Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.

AXTA Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $5.1 billion, down 3.01% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.79%
EPS
−13.0%
Free cash flow
+2.30%
Total debt
−12.0%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

36.41 1.04 −2.78%
Market cap
$7.8B
P/E
23.3×
Fwd P/E
18.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.40
Beneish M
−2.63
Dividend safety
n/a

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA) Gross margin

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 33.6%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (34.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 29.0% (fiscal 2022) to 38.2% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 34.4% 0.35
FY2024 34.1% 2.87
FY2023 31.2% 2.18
FY2022 29.0% (3.33)
FY2021 32.4% (1.88)
FY2020 34.2% (0.66)
FY2019 34.9% 1.05
FY2018 33.9% (2.62)
FY2017 36.5% (1.74)
FY2016 38.2% 1.40

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 33.1% (1.45)
Jun 2026 34.6% 1.38
Mar 2026 33.2% (0.27)
Dec 2025 33.4% (1.50)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 29.0% High 38.2%
Ten-year median 34.2%
Current reading's percentile 30

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 37.5%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 36.6%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 36.5%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 33.6%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 31.7%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.9%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 20.6%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 10.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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