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) Operating margin

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.4%, down 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.17% (fiscal 2020) to 14.4% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.4% 0.98
FY2024 13.4% 2.04
FY2023 11.3% 2.68
FY2022 8.66% (1.81)
FY2021 10.5% 2.30
FY2020 8.17% (2.72)
FY2019 10.9% 1.48
FY2018 9.41% 1.10
FY2017 8.31% (1.59)
FY2016 9.90% (1.43)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 12.6% 0.18
Jun 2026 12.4% 0.77
Mar 2026 11.6% (1.20)
Dec 2025 12.8% (3.00)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 8.17% High 14.4%
Ten-year median 10.5%
Current reading's percentile 77

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. compare 33.3%
BCPC Balchem Corporation compare 20.7%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 20.2%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 14.7%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 12.4%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 11.7%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 9.59%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −3.81%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 5.64%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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