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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA) vs Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. (SOLS)

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $8.8B against $7.8B — 1.1× the size. Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 23.3× against 26.5×. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.62% against 0.14%. Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. has the higher net margin (7.79% vs 6.46%) and the higher return on invested capital (13.1% vs 7.99%). Across the 20 metrics below, Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. leads on 12 and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric AXTA SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 23.28 26.54 24.46
P/S 1.51 2.11 1.64
P/B 2.92 5.60 1.88
Price to free cash flow 15.68 20.56 19.15
EV/EBITDA 10.57 12.57 12.87
EV/Sales 1.96 2.44 1.88
Earnings yield 4.30% 3.77% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 6.38% 4.86% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric AXTA SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 33.58% 30.90% 27.84%
Operating margin 12.37% 14.69% 5.64%
Net margin 6.46% 7.79% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 9.61% 20.13% 3.49%
Return on equity 13.38% 13.67% 2.34%
Return on assets 4.31% 5.74% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 7.99% 13.13% 3.21%

Growth

Metric AXTA SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.14% 9.62% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.25%) (60.91%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.48% — 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.46% — 0.00%

Health

Metric AXTA SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 1.12 1.31 0.59
Current ratio 1.53 1.38 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 2.45 1.85 2.03

Dividend

Metric AXTA SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield — 0.40% 1.80%
Payout ratio — 0.11 0.40

Size

Metric AXTA SOLS Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 7.78b 8.75b 2.08b

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