Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA)

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
$32.79 -1.83% on the day Market cap $6.9B 52-week range $24.94 to $38.61 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.9B, Axalta Coating Systems's free cash flow of $453M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Axalta Coating Systems's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price1.4% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years0.8% a year
Revenue, same period2.6% a year
Price to free cash flow15.2x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from AXTA's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation7
Profitability5
Growth0
Financial health4
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)18.9x
P/E (forward)13.1x
Price / free cash flow15.2x
EV / EBITDA9.87x
Price / sales1.35x
Price / book3.03x
Revenue growth-0.6%
Operating margin13.8%
Net margin7.2%
Return on equity15.2%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity2.10x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Axalta Coating Systems's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$4.4B$4.9B$5.2B$5.3B$5.1B
Net income$264M$192M$267M$391M$378M
Free cash flow$437M$143M$437M$436M$453M
EPS (diluted)$1.14$0.86$1.21$1.78$1.74
Operating margin10.5%8.7%11.3%13.4%14.4%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Performance Coatings$3.3B64%
Mobility Coatings$1.8B36%

Superinvestors who own AXTA

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows).

None of the superinvestors we track held AXTA in their latest 13F.

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Axalta Coating Systems's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Nov 13, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$29.65—
Nov 13, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$29.65—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$28.77—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$28.77—
Nov 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$28.98—
Nov 7, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$28.98—
Nov 6, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$28.22—
Nov 6, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$28.22—
Nov 5, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$27.93—
Nov 5, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$27.93—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Axalta Coating Systems's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.9B, Axalta Coating Systems would need its free cash flow to grow about 1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 1% a year.

Are Axalta Coating Systems insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of AXTA in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.