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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.AXTA · chemicals
GradeElkBsecond fifth of 331 graded peers; percentile 36.7, sampling error 2.7 points; lower is stronger
Rank115 of 331
ProfitabilityCpercentile 44.5
SolvencyCpercentile 55.0
Growth and financingBpercentile 36.1
Reliability0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025
Peer failure rate0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025
Size bandover $2.67B assetstotal assets $7.6B[1]
Standard universeinsiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2]
Warningsnone activenot computable: distress
Inputs computable13 of 14
Graded fromfilings received through Feb 13, 2026238 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date
Last close$32.802026-10-08; market equity $7.0B; iex feed
Price used in gradeNone
Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history
$25$30$35NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctCB$32.81
ABCDE20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date.

Open this report as it stood on

Letter setLetterPercentileBand
Jan 21, 2012nonen/a
Mar 21, 2017nonen/aQ5
Mar 21, 2018B/C38.8Q5
Mar 21, 2019D68.6Q5
Feb 21, 2023E83.4Q5
Feb 21, 2024C/D62.7Q5
Feb 21, 2025D62.9Q5
Mar 21, 2025C/D57.7Q5
Apr 21, 2025C54.3Q5
Feb 21, 2026B35.5Q5

Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan.

Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Feb 13, 2026; the document on sec.gov.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (“Axalta,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us”), a Bermuda exempted holding company incorporated in 2012, is a leading global manufacturer, marketer and distributor of high-performance coatings systems and products. We have over a 150-year heritage in the coatings industry and are known for manufacturing high-quality products with well-recognized brands supported by market-leading technology and customer service.

The Fourteen Inputs [top]

Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.

InputPercentile, 0 to 100ValueSourcePeer medianPercentilePeersPeriod end
Profitability, sleeve percentile 44.5
Gross profitability23.2%[1-3]21.3%40.23592025-12-31
Return on invested capital10.6%[4-12]9.5%43.11242025-12-31
Accruals ratio(3.7%)[1,13-15](4.2%)54.44002025-12-31
Gross margin stability, five years2.0 pts[2-3,16-23]2.2 pts40.33012025-12-31
Solvency, sleeve percentile 55.0
Twelve-month failure probabilitynot computable0.05%
latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required
Altman Z double-prime3.25[1,4,8,24-27]3.4145.33012025-12-31
Net debt to EBITDA2.91x[4,7,9,28]1.88x73.81502025-12-31
Interest coverage4.18x[4,29]4.16x47.1882025-12-31
Current ratio2.06x[24-25]2.20x53.84232025-12-31
Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 36.1
Revenue growth, three-year compound1.6%[2,16,18,20]1.2%47.93502025-12-31
Free cash flow growth, three-year compound46.9%[14,30-36]12.6%12.91792025-12-31
Reinvestment rate27.8%[4-6,24-25,28,30,37-38]24.3%46.21702025-12-31
Asset growth, three years2.5%[1,15,39-40]2.9%53.33692025-12-31
Net share issuance, one year(2.2%)[41-42]0.0%20.33212026-02-06

Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.

Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.

Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.

Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.

Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.

Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.

Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.102; sampling error 2.7 percentile points on 331 peers.

Among 331 Peers [top]

ABCDELRCX, LAM Research Corp.; A, percentile 8.3; market equity $401.2B; warnings: fortress balance sheetLRCXCAT, Caterpillar Inc.; C, percentile 51.2; market equity $366.0BCATLIN, Linde plc; C, percentile 52.7; market equity $222.1BLINPG, Procter & Gamble Co.; C, percentile 54.5; market equity $350.0BPGETN, Eaton Corp. plc; D, percentile 69.7; market equity $164.9BETNRTX, RTX Corp.; D, percentile 74.8; market equity $248.4BRTXAXTA 36.7strongerweaker

Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.

RankCompanyPercentileLetterWarnings
110Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE)

Astec Industries Inc. (ASTE)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 35.4

Nasdaq · Construction Machinery & Equip

market equity $892.9M; last close $38.81

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

35.4B
111Sensient Technologies Corp. (SXT)

Sensient Technologies Corp. (SXT)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 35.8

NYSE · Industrial Organic Chemicals

market equity $5.6B; last close $131.97

No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs

35.8B
112Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (PPIH)

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (PPIH)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 35.8

Nasdaq · Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip

market equity $255.4M; last close $31.15

Warnings: late filer, fortress balance sheet; 9 of 14 inputs

35.8Blate filer, fortress balance sheet
113Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO)

Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 36.2

Nasdaq · Special Industry Machinery, NEC

market equity $3.1B; last close $51.53

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

36.2B
114Parker-Hannifin Corp. (PH)

Parker-Hannifin Corp. (PH)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 36.6

NYSE · Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Products

market equity $119.4B; last close $946.61

No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs

36.6B
115Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA)

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 36.7

NYSE · Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods

market equity $7.0B; last close $32.80

No active warnings; 13 of 14 inputs

36.7B
116Littelfuse Inc. (LFUS)

Littelfuse Inc. (LFUS)

Bsecond fifth; percentile 37.0

Nasdaq · Switchgear & Switchboard Apparatus

market equity $10.8B; last close $425.22

Warnings: late filer; 11 of 14 inputs

37.0Blate filer
117Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)

Karat Packaging Inc. (KRT)

B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.4

Nasdaq · Plastics Products, NEC

market equity $1.1B; last close $54.16

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

37.4B/C
118Hexcel Corp. (HXL)

Hexcel Corp. (HXL)

B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.6

NYSE · Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers

market equity $6.4B; last close $85.18

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

37.6B/C
119AZZ Inc. (AZZ)

AZZ Inc. (AZZ)

B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.8

NYSE · Coating, Engraving & Allied Services

market equity $4.1B; last close $136.43

No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs

37.8B/C
120Westlake Chemical Partners L.P. (WLKP)

Westlake Chemical Partners L.P. (WLKP)

B/Con the B/C boundary; percentile 37.9

NYSE · Industrial Organic Chemicals

market equity $754.6M; last close $21.26

No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs

37.9B/C
Peer policyLetterPercentilePeers
all graded filers, equal sleevesB36.92204
sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade)B36.7331
same exchange, equal sleevesB37.6984
sector peers, equal inputsB32.7331

Each letter is one fifth of the 331 graded peers, about 66 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.

What the Price Implies [top]

Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.

MeasureValuePeer medianPercentileReading
Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month27.3%13.8%63hotter than 63 of 100 peers
Distance from 52-week high(14.1%)(24.2%)74closer to its high than 74 of 100 peers
EBIT to enterprise value7.7%3.9%83pricier than 17 of 100 peers
Free cash flow yield6.5%3.2%80pricier than 20 of 100 peers
Book value to price0.340.3948pricier than 52 of 100 peers
Sales to price0.730.5759pricier than 41 of 100 peers
Composite equity issuance, five years(8.9%)(9.9%)54more equity-funded than 54 of 100 peers
Relative strength against the sector, log excess return0.07(0.02)60ahead of 60 of 100 peers

Inputs: market equity $7.0B; EBIT $735.0M; free cash flow $453.0M; book equity $2.4B; sales $5.1B; debt $3.1B; cash $608.0M[43].

Diagnostics [top]

Diagnostics do not feed the grade.

Piotroski F-score: 7 of 9, period end 2025-12-31
Return on assets above zero5.2%✓ pass[13,15]
Operating cash flow above zero$649.0M✓ pass[14]
Return on assets improved(0.2 pts)✗ fail[13,15,39,44]
Operating cash flow exceeds net income$271.0M✓ pass[13-14]
Long-term leverage fell(4.0 pts)✓ pass[1,15,39,45-46]
Current ratio improved4.5 pts✓ pass[24-25,37-38]
No new shares issued(2.2%)✓ pass[41-42]
Gross margin improved0.4 pts✓ pass[2-3,16-17]
Asset turnover improved(2.0 pts)✗ fail[2,15-16,39]
Cash, filings, liquidity
Cash and equivalents$608.0M[47]
Operating cash flow, four quarters$691.0M[14,47-51]
Months of runwaynot finite
trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite
Late filings, two years0
NT 10-K or NT 10-Q
Days since last periodic filing72
10-Q received Jul 29, 2026
Median daily dollar volume$55.4M
63 sessions
Days since newest grade input238

Downloads [top]

Sources [top]

Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.

#ConceptXBRL tagValuePeriod endReceivedFormLinks
1assetsus-gaap:Assets$7.6B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
2revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$5.1B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
3cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$3.4B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
4operating incomeus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss$735.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
5pretax incomeus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest$546.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
6income taxus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit$167.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
7total debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations$3.2B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
8book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity$2.3B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
9cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$657.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
10total debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations$3.4B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
11book equityus-gaap:StockholdersEquity$1.9B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
12cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$593.0M2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
13net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$378.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
14operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$649.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
15assetsus-gaap:Assets$7.2B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
16revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$5.3B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
17cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$3.5B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
18revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$5.2B2023-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
19cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$3.6B2023-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
20revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$4.9B2022-12-312025-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
21cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$3.5B2022-12-312025-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
22revenueus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$4.4B2021-12-312024-02-1510-Kfiling · viewer · series
23cost of revenueus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold$3.0B2021-12-312024-02-1510-Kfiling · viewer · series
24current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$2.8B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
25current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$1.4B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
26retained earningsus-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit$2.1B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
27liabilitiesus-gaap:Liabilities$5.2B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
28depreciation amortizationus-gaap:Depreciation$131.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
29interest expenseus-gaap:InterestExpense$176.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
30capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$196.0M2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
31operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$576.0M2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
32capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$140.0M2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
33operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$575.0M2023-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
34capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$138.0M2023-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
35operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$294.0M2022-12-312025-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
36capital expenditureus-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment$151.0M2022-12-312025-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
37current assetsus-gaap:AssetsCurrent$2.7B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
38current liabilitiesus-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent$1.4B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
39assetsus-gaap:Assets$7.3B2023-12-312025-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
40assetsus-gaap:Assets$7.1B2022-12-312024-02-1510-Kfiling · viewer · series
41shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding213,373,9422026-02-062026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
42shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding218,143,3132025-02-062025-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
43shares outstandingdei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding214,018,7682026-04-232026-04-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
44net incomeus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss$391.0M2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
45long term debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent$3.2B2025-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
46long term debtus-gaap:LongTermDebtNoncurrent$3.4B2024-12-312026-02-1310-Kfiling · viewer · series
47cashus-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$608.0M2026-03-312026-04-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
48operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$68.0M2026-03-312026-04-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
49operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$305.0M2025-09-302025-10-2910-Qfiling · viewer · series
50operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$168.0M2025-06-302025-07-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series
51operating cash flowus-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$26.0M2025-03-312026-04-3010-Qfiling · viewer · series

Limitations [top]

Grade boundary. Percentile 36.7 is 3.3 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.7 points.

Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.

Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.

Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.

Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.

Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.