Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) reported $1.26 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 2.5%. EPS of $0.59 for the same period compares to $0.48 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.97% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.27 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.54, the EPS surprise was +9.26%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Axalta Coating Systems performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Performance Coatings- Refinish: $511 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $525.42 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -1.5%.
- Sales- Performance Coatings- Industrial: $311 million compared to the $318.81 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.5% year over year.
- Sales- Mobility Coatings- Total: $440 million compared to the $430.13 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.4% year over year.
- Sales- Mobility Coatings- Commercial vehicle: $100 million versus $90.64 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.9% change.
- Sales- Performance Coatings- Total: $822 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $844.48 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.1%.
- Sales- Mobility Coatings- Light vehicle: $340 million versus $339.24 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.6% change.
- Adjusted EBIT- Mobility Coatings: $73 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $64.88 million.
- Adjusted EBIT- Performance Coatings: $197 million compared to the $200.06 million average estimate based on four analysts.
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Shares of Axalta Coating Systems have returned +16.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +10.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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