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<ul><li>Axalta Coating Systems recently disclosed its financial performance for the second quarter of 2024, showcasing record-breaking results in the face of challenging market conditions.</li><li>The company reported a 4% rise in net sales, reaching $1.35 billion, with a significant boost in volumes across all end markets.</li><li>Additionally, adjusted EBITDA increased notably by $64 million year-over-year to $291 million, reflecting a 400 basis-point improvement in margins to 21.5%.</li></ul>

Axalta Coating Systems recently disclosed its financial performance for the second quarter of 2024, showcasing record-breaking results in the face of challenging market conditions.The company reported a 4% rise in net sales, reaching $1.35 billion, with a significant boost in volumes across all end markets.Additionally, adjusted EBITDA increased notably by $64 million year-over-year to $291 million, reflecting a 400 basis-point improvement in margins to 21.5%.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.:  Expansion into New Markets & 4 Other Factors Driving Growth! - Financial Forecasts

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<ul><li>Author believes AXTA shares are undervalued and worth $47 per share, with a 50% upside potential</li><li>Fourth-quarter results suggest 2024 EBITDA may exceed guidance and street expectations</li><li>New management team focusing on maximizing profitability and returns, leading to potential growth in coming years</li></ul><p><em>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.</em></p>

Author believes AXTA shares are undervalued and worth $47 per share, with a 50% upside potentialFourth-quarter results suggest 2024 EBITDA may exceed guidance and street expectationsNew management team focusing on maximizing profitability and returns, leading to potential growth in coming yearsThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only. This article was originally published 3 months ago on Value Investors Club.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) - Tuesday, Apr 16, 2024

<ul><li>Axalta Coating Systems reported a stable set of results for the first quarter of 2024.</li><li>The company demonstrated resilience through flat year-over-year net sales and a significant increase in Adjusted EBITDA, which was reported as a record for any first quarter in the history of Axalta Coating Systems.</li><li>The margins have shown a notable improvement, providing optimism for further growth potential.</li></ul>

Axalta Coating Systems reported a stable set of results for the first quarter of 2024.The company demonstrated resilience through flat year-over-year net sales and a significant increase in Adjusted EBITDA, which was reported as a record for any first quarter in the history of Axalta Coating Systems.The margins have shown a notable improvement, providing optimism for further growth potential.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.: Its Asia Expansion & Strategic Market Positioning Is Driving Our Optimism! - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.</li><li>reported Q4 net sales increasing by 5% year-over-year, amounting to $1.3 billion with contributions from both of its key business segments - Mobility Coatings and Performance Coatings.</li><li>This increase is further evidence of the impressive quarterly performance that Axalta has had, which includes a seventh consecutive quarter of mobility volumes growth, indicating the recovery of the automotive industry and successful reshaping of the company's portfolio.</li></ul>

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.reported Q4 net sales increasing by 5% year-over-year, amounting to $1.3 billion with contributions from both of its key business segments - Mobility Coatings and Performance Coatings.This increase is further evidence of the impressive quarterly performance that Axalta has had, which includes a seventh consecutive quarter of mobility volumes growth, indicating the recovery of the automotive industry and successful reshaping of the company's portfolio.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.: Initiation Of Coverage - Increased focus on efficiency and productivity paying off? - Major Drivers

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Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>WTR-CMI last week. Driven by the recovery in lithium stocks, our WTR-CMI index of 30 specialty chemicals and materials technology stocks rose 1.7% for the week, handily outperforming mostly flattish performance of large cap tech-heavy S&amp;P 500 as well as the broader Russell 2000 indices.</li><li>YTD the WTR-CMI continues to outperform the Russell 2000 (13.6% vs. 9.8%) and on YoY basis our index nearly kept up with S&amp;P 500’s strong 33.8% rise by appreciating 31.1% compared to Russell 2000’s 24.6% improvement.</li><li>Hurricane season kicks into high gear. While the impact of hurricane Helena are still being assessed, Francine’s impact on oil and gas production and barge traffic are already being felt in the markets, with gulf coast oil production down nearly 40% and natural gas production down nearly 50%, with barge fleets staying away from the region until weather settles, which now looks to be delayed due to Helena’s destructive path.</li></ul>

WTR-CMI last week. Driven by the recovery in lithium stocks, our WTR-CMI index of 30 specialty chemicals and materials technology stocks rose 1.7% for the week, handily outperforming mostly flattish performance of large cap tech-heavy S&amp;P 500 as well as the broader Russell 2000 indices.YTD the WTR-CMI continues to outperform the Russell 2000 (13.6% vs. 9.8%) and on YoY basis our index nearly kept up with S&amp;P 500’s strong 33.8% rise by appreciating 31.1% compared to Russell 2000’s 24.6% improvement.Hurricane season kicks into high gear. While the impact of hurricane Helena are still being assessed, Francine’s impact on oil and gas production and barge traffic are already being felt in the markets, with gulf coast oil production down nearly 40% and natural gas production down nearly 50%, with barge fleets staying away from the region until weather settles, which now looks to be delayed due to Helena’s destructive path.

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. manufactures, markets and distributes coatings systems. The Company offers products and services which includes paint, color matching tools, application technologies, and customer  training and business management systems. Axalta Coating Systems serves automotive, transportation,  general industrial, and architectural and decorative sectors.

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.: Expansion into New Markets & 4 Other Factors Driving Growth! - Financial Forecasts

Axalta Coating Systems recently disclosed its financial performance for the second quarter of 2024, showcasing record-breaking results in the face...

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Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA) - Tuesday, Apr 16, 2024

Author believes AXTA shares are undervalued and worth $47 per share, with a 50% upside potential. Fourth-quarter results suggest 2024 EBITDA may...

Value Investors Club

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.: Its Asia Expansion & Strategic Market Positioning Is Driving Our Optimism! - Major Drivers

Axalta Coating Systems reported a stable set of results for the first quarter of 2024. The company demonstrated resilience through flat...

Baptista Research

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.: Initiation Of Coverage - Increased focus on efficiency and productivity paying off? - Major Drivers

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. reported Q4 net sales increasing by 5% year-over-year, amounting to $1.3 billion with contributions from both of its...

Baptista Research

Mat-Chem Notes - Hurricanes, Port Strikes, Geopolitics, and Crosscurrents in EVs

Driven by the recovery in lithium stocks, our WTR-CMI index of 30 specialty chemicals and materials technology stocks rose 1.7% for the week

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