AXTA vs AMRZ vs SHW Stock Comparison

Axalta Coating Systems, Amrize and Sherwin Williams Prices as of Nov 2, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AMRZ Amrize Ltd
$43.33 +16.3% 1M -16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$24.07B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$12.26B
Div. yield
–
Cement Basic Materials
3 wins
SHW Sherwin Williams Co
$352.51 +10.3% 1M +2.2% 1Y
Market cap
$87.72B
P/E
32.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$24.91B
Div. yield
–
Paints and Coatings Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Sherwin Williams leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Sherwin Williams 5, Amrize 3, Axalta Coating Systems 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAXTAAMRZSHWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $7.92B $24.07B $87.72B SHW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.7x 19.2x 32.8x AMRZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.0x 18.4x 26.9x AXTA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.1% +3.5% +7.0% SHW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.5% 10.2% 10.7% SHW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% 8.0% 19.5% SHW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 1.9x 2.4x AMRZ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +25.9% -16.4% +2.2% AXTA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr — +2.3%/yr AXTA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.6% 37.4% 28.2% SHW
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 57/100 52/100 AMRZ

Percentile Scorecard

AXTAAMRZSHW

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAXTAAMRZSHW
Valuation 63 #35 of 94 67 #4 of 10 22 #74 of 94
Growth 54 #43 of 92 – 64 #34 of 92
Profitability 75 #23 of 89 14 #7 of 8 97 #4 of 89
Financial Health 33 #65 of 97 75 #3 of 9 23 #75 of 97
Shareholder Returns 49 #37 of 72 71 #3 of 8 55 #33 of 72
Overall 55 57 52
  • AXTA ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • AMRZ ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • SHW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAXTAAMRZSHWSPY
1 month +11.4%+16.3%+10.3% -2.3%
3 months -1.2%-15.2%-0.5% -0.7%
6 months +34.3%-14.9%+13.5% +4.8%
Year to date +11.0%-19.9%+8.8% +10.3%
1 year +25.9%-16.4%+2.2% +10.3%
3 years +21.6%—+40.5% +73.0%
3 years, per year +6.7%—+12.0% +20.1%
5 years +12.6%—+12.2% +61.9%
5 years, per year +2.4%—+2.3% +10.1%
10 years +43.4%—+336.1% +258.6%
10 years, per year +3.7%—+15.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureAXTAAMRZSHWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.6%37.4%28.2% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 29.9%37.7%25.5% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.031.260.78 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.79-0.440.08 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.4%-45.2%-42.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.1%-34.2%-5.4% -3.5%
52-week high $38.19$65.86$372.60 $779.14
52-week low $25.44$36.09$293.00 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAXTAAMRZSHW
P/E now vs peer median 23.0xmedian 20.8x 18.8xmedian 21.2x 31.7xmedian 20.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.4x 1.9xmedian 1.8x 3.4xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.5xmedian 12.6x 10.0xmedian 10.2x 20.2xmedian 12.6x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.4xmedian 15.5x 21.6xmedian 35.3x 27.7xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 1.7x 1.8xmedian 2.5x 21.4xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median 1.75median 1.78 —median 3.48 5.67median 1.78

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAXTAAMRZSHW
Revenue $5.17B $12.26B $24.91B
Gross profit $1.74B $3.05B $12.11B
Operating income $640.00M $1.90B $4.03B
Net income $335.00M $1.26B $2.68B
Free cash flow $497.00M $1.08B $3.08B
R&D $70.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $1.55 $2.30 $11.02
Cash & equivalents $650.00M $299.00M $264.20M
Total debt $3.00B $5.85B $11.80B
Shares (diluted) 215.10M 545.50M 242.80M
Enterprise value $5.38B $20.02B $86.74B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAXTAAMRZSHW
P/E 23.0x 18.8x 31.7x
P/FCF 15.4x 21.6x 27.7x
P/Operating cash flow 11.0x 11.6x 23.1x
P/S 1.5x 1.9x 3.4x
P/B 2.9x 1.8x 21.4x
P/Tangible book 4.8x 2.1x 366.5x
EV/EBITDA 10.5x 10.0x 20.2x
EV/EBIT 15.7x 15.1x 24.0x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.3x 3.9x
EV/FCF 20.2x 26.8x 31.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 14.3x 14.3x 26.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.75 – 5.67

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAXTAAMRZSHW
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.1% 3.5% 7.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.3% – 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -2.8% 0.0% 6.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.5% – 5.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -15.8% -3.5% 7.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.1% – 3.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -26.5% 8.7% 4.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 12.0% – 3.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -26.3% 10.0% 6.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.1% – 5.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 29.7% -6.1% 11.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.3% – 4.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 46.6% -24.4% 26.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.8% – 8.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAXTAAMRZSHW
Gross margin 33.6% 24.8% 48.6%
EBITDA margin 18.5% 23.6% 19.2%
Operating margin 12.4% 15.5% 16.2%
Pretax margin 9.4% 12.8% 14.0%
Net margin 6.5% 10.2% 10.7%
FCF margin 9.6% 8.8% 12.4%
Operating cash flow margin 13.5% 16.4% 14.8%
Return on equity 12.8% 9.8% 68.3%
Return on assets 4.3% 5.1% 9.9%
Return on invested capital 7.8% 8.0% 19.5%
Return on capital employed 11.2% 9.3% 23.6%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.1x 1.6x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.3% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAXTAAMRZSHW
Debt / assets 38.7% 24.0% 43.7%
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.5x 3.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 1.9x 2.4x
Debt / FCF 6.0x 5.4x 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 65.6% 47.6% 85.3%
Equity / assets 34.4% 52.4% 14.7%
Interest coverage 4.2x – 7.5x
Current ratio 1.5x 1.1x 0.7x
Quick ratio 1.0x 0.6x 0.4x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.43 2.07 3.65

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAXTAAMRZSHW
Dividend yield – 1.5% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 1.3% – 2.8%
Shareholder yield 1.3% 1.5% 3.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAXTAAMRZSHW
Forward P/E 13.0xFY2026 18.4xFY2026 26.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $2.71FY2026 $2.28FY2026 $12.68FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +8.8%FY2026 +6.5%FY2026 +10.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.1% +24.1% -0.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.37BFY2026 $13.11BFY2026 $23.55BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.9%FY2026 +11.0%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -2.9% -6.0% +4.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAXTAAMRZSHW
Held by institutions 100.0% 46.6% 82.7%
Institutions holding 358 462 1,742
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.0% +7.5% +3.3%
Institutions buying 162 289 748
Institutions selling 144 128 718
Buyers to sellers 1.13 2.26 1.04

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AXTAAMRZSHW
AXTA 1.00 0.51 0.67
AMRZ 0.51 1.00 0.55
SHW 0.67 0.55 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AXTA, AMRZ and SHW?

Sherwin Williams (SHW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) $7.92B, Amrize (AMRZ) $24.07B, Sherwin Williams (SHW) $87.72B.

Which stock is cheaper, AXTA, AMRZ and SHW?

Amrize (AMRZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) 23.7x, Amrize (AMRZ) 19.2x, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 32.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) is cheapest (Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) 13.0x, Amrize (AMRZ) 18.4x, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 26.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sherwin Williams (SHW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) +0.1%, Amrize (AMRZ) +3.5%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) +7.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sherwin Williams (SHW) has the highest net margin (Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) 6.5%, Amrize (AMRZ) 10.2%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 10.7%). On return on invested capital, Sherwin Williams (SHW) leads (Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) 7.8%, Amrize (AMRZ) 8.0%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 19.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) returned the most: Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) +25.9%, Amrize (AMRZ) -16.4%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) +2.2%. Over five years, Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) compounded fastest (Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) +2.4%/yr, Sherwin Williams (SHW) +2.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sherwin Williams (SHW) has been the steadiest (Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA) 32.6%, Amrize (AMRZ) 37.4%, Sherwin Williams (SHW) 28.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AXTA, AMRZ and SHW?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Sherwin Williams (SHW) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.