AXALTA COATING SYS LTD AXTA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP G0750C108
Coatings company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- SectorMaterials
- IndustryPaints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods
- HeadquartersPhiladelphia, PA
- Founded1866
- Websiteaxaltacs.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($84.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 214.0m as of 2026-07-22, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $34.22. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($3.6m notional), 3 hold puts ($968.4k).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 280 |
| Q4 2022 | 312 |
| Q1 2023 | 316 |
| Q2 2023 | 331 |
| Q3 2023 | 325 |
| Q4 2023 | 365 |
| Q1 2024 | 365 |
| Q2 2024 | 375 |
| Q3 2024 | 401 |
| Q4 2024 | 400 |
| Q1 2025 | 396 |
| Q2 2025 | 388 |
| Q3 2025 | 393 |
| Q4 2025 | 417 |
| Q1 2026 | 384 |
| Q2 2026 | 361 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 208 | 163 |
| Q4 2024 | 174 | 202 |
| Q1 2025 | 197 | 190 |
| Q2 2025 | 208 | 192 |
| Q3 2025 | 191 | 201 |
| Q4 2025 | 215 | 213 |
| Q1 2026 | 189 | 234 |
| Q2 2026 | 153 | 215 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $3.8m | $1.6m | 0.41 |
| Q4 2025 | $9.3m | $4.6m | 0.49 |
| Q1 2026 | $1.8m | $5.9m | 3.20 |
| Q2 2026 | $3.6m | $968.4k | 0.27 |
Biggest buyers
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | Added | +2.9m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +1.4m |
| Sessa Capital IM, L.P. | Added | +1.3m |
| FIL Ltd | Added | +1.3m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA | New | +1.3m |
| LMR Partners LLP | Added | +1.2m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +1.1m |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | Added | +1.1m |
Biggest sellers
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -3.8m |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP | Reduced | -1.7m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Sold out | -1.6m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -1.3m |
| SHAPIRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -1.2m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Sold out | -1.1m |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | Reduced | -756.3k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND | Sold out | -754.0k |
Biggest calls
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | Added | $1.9m56.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $622.8k18.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $516.7k15.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $438.0k12.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $44.5k1.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $657.0k19.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $191.6k5.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $119.8k3.5k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 13G · institution +1.3 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 14.8% |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 13G · institution -0.4 pts · filed 2026-08-12 | 8.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $392.9k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $99.2k | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 1.77% of their portfolio | 31.7m $1.1bn | Added +2.9m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 19.5m $668.5m | Added +477.9k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 1.82% of their portfolio | 17.5m $599.0m | Reduced -756.3k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.7m $332.0m | Added +101.6k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 9.5m $325.8m | Added +2.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 8.1m $276.7m | Added +390.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.7m $228.9m | Added +223.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 6.5m $224.0m | Added +1.4m |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.1m $207.4m | Added +64.2k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 5.5m $187.1m | Added +1.3m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 5.4m $187.0m | Reduced -236.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.8m $165.4m | Added +671.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.7m $162.3m | Added +354.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $139.7m | Added +47.2k |
| Sessa Capital IM, L.P. 2.09% of their portfolio | 3.5m $121.1m | Added +1.3m |
| FIFTHDELTA Ltd 14.02% of their portfolio | 3.5m $119.6m | Reduced -512.6k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.18% of their portfolio | 3.5m $118.5m | Reduced -5.0k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 6.08% of their portfolio | 3.4m $117.2m | Added +528.0k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 2.63% of their portfolio | 3.3m $114.1m | Added +386.2k |
| FIL Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.3m $113.5m | Added +1.3m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $106.8m | Added +1.1m |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.74% of their portfolio | 2.9m $100.5m | Added +1.2m |
| Parsifal Capital Management, LP 10.05% of their portfolio | 2.4m $82.1m | Added +535.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $78.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $68.3m | Not comparable |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.18% of their portfolio | 1.9m $66.7m | Added +290.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.9m $63.6m | Added +28.3k |
| CAPITOLIS LIQUID GLOBAL MARKETS LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.7m $57.7m | Added +531.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $54.6m | Added +24.4k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.5m $49.8m | Added +1.1m |
| Perpetual Ltd 0.71% of their portfolio | 1.4m $49.6m | Added +50.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $46.6m | Reduced -100.1k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $46.3m | Added +25.8k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.3m $45.1m | Added +1.3m |
| BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA 0.81% of their portfolio | 1.3m $43.6m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $43.5m | Added +124.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $43.2m | Reduced -66.4k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.29% of their portfolio | 1.2m $41.3m | Added +731.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $39.4m | Reduced -3.8m |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.6m | Reduced -53.9k |
| Jupiter Topco LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $37.5m | First filing |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.0m $34.9m | Reduced -43.9k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.31% of their portfolio | 972.1k $33.3m | Added +94.3k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.04% of their portfolio | 930.0k $31.8m | Added +88.9k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 841.3k $28.8m | Added +203.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 801.7k $27.6m | Reduced -177.2k |
| Pentwater Capital Management LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 756.8k $25.9m | New |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 756.1k $25.9m | Added +80.4k |
| Magnetar Financial LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 747.2k $25.6m | Added +5.6k |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 743.8k $25.2m | Added +361.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 721.9k $24.7m | Added +1.7k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 1.11% of their portfolio | 711.4k $24.3m | Reduced -25.0k |
| NATIXIS 0.11% of their portfolio | 668.9k $22.9m | Reduced -7.6k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 648.8k $22.2m | Reduced -338.4k |
| MAC Alpha Capital Management, LP 10.23% of their portfolio | 645.6k $22.1m | Added +203.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 577.5k $19.8m | Reduced -193.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 547.7k $18.7m | Reduced -2.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 501.6k $17.2m | Added +168.0k |
| Arnhold LLC 1.20% of their portfolio | 500.7k $17.1m | Unchanged |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.02% of their portfolio | 500.0k $17.1m | Reduced -37.9k |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 500.0k $17.1m | New |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 485.9k $16.6m | Added +9.2k |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.10% of their portfolio | 478.0k $16.4m | Not comparable |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 471.3k $16.1m | Added +58.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 462.7k $15.8m | Added +34.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 439.8k $15.1m | Added +205.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 428.2k $14.7m | Added +6.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 383.1k $13.1m | Reduced -26.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 365.5k $10.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 349.5k $12.0m | Reduced -291.4k |
| Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd 1.13% of their portfolio | 346.0k $11.8m | Reduced -576.3k |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP 0.41% of their portfolio | 337.0k $11.5m | Reduced -1.7m |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 334.7k $11.5m | Reduced -312.8k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 327.9k $11.2m | Added +317.9k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 323.6k $11.1m | New |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 0.74% of their portfolio | 322.4k $11.0m | Reduced -63.5k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 320.6k $11.0m | Added +69.8k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 299.2k $10.3m | Added +48.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 294.2k $10.1m | Added +5.1k |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc 0.10% of their portfolio | 268.3k $9.2m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 246.5k $8.4m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 244.1k $8.4m | Reduced -50.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 242.6k $8.3m | Reduced -102.5k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 242.6k $8.3m | Added +59.5k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 236.5k $8.1m | Added +9.0k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 233.3k $8.0m | Reduced -369.0k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 0.31% of their portfolio | 224.7k $7.7m | Reduced -62.6k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 221.4k $7.6m | Reduced -40.3k |
| Stanley Capital Management, LLC 0.98% of their portfolio | 216.6k $7.4m | Unchanged |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 213.9k $7.3m | Reduced -1.3m |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 211.2k $7.2m | Added +21.2k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 185.4k $6.3m | Reduced -2.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 176.0k $6.0m | Reduced -271.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 173.3k $5.9m | Added +13.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 173.1k $5.9m | Added +27.6k |
| Clearline Capital LP 0.37% of their portfolio | 167.7k $5.7m | Reduced -34.6k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.09% of their portfolio | 160.6k $5.5m | Reduced -24.4k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 159.2k $5.4m | New |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 156.9k $5.4m | Reduced -284.5k |
| ALPINE ASSOCIATES MANAGEMENT INC. 0.31% of their portfolio | 143.6k $4.9m | Added +96.3k |