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 ($93.0m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 218.1m as of 2024-10-23, 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 ≈ $36.19. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($17.8m notional), 11 hold puts ($14.9m).
Trends to Q3 2024
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 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 143 | 144 |
| Q1 2023 | 169 | 157 |
| Q2 2023 | 146 | 188 |
| Q3 2023 | 140 | 181 |
| Q4 2023 | 174 | 169 |
| Q1 2024 | 182 | 169 |
| Q2 2024 | 184 | 165 |
| Q3 2024 | 208 | 163 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | $32.5m | $14.8m | 0.45 |
| Q1 2024 | $21.6m | $18.9m | 0.87 |
| Q2 2024 | $13.1m | $15.1m | 1.16 |
| Q3 2024 | $17.8m | $14.9m | 0.84 |
Biggest buyers
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Added | +3.3m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +2.1m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Added | +1.4m |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | New | +1.2m |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +1.2m |
| PointState Capital LP | New | +836.1k |
| Interval Partners, LP | Added | +825.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +756.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Added | +381.5k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | Added | +331.1k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -2.1m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.8m |
| Kinetic Partners Management, LP | Sold out | -1.4m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -1.0m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -991.2k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC | Reduced | -449.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -449.1k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Reduced | -397.0k |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -393.9k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.1m141.9k shares |
| UBS Group AG | New | $4.9m134.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $2.2m60.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $2.0m55.1k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $984.4k27.2k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $669.5k18.5k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $633.3k17.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $528.0k14.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $428.4k11.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $336.6k9.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $3.9m107.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $3.1m84.7k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.7m45.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.6m45.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $1.5m41.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.5m40.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $796.2k22.0k shares |
| GTS SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | $474.1k13.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $423.4k11.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $10.9k300 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 in Q3 2024
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 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $1.1m | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 4 | $2.1m | 1 | $501.4k | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 4 | $1.3m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q3 2024.
Holders, Q3 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 23.8m $861.9m | Reduced -162.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 22.5m $812.9m | Reduced -2.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 20.0m $725.3m | First filing |
| FMR LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.0m $650.6m | Reduced -263.7k |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 1.72% of their portfolio | 14.6m $527.0m | Reduced -449.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.36% of their portfolio | 10.3m $374.0m | Reduced -69.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.8m $246.9m | Added +46.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 6.5m $235.8m | Reduced -240.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.0m $216.3m | Reduced -359.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.4m $160.7m | Reduced -313.9k |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC 1.60% of their portfolio | 4.3m $156.9m | Reduced -72.9k |
| LOCUST WOOD CAPITAL ADVISERS, LLC 5.12% of their portfolio | 4.0m $146.3m | Added +115.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.8m $136.8m | Added +9.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.7m $132.8m | Added +31.9k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.51% of their portfolio | 3.6m $130.5m | Added +3.3m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.9m $103.8m | Reduced -47.3k |
| SHAPIRO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.18% of their portfolio | 2.8m $101.8m | Reduced -256.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $92.0m | Reduced -58.2k |
| 59 North Capital Management, LP 3.95% of their portfolio | 2.4m $88.1m | Reduced -1.0m |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.3m $81.9m | Added +198.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.3m $81.8m | Added +2.1m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.13% of their portfolio | 2.1m $76.4m | Added +1.4m |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.34% of their portfolio | 2.1m $75.9m | Added +84.6k |
| Interval Partners, LP 2.12% of their portfolio | 2.1m $74.2m | Added +825.1k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.64% of their portfolio | 2.0m $72.1m | Added +205.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.9m $69.7m | Added +1.2m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $60.7m | Added +39.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.7m | Added +106.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.6m | Reduced -56.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.6m $56.1m | Reduced -152.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $53.2m | Reduced -1.3m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $51.5m | Reduced -5.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $50.8m | Reduced -109.8k |
| LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.4m $50.1m | Added +114.6k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.3m $48.3m | Added +284.3k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $44.5m | Reduced -991.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.2m $43.4m | Added +169.9k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.38% of their portfolio | 1.2m $43.3m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $38.7m | Reduced -259.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $38.3m | Added +264.0k |
| FIL Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 932.1k $33.7m | Added +141.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.07% of their portfolio | 909.6k $32.9m | Added +13.4k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 2.64% of their portfolio | 897.9k $32.5m | Reduced -153.5k |
| PointState Capital LP 0.83% of their portfolio | 836.1k $30.3m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 797.3k $28.9m | Added +756.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 793.9k $28.7m | Reduced -130.2k |
| GLENMEDE TRUST CO NA 0.13% of their portfolio | 754.5k $27.3m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Perpetual Ltd 0.27% of their portfolio | 683.7k $24.7m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 679.0k $25.2m | Reduced -161.7k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 668.7k $24.2m | Added +15.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 633.0k $22.9m | Added +381.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 621.4k $22.5m | Added +246.9k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.04% of their portfolio | 582.0k $21.1m | Added +154.3k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 575.8k $20.8m | Added +331.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 565.9k $20.5m | Reduced -14.3k |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 545.1k $19.7m | Added +151.1k |
| Leeward Investments, LLC - MA 0.88% of their portfolio | 524.8k $19.0m | Reduced -331.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 510.9k $18.5m | Reduced -52.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 507.7k $18.4m | Reduced -226.9k |
| SASCO CAPITAL INC / CT/ 2.72% of their portfolio | 501.5k $18.2m | Added +27.4k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 451.5k $16.3m | Added +64.9k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 0.45% of their portfolio | 451.4k $16.3m | Reduced -118.0k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 450.9k $16.3m | Added +313.3k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.21% of their portfolio | 448.1k $16.2m | Added +260.3k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 447.6k $16.2m | Reduced -25.0k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 445.8k $16.1m | Reduced -397.0k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.69% of their portfolio | 438.3k $15.9m | Added +201.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 431.6k $15.6m | Added +29.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 430.7k $15.6m | Added +29.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 430.7k $15.6m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. 1.14% of their portfolio | 413.8k $15.0m | Added +13.7k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.02% of their portfolio | 408.2k $14.8m | Reduced -8.5k |
| Atom Investors LP 1.44% of their portfolio | 380.6k $13.8m | Added +253.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 373.0k $13.5m | Reduced -449.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 372.3k $13.5m | Added +12.1k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.14% of their portfolio | 356.5k $12.9m | Added +240.6k |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 352.7k $12.8m | Added +1.3k |
| Arnhold LLC 1.23% of their portfolio | 350.7k $12.7m | Reduced -183.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 347.0k $12.6m | Reduced -180.2k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 288.9k $10.5m | Reduced -39.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 282.8k $10.2m | Added +44.6k |
| STRS OHIO 0.04% of their portfolio | 277.6k $10.0m | Added +228.0k |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.29% of their portfolio | 275.0k $10.0m | New |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.04% of their portfolio | 266.4k $9.6m | Reduced -5.9k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 263.7k $9.5m | Unchanged |
| ASSETMARK, INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 263.7k $9.5m | Reduced -5.5k |
| Corebridge Financial, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 259.3k $9.4m | Reduced -19.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 255.6k $9.2m | Reduced -68.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 245.6k $8.9m | Added +5.1k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 231.5k $8.4m | Reduced -381.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 225.6k $8.2m | Reduced -12.3k |
| Stanley Capital Management, LLC 1.52% of their portfolio | 216.6k $7.8m | Added +50.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 210.1k $7.6m | Reduced -6.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.8k $7.6m | Added +14.5k |
| KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.65% of their portfolio | 203.2k $7.4m | Reduced -183.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 193.8k $7.0m | Added +104.1k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 192.6k $7.0m | Added +44.7k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 188.9k $6.8m | Unchanged |
| 12th Street Asset Management Company, LLC 1.13% of their portfolio | 185.4k $6.7m | Added +56.2k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.22% of their portfolio | 184.1k $6.7m | New |