---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001616862-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXTA"
cik: "0001616862"
company_name: "Axalta Coating Systems Ltd."
filed_at: "2023-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T09:31:36.887083+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axalta Q4 adj EPS $0.38 beats $0.30 YoY; sales up 8.7% to $1.24B; Mobility EBIT positive $17.6M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $1,236.7M (+8.7% YoY); volume +2.4%, price-mix +11.7%; FX headwind 5.4%.
- Adjusted EBIT $147.2M (+21.7% YoY); margin 11.9% vs 10.6%; Mobility Coatings EBIT $17.6M vs ($3.5M).
- Full year adj diluted EPS $1.48 vs $1.67; net income $191.6M vs $263.9M; revenue $4.88B (+10.6%).
- Net leverage improved to 3.8x from 4.1x; completed Term Loan refinancing extending maturity to Dec 2029.
- CEO states Q4 earnings at top of guidance range; expects continued margin recovery into 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001616862-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXTA
- cik: 0001616862
- company_name: Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
- filed_at: 2023-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686223000003/0001616862-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686223000003/axta-20230125.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616862-23-000003
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001616862-23-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. reported financial results for fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. issued a press release and posted an earnings call presentation to its website reporting its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000161686223000003/0001616862-23-000003-index.htm

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