---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-046548"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AXTA"
cik: "0001616862"
company_name: "Axalta Coating Systems Ltd."
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:56:28.221747+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Axalta reports record Q3 Adjusted EBITDA of $294M; EPS up 11%; plans $250M buyback in Q4

## Summary
- Net sales ~$1.3B (-2% YoY); net income $110M (+$8M); diluted EPS $0.51 (+11%).
- Record Adj. EBITDA $294M; margin 22.8% (+70bps); Adj. Diluted EPS $0.67 (+6%).
- Performance Coatings net sales $828M (-5.6%); margin 25.5% (+20bps). Mobility Coatings net sales record $460M (+4%); Adj. EBITDA $83M (+20%).
- Share repurchases $100M in Q3; YTD $165M; plans up to $250M in Q4. Credit amendment allows repo borrowing.
- FY2025 guidance: Net sales >$5.1B, Adj. EBITDA ~$1,140M, Adj. Diluted EPS ~$2.50, FCF ~$450M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-046548
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AXTA
- cik: 0001616862
- company_name: Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000162828025046548/0001628280-25-046548-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1616862/000162828025046548/axta-20251028.htm

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