LXFR vs. LXU, VHI, NL, VNTR, HGAS, LIN, APD, TROX, MTX, and KRO
Should you be buying Luxfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luxfer include LSB Industries (LXU), Valhi (VHI), NL Industries (NL), Venator Materials (VNTR), Global Gas (HGAS), Linde (LIN), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Tronox (TROX), Minerals Technologies (MTX), and Kronos Worldwide (KRO). These companies are all part of the "industrial inorganic chemicals" industry.
LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
LSB Industries has a net margin of 3.20% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of 0.08%. LSB Industries' return on equity of 6.59% beat Luxfer's return on equity.
Luxfer received 40 more outperform votes than LSB Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.20% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
LSB Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Luxfer.
In the previous week, LSB Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LSB Industries and 0 mentions for Luxfer. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Luxfer's score of 0.89 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
LSB Industries has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
LSB Industries currently has a consensus target price of $10.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Luxfer's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than Luxfer.
Summary
LSB Industries beats Luxfer on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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