LXU vs. NPK, SPLP, FBYD, VGR, BATRA, SRL, LIVE, VATE, GEG, and FGF
Should you be buying LSB Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of LSB Industries include National Presto Industries (NPK), Steel Partners (SPLP), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Vector Group (VGR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Scully Royalty (SRL), Live Ventures (LIVE), INNOVATE (VATE), Great Elm Group (GEG), and Fundamental Global (FGF). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
National Presto Industries (NYSE:NPK) and LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.
58.6% of National Presto Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of National Presto Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, LSB Industries had 3 more articles in the media than National Presto Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LSB Industries and 2 mentions for National Presto Industries. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat National Presto Industries' score of 0.59 indicating that National Presto Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
LSB Industries has a consensus target price of $10.58, indicating a potential upside of 6.26%. Given National Presto Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than National Presto Industries.
National Presto Industries has a net margin of 9.56% compared to National Presto Industries' net margin of 3.20%. LSB Industries' return on equity of 9.44% beat National Presto Industries' return on equity.
National Presto Industries has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSB Industries has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
National Presto Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than LSB Industries. National Presto Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSB Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
LSB Industries received 107 more outperform votes than National Presto Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.47% of users gave National Presto Industries an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
Summary
National Presto Industries beats LSB Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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