SPLP vs. LXU, NPK, FBYD, VGR, BATRA, WOR, SRL, LIVE, GEG, and VATE
Should you be buying Steel Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Steel Partners include LSB Industries (LXU), National Presto Industries (NPK), Falcon's Beyond Global (FBYD), Vector Group (VGR), Atlanta Braves (BATRA), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), Scully Royalty (SRL), Live Ventures (LIVE), Great Elm Group (GEG), and INNOVATE (VATE). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Steel Partners (NYSE:SPLP) and LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) are both small-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
Steel Partners has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LSB Industries has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
LSB Industries received 39 more outperform votes than Steel Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.67% of users gave Steel Partners an outperform vote while only 58.85% of users gave LSB Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, LSB Industries had 10 more articles in the media than Steel Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for LSB Industries and 4 mentions for Steel Partners. LSB Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Steel Partners' score of 0.30 indicating that LSB Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
50.8% of Steel Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 79.2% of Steel Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of LSB Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Steel Partners has a net margin of 7.92% compared to LSB Industries' net margin of 3.20%. Steel Partners' return on equity of 16.41% beat LSB Industries' return on equity.
LSB Industries has a consensus target price of $10.94, indicating a potential upside of 25.72%. Given LSB Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe LSB Industries is more favorable than Steel Partners.
Steel Partners has higher revenue and earnings than LSB Industries. Steel Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LSB Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Steel Partners beats LSB Industries on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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