Cibus (CBUS) Competitors

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Cibus (NASDAQ:CBUS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LXFR or CBUS?

90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of Cibus shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.2% of Cibus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LXFR or CBUS?

Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than Cibus. Cibus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luxfer	$399.50M	0.76	-$1.90M	$0.78	14.36
Cibus	$4.75M	19.05	-$267.64M	-$10.98	-0.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LXFR or CBUS?

Luxfer received 277 more outperform votes than Cibus when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Cibus an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%
Cibus	Outperform Votes 14 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Does the media refer more to LXFR or CBUS?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 2 more articles in the media than Cibus. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luxfer and 3 mentions for Cibus. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Cibus' score of 0.00 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luxfer	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cibus	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, LXFR or CBUS?

Luxfer has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cibus has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend LXFR or CBUS?

Cibus has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 694.22%. Given Cibus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cibus is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Cibus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Is LXFR or CBUS more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Cibus' net margin of -10,724.78%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Cibus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%
Cibus	-10,724.78%	-28.17%	-13.39%

Summary

Luxfer beats Cibus on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.