LOOP vs. LXFR, ADUR, ARQ, VGAS, ZTEK, TSE, AMTX, LODE, ALTO, and LNZA
Should you be buying Loop Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Loop Industries include Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), ARQ (ARQ), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Zentek (ZTEK), Trinseo (TSE), Aemetis (AMTX), Comstock (LODE), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), and LanzaTech Global (LNZA). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Loop Industries vs. Its Competitors
Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Loop Industries (NASDAQ:LOOP) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.9% of Loop Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.9% of Loop Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Luxfer has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Loop Industries has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than Loop Industries. Loop Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Luxfer had 4 more articles in the media than Loop Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for Loop Industries. Loop Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Luxfer's score of 0.00 indicating that Loop Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luxfer has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Loop Industries' net margin of -139.52%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Loop Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Luxfer beats Loop Industries on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LOOP) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff