Origin Materials (ORGN) Competitors

Origin Materials (NASDAQ:ORGN) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Is ORGN or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Origin Materials' net margin of -321.96%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Origin Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Materials	-321.96%	-27.44%	-24.71%
Luxfer	5.31%	11.56%	6.54%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of ORGN or LXFR?

29.9% of Origin Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Origin Materials 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ORGN or LXFR?

Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than Origin Materials. Origin Materials 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
Origin Materials	$31.28M	2.78	-$83.70M	-$0.67	-0.86
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.86	$18.40M	$0.78	15.80

Does the media refer more to ORGN or LXFR?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Materials. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for Origin Materials. Origin Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.84 beat Luxfer's score of 0.24 indicating that Origin Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Materials	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Luxfer	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials currently has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 159.07%. Given Origin Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Origin Materials is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Origin Materials	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Luxfer beats Origin Materials on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.