Origin Materials (ORGN) Competitors

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

Is ORGN or LXFR a better dividend stock?

Origin Materials pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 65.0%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Origin Materials pays out -47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luxfer pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Origin Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials presently has a consensus price target of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 204.82%. Given Origin Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

Does the media prefer ORGN or LXFR?

In the previous week, Origin Materials had 7 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Origin Materials and 4 mentions for Luxfer. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Origin Materials' score of 0.30 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Origin Materials	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Luxfer	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ORGN or LXFR?

Luxfer received 233 more outperform votes than Origin Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 60.42% of users gave Origin Materials an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Origin Materials	Outperform Votes 58 60.42%	Underperform Votes 38 39.58%
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%

Is ORGN or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Origin Materials' net margin of -229.52%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Origin Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Materials	-229.52%	-21.26%	-19.30%
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%

Which has more volatility and risk, ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Luxfer. 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	2.35	$23.80M	-$0.67	-0.73
Luxfer	$399.50M	0.79	-$1.90M	$0.78	14.85

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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