Origin Materials (ORGN) Competitors

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

Is ORGN or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 6.02% compared to Origin Materials' net margin of -312.11%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.75% beat Origin Materials' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Origin Materials	-312.11%	-27.05%	-24.26%
Luxfer	6.02%	11.75%	6.80%

Do institutionals and insiders 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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 55.9%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Origin Materials pays out -51.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Luxfer pays out 57.8% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ORGN or LXFR?

Origin Materials presently has a consensus target price of $1.50, indicating a potential upside of 162.24%. Given Origin Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$28.67M	2.99	-$83.70M	-$0.62	-0.92
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.94	$18.40M	$0.90	15.24

Does the media prefer ORGN or LXFR?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 2 more articles in the media than Origin Materials. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Luxfer and 2 mentions for Origin Materials. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Origin Materials' score of 0.29 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Origin Materials	Neutral
Luxfer	Positive

Summary

Luxfer beats Origin Materials on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.