Origin Materials (ORGN) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LXFR or ORGN?

90.8% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.9% of Origin Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.5% of Origin Materials shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer LXFR or ORGN?

Origin Materials has a consensus price target of $1.50, suggesting a potential upside of 146.43%. Given Origin Materials' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Origin Materials 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
Origin Materials	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Which has more risk & volatility, LXFR or ORGN?

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

Does the media favor LXFR or ORGN?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 1 more articles in the media than Origin Materials. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Luxfer and 3 mentions for Origin Materials. Origin Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Luxfer's score of 0.40 indicating that Origin Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LXFR or ORGN?

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
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.85	$18.40M	$0.78	15.72
Origin Materials	$31.28M	2.92	-$83.70M	-$0.67	-0.91

Is LXFR or ORGN 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
Luxfer	5.31%	11.56%	6.54%
Origin Materials	-321.96%	-27.44%	-24.71%

Summary

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