LODE vs. LXFR, ADUR, ARQ, AMTX, VGAS, ZTEK, TSE, ALTO, ORGN, and FSI
Should you be buying Comstock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comstock include Luxfer (LXFR), Aduro Clean Technologies (ADUR), ARQ (ARQ), Aemetis (AMTX), Verde Clean Fuels (VGAS), Zentek (ZTEK), Trinseo (TSE), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Origin Materials (ORGN), and Flexible Solutions International (FSI). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.
Comstock vs. Its Competitors
Comstock (NYSE:LODE) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock. Comstock is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Comstock presently has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 616.25%. Given Comstock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Comstock is more favorable than Luxfer.
Comstock has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Luxfer had 3 more articles in the media than Comstock. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Luxfer and 0 mentions for Comstock. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Comstock's score of 0.00 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Luxfer has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Comstock's net margin of -1,210.13%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Comstock's return on equity.
8.0% of Comstock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Comstock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Luxfer beats Comstock on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:LODE) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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