Luxfer (LXFR) Competitors

Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Is TROX or LXFR a better dividend stock?

Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Luxfer pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Tronox pays out -52.6% 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. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TROX or LXFR?

73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tronox shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TROX or LXFR?

Tronox has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TROX or LXFR?

Luxfer received 26 more outperform votes than Tronox when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Tronox an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tronox	Outperform Votes 265 56.38%	Underperform Votes 205 43.62%
Luxfer	Outperform Votes 291 66.59%	Underperform Votes 146 33.41%

Does the media refer more to TROX or LXFR?

In the previous week, Tronox had 3 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tronox and 3 mentions for Luxfer. Tronox's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Luxfer's score of 0.86 indicating that Tronox is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Is TROX or LXFR more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to Tronox's net margin of -1.56%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat Tronox's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tronox	-1.56%	-0.63%	-0.20%
Luxfer	2.37%	9.26%	5.13%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, TROX or LXFR?

Luxfer has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tronox. Tronox 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
Tronox	$3.04B	0.26	-$48M	-$0.95	-5.28
Luxfer	$399.50M	0.80	-$1.90M	$0.78	15.03

Do analysts prefer TROX or LXFR?

Tronox currently has a consensus target price of $9.64, suggesting a potential upside of 92.36%. Given Tronox's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tronox is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tronox	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Tronox and Luxfer tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.