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$11.17 +0.41 (+3.83%)
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LXFR vs. PCT, TROX, WLKP, ECVT, OEC, ASIX, VHI, ASPI, SLI, and ARQ

Should you be buying Luxfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luxfer include PureCycle Technologies (PCT), Tronox (TROX), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Ecovyst (ECVT), Orion (OEC), AdvanSix (ASIX), Valhi (VHI), ASP Isotopes (ASPI), Standard Lithium (SLI), and ARQ (ARQ). These companies are all part of the "chemicals" industry.

Luxfer vs.

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

PureCycle Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.29%. Given PureCycle Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
PureCycle Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Luxfer
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Luxfer has higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
PureCycle TechnologiesN/AN/A-$101.71M-$1.74-3.86
Luxfer$391.90M0.75-$1.90M$0.6815.85

Luxfer has a net margin of 2.37% compared to PureCycle Technologies' net margin of 0.00%. Luxfer's return on equity of 9.26% beat PureCycle Technologies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
PureCycle TechnologiesN/A -52.63% -20.69%
Luxfer 2.37%9.26%5.13%

PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Luxfer has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Luxfer received 259 more outperform votes than PureCycle Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave PureCycle Technologies an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PureCycle TechnologiesOutperform Votes
32
72.73%
Underperform Votes
12
27.27%
LuxferOutperform Votes
291
66.59%
Underperform Votes
146
33.41%

63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.7% of PureCycle Technologies 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, PureCycle Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PureCycle Technologies and 9 mentions for Luxfer. Luxfer's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat PureCycle Technologies' score of 1.00 indicating that Luxfer is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
PureCycle Technologies
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Luxfer
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Luxfer beats PureCycle Technologies on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LXFR vs. The Competition

MetricLuxferIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$295.52M$23.57B$7.15B$18.97B
Dividend Yield5.16%3.47%3.56%4.02%
P/E Ratio32.6710.3520.9432.71
Price / Sales0.752.7582.2327.84
Price / Cash14.1156.3526.9417.53
Price / Book1.368.613.754.47
Net Income-$1.90M$731.97M$807.45M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.26%0.99%2.47%0.50%
1 Month Performance-7.82%-7.81%1.65%-2.83%
1 Year Performance2.08%-23.05%14.32%4.36%

Luxfer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LXFR
Luxfer
2.5904 of 5 stars
$11.17
+3.8%
N/A+11.6%$304.29M$391.90M33.851,400News Coverage
Positive News
PCT
PureCycle Technologies
2.776 of 5 stars
$5.57
-7.0%
$12.50
+124.4%
+43.7%$999.33MN/A-3.71120Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
TROX
Tronox
4.4071 of 5 stars
$5.16
-1.7%
$12.93
+150.6%
-68.4%$814.96M$3.07B-16.646,610Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
2.2707 of 5 stars
$23.12
+0.3%
N/A+6.4%$814.73M$1.14B13.21150Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.7247 of 5 stars
$5.82
-0.9%
$10.00
+71.8%
-36.4%$683.19M$704.49M12.65880Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
OEC
Orion
4.0713 of 5 stars
$11.89
-0.2%
$22.00
+85.0%
-49.1%$673.62M$1.88B15.851,600Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
ASIX
AdvanSix
3.2889 of 5 stars
$20.04
+0.5%
$30.50
+52.2%
-15.2%$535.95M$1.52B12.451,460Upcoming Earnings
VHI
Valhi
2.2632 of 5 stars
$16.03
-1.9%
$20.00
+24.8%
+17.9%$453.57M$2.10B5.142,250Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
ASPI
ASP Isotopes
1.0532 of 5 stars
$5.42
-7.2%
$4.50
-17.0%
+66.6%$390.61M$4.14M-8.8976Gap Down
SLI
Standard Lithium
2.5702 of 5 stars
$1.40
+6.1%
$3.95
+182.1%
N/A$271.51MN/A2.37N/APositive News
ARQ
ARQ
3.4071 of 5 stars
$3.51
-6.1%
$9.50
+170.7%
-51.2%$148.17M$108.96M-351.00140Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage

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