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NYSE:LXFR

Luxfer (LXFR) Competitors

$14.81
+0.17 (+1.16%)
(As of 05/26/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$14.62
$14.92
50-Day Range
$14.32
$16.90
52-Week Range
$12.71
$17.83
Volume
56,402 shs
Average Volume
150,120 shs
Market Capitalization
$408.70 million
P/E Ratio
20.57
Dividend Yield
3.51%
Price Target
$25.00

LXFR vs. HDSN, CECO, ALTG, TPIC, BOOM, VLD, DNMR, ACCO, SSTI, and KRT

Should you be buying Luxfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Luxfer include Hudson Technologies (HDSN), CECO Environmental (CECO), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), TPI Composites (TPIC), DMC Global (BOOM), Velo3D (VLD), Danimer Scientific (DNMR), ACCO Brands (ACCO), SoundThinking (SSTI), and Karat Packaging (KRT). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Luxfer vs.

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.

Hudson Technologies received 55 more outperform votes than Luxfer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.11% of users gave Hudson Technologies an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Luxfer an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LuxferOutperform Votes
285
66.59%
Underperform Votes
143
33.41%
Hudson TechnologiesOutperform Votes
340
69.11%
Underperform Votes
152
30.89%

Luxfer has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hudson Technologies has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hudson Technologies had 3 more articles in the media than Luxfer. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Hudson Technologies and 1 mentions for Luxfer. Hudson Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Luxfer's score of -1.00 indicating that Hudson Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Luxfer Negative
Hudson Technologies Positive

Luxfer presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.80%. Hudson Technologies has a consensus price target of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 58.01%. Given Luxfer's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Luxfer is more favorable than Hudson Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Luxfer
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Hudson Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Hudson Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Luxfer. Hudson 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
Luxfer$427.70 million0.96$26.90 million$0.7220.57
Hudson Technologies$318.09 million1.26$103.80 million$1.904.66

99.6% of Luxfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.9% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Luxfer shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.2% of Hudson Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hudson Technologies has a net margin of 28.22% compared to Luxfer's net margin of 4.63%. Hudson Technologies' return on equity of 44.48% beat Luxfer's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Luxfer 4.63% 15.07% 7.66%
Hudson Technologies 28.22% 44.48% 26.60%

Summary

Hudson Technologies beats Luxfer on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LXFR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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LXFR vs. The Competition

MetricLuxferIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$408.70M$16.47B$6.77B$14.54B
Dividend Yield3.56%3.34%2.13%4.10%
P/E Ratio20.5714.3517.3820.72
Price / Sales0.961.264.448.96
Price / Cash8.058.3055.5522.93
Price / Book1.911.333.349.08
Net Income$26.90M$495.38M$357.67M$897.96M
7 Day Performance0.34%-0.10%-1.10%1.43%
1 Month Performance-2.89%-4.98%-0.13%-1.75%
1 Year Performance-12.21%-15.78%-2.52%-10.31%

Luxfer Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HDSN
Hudson Technologies
3.0652 of 5 stars
$9.25
+0.7%
$14.00
+51.4%
-8.2%$419.30M$325.23M4.87217Short Interest ↑
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CECO
CECO Environmental
2.7196 of 5 stars
$12.15
-1.1%
$19.33
+59.1%
N/A$420.27M$422.63M0.00N/AAnalyst Downgrade
ALTG
Alta Equipment Group
2.8443 of 5 stars
$14.67
-1.2%
$23.50
+60.2%
+35.5%$472.23M$1.57B54.332,800Short Interest ↑
TPIC
TPI Composites
2.118 of 5 stars
$11.12
+4.2%
$16.83
+51.4%
-23.3%$472.38M$1.52B-3.5513,500Analyst Report
BOOM
DMC Global
2.5477 of 5 stars
$17.99
+3.5%
$35.00
+94.6%
-39.1%$354.76M$654.09M15.381,700
VLD
Velo3D
2.2722 of 5 stars
$1.78
-1.1%
$3.85
+116.3%
-32.3%$342.67M$80.76M12.72193Positive News
DNMR
Danimer Scientific
1.8334 of 5 stars
$3.26
-2.4%
$5.50
+68.7%
-36.8%$332.32M$53.22M-1.73282
ACCO
ACCO Brands
3.1054 of 5 stars
$5.24
+0.6%
$7.00
+33.6%
-32.8%$497.38M$1.95B-30.826,000
SSTI
SoundThinking
2.6288 of 5 stars
$26.39
+1.1%
$39.67
+50.3%
-12.6%$323.01M$81M79.97167
KRT
Karat Packaging
2.6041 of 5 stars
$15.45
-1.5%
$23.50
+52.1%
-19.8%$307.30M$422.96M11.79680Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:LXFR) was last updated on 5/28/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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