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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Hudson Technologies beats Luxfer on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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