NYSE:LXU

LSB Industries - LXU Stock Forecast, Price & News

$14.67

+0.04 (+0.27%)

(As of 12/6/2022 12:00 AM ET)

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Today's Range: $14.45
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$15.14
50-Day Range: $13.05
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$17.66
52-Week Range: $8.13
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$27.45

Volume: 1.39 million shs
Average Volume: 864,978 shs
Market Capitalization: $1.20 billion

P/E Ratio: 6.38
Dividend Yield: N/A
Price Target: $21.50

LSB Industries MarketRank™ Forecast

Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy
2.83 Rating Score
Upside/Downside: 46.6% Upside
$21.50 Price Target
Short Interest: Healthy
2.48% of Shares Sold Short
Dividend Strength: N/A
Sustainability: N/A
News Sentiment: 0.51
Based on 7 Articles This Week
Insider Trading: Selling Shares
$207.55 M Sold Last Quarter
Proj. Earnings Growth: -12.54%
From $3.03 to $2.65 Per Share

Overall MarketRank^™

MarketRank is calculated as an average of available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

2.60 out of 5 stars

Multi-Sector Conglomerates Sector

6th out of 18 stocks

Industrial Inorganic Chemicals Industry

4th out of 9 stocks

4.4

Analyst's Opinion

Consensus Rating
LSB Industries has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.
Price Target Upside/Downside
According to analysts' consensus price target of $21.50, LSB Industries has a forecasted upside of 46.6% from its current price of $14.67.
Amount of Analyst Coverage
LSB Industries has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

5.0

Short Interest

Percentage of Shares Shorted
2.48% of the outstanding shares of LSB Industries have been sold short.
Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover
LSB Industries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
Change versus previous month
Short interest in LSB Industries has recently decreased by 7.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

0.0

Dividend Strength

Dividend Yield
LSB Industries does not currently pay a dividend.
Dividend Growth
LSB Industries does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

N/A

Sustainability and ESG

Overall ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Score
There is no current Upright™ data available for LXU.

3.1

News and Social Media Coverage

News Sentiment
LSB Industries has a news sentiment score of 0.51. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Multi-Sector Conglomerates companies.
News Coverage This Week
MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for LSB Industries this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
Search Interest
8 people have searched for LXU on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.
MarketBeat Follows
3 people have added LSB Industries to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

0.8

Company Ownership

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling
In the past three months, LSB Industries insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $207,547,725.00 in company stock.
Percentage Held by Insiders
Only 4.20% of the stock of LSB Industries is held by insiders.

0.6

Earnings and Valuation

Earnings Growth
Earnings for LSB Industries are expected to decrease by -12.54% in the coming year, from $3.03 to $2.65 per share.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market
The P/E ratio of LSB Industries is 6.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 124.60.
Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector
The P/E ratio of LSB Industries is 6.38, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Multi-Sector Conglomerates sector average P/E ratio of about 5.58.
Price to Book Value per Share Ratio
LSB Industries has a P/B Ratio of 2.83. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

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About LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) Stock

LSB Industries, Inc. engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of chemical products. The company provides nitrogen-based fertilizers, such as ammonia, fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (HDAN), and urea ammonia nitrate for fertilizer and fertilizer blends for corn and other crops, and NPK fertilizer blends applications. It also offers high purity and commercial grade ammonia, high purity ammonium nitrate, sulfuric acids, mixed nitrating acids, carbon dioxide, and diesel exhaust fluids, as well as concentrated, and blended and regular nitric acids for various applications, including semi-conductor and polyurethane intermediates; pulp and paper, alum, water treatment, metals, and vanadium processing; power plant emissions abatement, water treatment, refrigerants, and metals processing; exhaust stream additive, and horticulture/greenhouse applications; and refrigeration. In addition, the company provides industrial grade ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, and HDAN solutions for ammonium nitrate fuel oil and specialty emulsions for mining, surface mining, quarries, and construction applications. It sells its products through distributors, as well as directly to end customers in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The company serves to the agricultural, industrial, and mining markets. LSB Industries, Inc. was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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LXU Stock News Headlines

December 3, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

Jefferies Financial Group Begins Coverage on LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU)

November 24, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE:LXU) Shares Could Be 30% Below Their Intrinsic Value Estimate

November 17, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

LSB Industries rated Outperform at RBC on farming outlook

November 8, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of 14,350,000 Shares of Common Stock by Selling Stockholder with the Company Repurchasing 3,500,000 of the Shares

November 8, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries Third Quarter 2022 Earnings: Revenues Beat Expectations, EPS Lags

November 7, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries Announces Secondary Offering of 14,350,000 Shares of Common Stock by Selling Stockholder with the Company Repurchasing 3,500,000 of the Shares

November 3, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) Is Investing Its Capital With Increasing Efficiency

November 2, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

LSB Industries, Inc. (LXU) Q3 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

November 1, 2022 | marketwatch.com

LSB Industries Sees Advantage in Europe for U.S. Ammonia Producers -- Commodity Comment

November 1, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries, Inc. Reports Operating Results for the 2022 Third Quarter

October 14, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries to Participate in the Morgan Stanley Global Chemicals, Agriculture, and Packaging Conference on November 9th

October 11, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries, Inc. Schedules 2022 Third Quarter Financial Results Release for Tuesday, November 1st and Conference Call for Wednesday, November 2nd

October 10, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Investors bid LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) up US$89m despite increasing losses YoY, taking three-year CAGR to 55%

September 28, 2022 | nasdaq.com

LSB Industries Rally Continues

September 26, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

LSB Industries: Better Days Ahead

September 13, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

LSB Industries jumps as Piper Sandler starts coverage with Overweight rating

September 13, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

Chemical Maker LSB Industries Gets an Upgrade: Here's How to Trade It

September 12, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

LSB Industries: We Are Still Not Convinced

September 1, 2022 | americanbankingnews.com

LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) Downgraded by StockNews.com to Hold

August 31, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries to Participate in the Credit Suisse Annual Specialties & Basics Conference on September 14th

August 31, 2022 | cnbc.com

This U.S. nitrogen producer's stock could surge more than 30%, UBS says

August 30, 2022 | nasdaq.com

Notable Two Hundred Day Moving Average Cross - LXU

August 25, 2022 | seekingalpha.com

LSB Industries (LXU) Investor Presentation - Slideshow

August 19, 2022 | finance.yahoo.com

LSB Industries to Participate in the Seaport Research Partners Annual Summer Investor Virtual Conference on August 23rd

August 12, 2022 | benzinga.com

LSB Industries Announces Pricing of Secondary...

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LXU Company Calendar

Last Earnings: 4/28/2021
Today: 12/07/2022
Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2022
Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/22/2023

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Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange: NYSE
Industry: Industrial inorganic chemicals
Sub-Industry: Diversified Chemicals
Sector: Multi-Sector Conglomerates
Current Symbol: NYSE:LXU
CUSIP: 50216010
CIK: 60714
Web: www.lsbindustries.com
Phone: (405) 235-4546
Fax: 405-235-5067
Employees: 545
Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Forecast: $21.50
High Stock Price Forecast: $26.00
Low Stock Price Forecast: $20.00
Forecasted Upside/Downside: +46.6%
Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.30
Trailing P/E Ratio: 6.38
Forward P/E Ratio: 4.84
P/E Growth: N/A
Net Income: $43.54 million
Net Margins: 24.07%
Pretax Margin: 27.32%
Return on Equity: 44.12%
Return on Assets: 16.95%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.34
Current Ratio: 3.87
Quick Ratio: 3.67

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales: $556.24 million
Price / Sales: 2.16
Cash Flow: $4.54 per share
Price / Cash Flow: 3.23
Book Value: $5.18 per share
Price / Book: 2.83

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares: 81,997,000
Free Float: 78,553,000
Market Cap: $1.20 billion
Optionable: Optionable
Beta: 1.62

Key Executives

Mr. Mark T. Behrman (Age 59)
Pres, CEO & Director
Comp: $1.69M

Ms. Cheryl A. Maguire (Age 43)
Exec. VP & CFO
Comp: $783.39k

Mr. Michael J. Foster (Age 55)
Exec. VP, Gen. Counsel & Sec.
Comp: $828.13k

Mr. John P. Burns (Age 58)
Exec. VP of Manufacturing
Comp: $572.34k

Mr. Damien J. Renwick (Age 45)
Exec. VP & Chief Commercial Officer
Comp: $556.33k

Ms. Kristy D. Carver CPA (Age 54)
Sr. VP & Treasurer
Comp: $1.14M

Mr. Paul H. Rydlund
Sr. VP of Bus. Devel.

Mr. Brian Jensen
Director of Corp. Devel.

Ms. Anne Rendon
Sr. VP of Industrial & Mining Sales

Mr. Brian Haggart
Pres of Trison Construction Inc

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Insiders & Institutions

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LXU Stock - Frequently Asked Questions

Should I buy or sell LSB Industries stock right now?: 6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for LSB Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" LXU shares.
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What is LSB Industries' stock price forecast for 2023?: 6 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for LSB Industries' stock. Their LXU share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $26.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $21.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 46.6% from the stock's current price.
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How have LXU shares performed in 2022?: LSB Industries' stock was trading at $11.05 at the start of the year. Since then, LXU stock has increased by 32.8% and is now trading at $14.67.
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When is LSB Industries' next earnings date?: The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 22nd 2023.
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How were LSB Industries' earnings last quarter?: LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE:LXU) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The conglomerate reported ($0.63) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.58) by $0.05. The conglomerate had revenue of $98.12 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $90.15 million. LSB Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.12% and a net margin of 24.07%.
What is Jack E. Golsen's approval rating as LSB Industries' CEO?: 2 employees have rated LSB Industries Chief Executive Officer Jack E. Golsen on Glassdoor.com. Jack E. Golsen has an approval rating of 24% among the company's employees. This puts Jack E. Golsen in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

What other stocks do shareholders of LSB Industries own?: Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other LSB Industries investors own include Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Ford Motor (F), Amicus Therapeutics (FOLD), General Electric (GE), General Motors (GM), KeyCorp (KEY), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Pfizer (PFE) and Sirius XM (SIRI).
What is LSB Industries' stock symbol?: LSB Industries trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LXU."
Who are LSB Industries' major shareholders?: LSB Industries' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (3.34%), Vanguard Group Inc. (2.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.20%), Gendell Jeffrey L (2.06%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.93%) and Marshall Wace LLP (1.85%). Insiders that own company stock include Harold L Rieker, Lsb Funding Llc, Lynn F White and Sbt Investors Llc.
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How do I buy shares of LSB Industries?: Shares of LXU stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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What is LSB Industries' stock price today?: One share of LXU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $14.67.
How much money does LSB Industries make?: LSB Industries (NYSE:LXU) has a market capitalization of $1.20 billion and generates $556.24 million in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $43.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.30 on an earnings per share basis.
How many employees does LSB Industries have?: The company employs 545 workers across the globe.
How can I contact LSB Industries?: LSB Industries' mailing address is 3503 NW 63RD STREET SUITE 500, OKLAHOMA CITY OK, 73116. The official website for the company is www.lsbindustries.com. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at (405) 235-4546, via email at fbuonocore@equityny.com, or via fax at 405-235-5067.

This page (NYSE:LXU) was last updated on 12/7/2022 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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